Basketball ***** Postgame Notes: UK 97, Lipscomb 68 *****

[Jeff Drummond]

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY
NOV. 19, 2024
ATTENDANCE: 19,314

Final Score: No. 9/11 Kentucky 97, Lipscomb 68

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 4-0 and Lipscomb is 2-4.
• Kentucky leads the series, 3-0, with all three games played in Lexington.
• The Wildcats continue their four-game homestand Friday against Jackson State. The tip time is set for 7 p.m. on SEC Network+.

Team Notes

• Kentucky has a 4-0 start for the first time since the 2016-17 team won its first seven.
• Paced by Jaxson Robinson’s 20 points tonight, UK has had a different leading scorer in all four games this season.
• Good shooting night for the Wildcats made 54.8 percent from the field, 48 percent on 3-point shots and 81 percent at the free-throw line.
• Making 12-of-25 on 3-point shots, this is the first team in UK history to make at least 10 3-pointers in each of its first four games.
• Kentucky is one of eight teams nationally to make double-digit 3s in every game this season (one of seven teams that has played at least three games prior to tonight)
  • Akron
  • St. Louis
  • Kennesaw State
  • UIC
  • Tennessee Tech
  • Sam Houston State
  • Louisville
• Kentucky won bench points 36-20.
  • Through four games, UK is averaging 36 bench points per game and is outscoring the opponent by 18.3 bench points per game.
• Coach Mark Pope’s career record is now 191-108, with this being his first game vs. Lipscomb.

Player Notes

• Jaxson Robinson notched season highs with 20 points and seven rebounds.
• Lamont Butler had a season-high 16 points.
• Otega Oweh had 14 points and has scored double figures each game.
• Amari Williams narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
  • He has had at least eight rebounds every game this season.
• Koby Brea had 12 points, including 3-of-3 from 3-point range.
  • He has made 15 of 19 on 3-pointers this season (.789)

In the First Half

• Kentucky’s starters were Lamont Butler, Otega Oweh, Jaxson Robinson, Andrew Carr and Amari Williams for the fourth consecutive game.
  • First substitution was Koby Brea at 16:04.
• Oweh cashed a driving banker for the first basket of the game, and after Lipscomb tied, he swished a 3-pointer that put the Wildcats ahead to stay.
• Lipscomb missed 10 consecutive field goal attempts as UK built a 15-4 lead.
• UK led by as many as 21 points before taking a 43-26 advantage into halftime.
  • The Wildcats made 8 of 13 3-pointers, most threes in a half this season.
  • Robinson’s 13 points paced topped the UK scoring.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with the starting lineup.
• The Wildcats led by as many as 40 points at 95-55.