Kentucky comes up short at Ole Miss as complicated stretch continues

 Kentucky is now 15-7 overall, 4-5 in the Southeastern Conference. Ole Miss is
17-6, 6-4 in the league
 Kentucky leads the series 111-15, 30-12 in Oxford, Mississippi
 Mark Pope is 202-115 as head coach, including 15-7 at Kentucky.
 Next for Kentucky: Kentucky returns home to take on South Carolina Saturday,
February 8 at Rupp Arena. Game time is set for noon E.T.

Team Notes

 Kentucky made 10 of 21 on 3-pointers. The Wildcats are 11-3 this season when
making at least 10 long balls in a game.
 Kentucky won the rebounding 37-29. UK is 11-3 this season when winning the
rebounding.
 Cats had 21 assists on 29 field goals, a 72.4 percent assist rate. It was the ninth
game this season for Kentucky with at least 20 total assists
 Wildcats shot 29-58 (.500) from the field overall. UK is 10-1 when shooting 50
percent or better this season
 Ole Miss finished with 24 assists and just one turnover. The 24 assists tied for
the most ever by the Rebels against Kentucky
 Ole Miss’s 98 points were the Rebels most ever against Kentucky
 This was Kentucky’s first game this season to feature no ties and no lead
changes
 UK lost despite leading Ole Miss in second chance points (6-2), bench points
(20-18), points in the paint (38-30) and fastbreak points (13-8)
 Kentucky played without starting point guard Lamont Butler for the third
consecutive game.
 
Player Notes  

 Amari Williams posted a triple-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10
assists
o He becomes the fourth Kentucky player all-time to record a triple-double
joining Isaiah Briscoe (12/29/16), De’Aaron Fox (11/28/16) and Chris Mills
(12/27/98)
o Coincidently, the most recent UK triple-double prior to Williams (by
Briscoe) also came in Oxford against Ole Miss
o Williams’ 10 assists were a career high
o It is the seventh game this season for Williams with at least a double-
double, third-consecutive game and fifth in the last seven.

o It is his 13 th double-figure scoring game of the season and his 11 th game
rebounding double digits

 Otega Oweh scored a career-high 24 points and added six rebounds
o He has scored in double figures in every game this season, the only SEC
player to do so and one of 13 (entering tonight) in Division I
o It marks his sixth game with at least 20 points this season, the most on the
team

 Jaxson Robinson had 18 points, his seventh-straight double-figure game
o He was 5 of 10 from beyond the arc and now has made at least three
triples in seven-straight games and at least four 3s in three-straight
o He is 34-61(.557) from deep in SEC play and is averaging 16.1 points per
game in league games

 Koby Brea scored 10 points and made two triples. He has16 games with
multiple 3s this season and 37-straight contests overall with at least one made 3
 Andrew Carr contributed 10 points and was a team-best +7 on the night
o Carr also added four rebounds and three assists
o He was a perfect 3 of 3 from the floor

In the First Half

 Kentucky’s starters were Jaxson Robinson, Koby Brea, Otega Oweh, Ansley
Almonor and Amari Williams for the third game in a row.
o UK is 1-2 with this starting lineup
 Travis Perry and Trent Noah were the first substitutions at 16:22
 Ole Miss connected on three early triples to lead 15-7 at the first media timeout
 Ole Miss ended the half on a 15-3 run to lead 54-31. The 23-point deficit was the
largest for Kentucky this season and UK’s third-largest halftime deficit ever in an
SEC game
 Ole Miss had zero turnovers in the first half
 Matthew Murrell led the Rebels with 14 points
 Jaxson Robinson paced Kentucky with 8 points in the opening 20 minutes
o UK is now 3-7 this season when trailing at halftime

In the Second Half