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Kentucky men’s basketball postgame notes
Rup Arena at Central Bank Center | Lexington, KY

DEC. 10, 2022
Attendance: 20,264

Final Score: No. 16 Kentucky 69, Yale 59

Team records and series notes

• Kentucky is now 7-2 on the season and has won four straight. Yale is 8-3.
• Kentucky leads the series 2-0 with both games played in Lexington.
• Up next for UK: The Wildcats get their final test this week, returning to the court Saturday against UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic. The game will be played as the second half of a doubleheader at Madison Square Garden in New York City and will be played until approximately 5:15 p.m.

Team notes

• Kentucky limited Yale to 59 points.
  • UK is 208-9 (95.9%) under Calipari when holding opponents to 63 points or fewer, including 6-0 this season.
• Kentucky shot 50% from the field, 29 of 58, the third time this season the Wildcats have shot at least half.
• Kentucky leads by as many as 15 points. UK is 316-13 (96.0%) under Calipari when leading by 10 points at any point in the contest.

Player notes

• Oscar Tshibwe He had his fifth double-double of the season with 28 points and 12 rebounds.
  • He scored 22 of his 28 points in the second half. Early in that half, he scored 12 straight UK points to turn a 35–33 deficit into a 45–40 lead.
  • The 28 points are just two shy of his career high of 30.
  • He also had two assists, two steals and two blocked shots.
• Antonio Reeves Finished with 10 points, his sixth consecutive double-figure game.
  • He has made at least one 3-pointer in every game this season.
• Sahveer Wheeler 10 points, four rebounds and one assist.
• Jacob Toppin Had four points, five rebounds and a game-high four assists to go with a game-high +/- of +14.

Coach John Calipari

• Calipari 2-0 vs. Yale is.
• Calipari has an 817-243 all-time on-court record and a 372-103 mark in his 14^m Season in the UK.
• UK is 305-58 (84.0%) against unranked competition under Calipari.

Rap Arena

• UK extended its home winning streak to 25 games in the 2020–21 season, and (as of this writing) has the longest active home winning streak in the Southeastern Conference and the third longest in the nation.
• Kentucky is 639-77 (89.2%) in Rupp Arena’s 47-year history.
• Kentucky is 212-17 (92.6%) in Rupp Arena under Calipari.

In the first half

• Began the combination of Kentucky Sahveer Wheeler, Cason Wallace, Antonio Reeves, Jacob Toppin And Oscar Tshibwe For the fourth consecutive game. UK is 4-0 with this lineup.
• CJ Frederick, Damian Collins, And Chris Livingston At the 14:37 mark was UK’s first option.
• Tied at six, UK got consecutive threes from Wallace (twice) and Reaves to outscore the Cats 15-6.
• UK extended the lead to 25-13 at 10:46, but the Cats went cold, missing 12 of their next 13 shots, and the Bulldogs cut it to 28-25.
• Kentucky’s defense held Yale to just one basket over the final five and a half minutes, and the Wildcats led 33-27 at halftime.
• Wallace had eight, Livingston seven, Reeves six and Tshibwe six to lead the Wildcat effort.

In the second half

• Kentucky opened the second stanza with the starting lineup.
• Yale quickly tied the game with a pair of 3-pointers, ending UK’s timeout with 18:34 left.
• The Bulldogs added another basket, capping a 10-0 run in the first half and taking their first lead of the game at 35-33.
• Tshibwe responded with all 12 points on a 12-5 run as the Wildcats regained the lead 45-40.
• A 6-0 spurt pushed the score to 57-47 and an 8-0 run gave UK its biggest lead at 67-52.
• Tshibwe scored 22 of his game-high 28 points in the second half.