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Basketball ***** Postgame Notes - UK 81, Texas A&M 69 *****

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KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY
JAN. 14, 2025
ATTENDANCE: 20,039

Final Score: No. 8/9 Kentucky 81, No. 11 Texas A&M 69

Team Records and Series Notes
  • Kentucky is now 14-3, 3-1 in the Southeastern Conference. Texas A&M is 13-4 overall, 2-2 in league play.
  • Kentucky leads the series 14-6.
    • UK leads 8-2 in games played in Lexington and has won the last six.
  • Mark Pope is 201-111 as head coach, including 14-3 at Kentucky.
  • Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats take on their third straight Top-15 ranked opponent Saturday when Alabama comes to Rupp Arena. Game time is set for noon and it will air on ESPN.
    • It will be the first time since 1994 that UK plays three consecutive Top-15 foes. In ’94, UK defeated No. 11 Massachusetts 67-64 (East Rutherford, N.J.); lost at home to No. 3 Arkansas, 90-82; and lost at No. 14 Syracuse, 93-85.

Team Notes
  • The Cats improve to 5-0 this season against AP Top-15 opponents. The five wins against teams ranked inside the top 15 are the most in the country.
  • Kentucky has won all 14 games this season when scoring at least 70 points.
  • All nine Wildcats who played also scored.
  • Kentucky won the rebounding 40-30, only the third time this season that TAMU has been outrebounded and the +10 margin is the largest vs. the Aggies this season.
    • Texas A&M entered the game with an average margin of +9.9 per game.
    • TAMU also has been dominant on the offensive boards and UK won second-chance points, 13-11.
  • Kentucky had 19 assists on 24 made baskets, an assist rate of 79.2 percent.
  • Kentucky won despite giving up a season-high 17 turnovers.

Player Notes
  • Jaxson Robinson had a game-high 22 points, his second consecutive outing with at least 20. He also had a career-high-tying eight rebounds.
    • Robinson’s 49 points in the last two games are his most in a two-game stretch during his college career
    • He is the first player to score 20 points in consecutive games this season
  • Andrew Carr had 13 points on 6 of 9 shooting. He has scored in double figures in 13 of 17 games this season.
  • Otega Oweh had 11 points and has scored in double figures in every game this season.
    • He also had three steals. He has multiple steals in 10 games this season, including five straight.
  • Amari Williams had eight points and a game-high 12 rebounds. He has seven games with double-digit boards this season.
  • Lamont Butler had six points and a game-high seven assists. It was his ninth game this season with at least five assists, including three of four SEC games.
  • Koby Brea has made a 3-pointer in every game this season and 32-straight contests overall.
  • Travis Perry hit a pair of 3-pointers early in the second half for a season-best six points.

In the First Half
  • Kentucky’s starters were Lamont Butler, Jaxson Robinson, Otega Oweh, Andrew Carr and Amari Williams. UK has a 12-3 record with this lineup.
  • Koby Brea was the first substitution at 16:07.
  • Kentucky had an 11-6 lead when the Wildcats went cold for more than five minutes and Texas A&M went on a 12-0 spurt for a 18-11 lead.
  • A TAMU technical foul broke the streak as UK hit a free throw at 8:14.
  • Kentucky rallied to tie at 22 and again at 32 before Robinson hit a 3-pointer with four seconds left to send the Wildcats to a 35-32 halftime lead. He led UK in the first half with 15 points.
    • UK is now 12-0 this season when leading at halftime.
    • UK is 5-0 against TAMU in Rupp Arena when leading at halftime.

In the Second Half
  • Kentucky began the second half with the starters.
  • Oweh opened the scoring with a pair of free throws and Travis Perry hit a 3-pointer to make it 40-32 and Texas A&M called timeout at 18:07.
  • Robinson hit a 3-pointer, completing a 13-0 run that spanned the halves.
  • Kentucky took the advantage to 13 points at 56-43.
  • Texas A&M closed within 59-53 but free throws by Williams and a baseline jumper by Robinson quelled the advance.
  • From there, Texas A&M got no closer than eight and Kentucky stretched the lead to as many as 14 points.
 
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