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Kentucky men’s basketball postgame notes
O2 Arena | London, England
DEC. 4, 2022
Attendance: 8,242
Final Score: No. 19/18 Kentucky 73, RV/RV Michigan 69
Team records and series notes
- Kentucky is now 6-2 on the season, Michigan is 5-3.
- Kentucky leads the series overall 6-2 and has won two straight.
- UK leads 3-1 in games played at neutral sites.
- Kentucky is now 6-1 in regular-season games played on foreign soil, 1-0 in England.
- Next up for UK: Kentucky plays host to Yale on Saturday at 1 p.m. The game will be televised on the SEC Network.
Team notes
- Kentucky limited Michigan to 39.1% from the field as the Wolverines made 25 of 64. UK is 227-24 (90.4%) under Calipari while holding opponents to 40 percent shooting or less, including 6-0 this season.
- Five Wildcats scored in double figures for the second time this season, also against South Carolina State.
- UK held a 46-33 advantage on the boards, while outrebounding its opponent, moving to 6-0 on the year.
Player notes
- Jacob Toppin Tied for team high in scoring with 14 points in the second half with 10 points.
- Toppin also grabbed five boards.
- Cason Wallace Matched Toppin with 14 points to go along with eight boards and five assists.
- The eight rebounds matched his career best, which was recorded against Howard earlier this year.
- Wallace also tied his career best made from distance, going a perfect 4-for-4 from deep.
- Antonio Reeves Went 3-for-4 from 3-point range en route to an 11-point, four-rebound outing.
- He has finished in double figures scoring in seven of eight games this season.
- He has made at least one 3-pointer in every game this season.
- Oscar Tshibwe His SEC-leading fourth double-double and 44 on the seasonm In his career, going for 13 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.
- Tshiebwe, at 14.2 points and 13.5 rebounds per game, is the only player nationally this season to average at least 14 points and 13 rebounds per contest.
- Sahveer Wheeler Went for 11 points and a game-best seven assists.
- Scored his 1,000m Collegiate points at the 11:18 mark of the first half and now have 1,008, including 644 at Georgia and 364 at Kentucky.
- Wheeler also drew a game-high eight fouls.
Coach John Calipari
- Calipari 2-0 vs. Michigan is. The second game was a 75–72 win in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
- Calipari is 82-30 in neutral-site games at UK, including 4-0 in foreign countries.
- Calipari has an 816-243 all-time on-court record and a 371-103 mark in his 14m Season in the UK.
- UK is 304-58 (84.0%) against unranked competition under Calipari.
In the first half
- Began the combination of Kentucky Sahveer Wheeler, Cason Wallace, Antonio Reeves, Jacob Toppin And Oscar Tshibwe For the third straight game.
- CJ Frederick, Damien Collins And Chris Livingston At the 13:19 mark were UK’s first subs.
- The teams played evenly in the opening period, with Michigan’s 17–11 lead being the largest of the half by either team.
- Wheeler’s 3-pointer with 11:18 left on the shot clock gave him 1,000 points for his collegiate career.
- Trailing 34-29, UK closed the half with an 8-2 run to take a 37-36 lead into intermission. Tshiebwe led Kentucky with 11 points and seven rebounds. Reeves hit three 3-pointers.
In the second half
- UK started the second stanza with Wheeler, Wallace, Reeves, Collins and Tshibwe.
- Wallace got hot with eight quick points, including a pair of 3-pointers, as the Wildcats went on a 16-3 run (8-1 to start the second half) to build their largest lead at 45-37.
- UK led 49-42 before Michigan went on an eight-point run to regain the lead 50-49.
- Ugonna Onyenso A layup at 12:13 put UK back in the lead, making it 51-50, and the Wildcats never trailed again.
- Trailing 60-58, a six-point burst by Wheeler gave UK its biggest lead at 66-58.
- Michigan closed to within two points at 68-66 but a huge 3-pointer by Wallace with 1:11 on the clock put the Cats ahead 71-66 and UK led by at least two positions the rest of the way.
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