KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME
MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM | NASHVILLE, TENN.
JAN. 25, 2025
ATTENDANCE: 14,316
Final Score: No. 9 Kentucky: 69, Vanderbilt: 74
Team Records and Series Notes
Team Notes
Player Notes
In the First Half
In the Second Half
MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM | NASHVILLE, TENN.
JAN. 25, 2025
ATTENDANCE: 14,316
Final Score: No. 9 Kentucky: 69, Vanderbilt: 74
Team Records and Series Notes
- Kentucky is now 14-5, 3-3 in the Southeastern Conference. Vanderbilt is 16-4 overall and 4-3 in the SEC
- Kentucky leads the series 157-50
- UK leads 62-28 in games played in Nashville
- Mark Pope is 201-113 as head coach, including 14-5 at Kentucky.
- Next for Kentucky: UK remains in the state of Tennessee for a road contest against the Volunteers Tuesday, Jan. 28. Game time is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN.
Team Notes
- UK outrebounded Vanderbilt, 43-30. Cats are now 11-1 this season when holding a rebound advantage
- The 14-point halftime deficit was the second largest for Kentucky this season and the largest in SEC play
- Kentucky’s 27 points in the first half were its fewest in any half this season
- Kentucky matched its 27-point total from the first half just 9:44 seconds into the second half
- The game featured 17 lead changes and four ties. The Wildcats led for 10:37
Player Notes
- Otega Oweh scored 21 points and had a career-high 12 rebounds. It was his first double-double of the season and the second of his college career. He has scored in double figures in every game this season. The 21 points tie a season high. Oweh has scored exactly 21 points five times this season.
- Amari Williams finished with a team-high four assists to go along with six points and five rebounds
- Jaxson Robinson had 11 points, his fourth straight double-figure game and 14th of the season. He was 3-of-5 from beyond the arc and has now made at least three triples in four-straight games
- Koby Brea has made a 3-pointer in every game this season and 34-straight contests overall.
- Ansley Almonor matched season-high with 12 points and made a season-best four 3-pointers
- Trent Noah played for 12 minutes and had a career-high four rebounds
In the First Half
- Kentucky’s starters were Lamont Butler, Jaxson Robinson, Otega Oweh, Ansley Almonor and Amari Williams. UK has a 0-1 record with this starting lineup
- Travis Perry was the first substitution at 16:42
- Kentucky held a 23-21 lead with 7:49 to go in the first half. The Commodores went on a 20-4 run over the remainder of the half to lead 41-27 at the intermission
- Robinson and Brandon Garrison paced UK in the first half with six points apiece
- Jason Edwards led the Commodores with 12 points in the opening 20 minutes
In the Second Half
- Kentucky began the second half with the starters
- Lamont Butler connected on a 3-pointer to open the scoring in the second half
- The Cats opened the second half on an 8-0 run, forcing a Vandy timeout at 17:58
- An “and-1” from Otega Oweh out of the timeout extended the run to 11-0
- A three from Jaxson Robinson tied the game at 51-51 with 12:48 to play
- A layup from Butler with 11:10 to go put Kentucky ahead 53-51 for its first lead since they held a 23-21 advantage
- Oweh scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half
- Kentucky led 69-68 with 2:56 remaining, before Vanderbilt scored the final six points of the game
