Postgame notes from Kentucky’s big win over South Carolina

 Kentucky is now 16-7 overall, 5-5 in the Southeastern Conference. South
Carolina is 10-13 overall, 0-10 in the league
 Kentucky leads the series 55-15, including 30-3 in Lexington.
 Mark Pope is 203-115 as head coach, including 16-7 at Kentucky.
 Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats stay home to play host to Tennessee on
Tuesday. Game time is 7 pm and it will be televised on ESPN.

Team Notes

 Kentucky limited South Carolina to 57 points and 32.8 percent shooting, the
Wildcats’ best defensive marks this season in an SEC game.
 Kentucky won the rebounding 41-35. UK is 12-3 this season when winning the
rebounding.
 Kentucky won bench points 39-4 and points in the paint, 44-26.
 
Player Notes  

 Otega Oweh had a game-high 17 points, scoring 15 of those in the final 10
minutes of the game.
o He has scored in double figures in every game this season, the only SEC
player to do so and one of 13 (entering today) in Division I.

 Brandon Garrison had a season-high 15 points, his fourth double-figure game
of the season. He made 7 of 8 shots, with his only miss coming on a 3-point try.
 Amari Williams had 10 points and a team-high six rebounds.
o It is his 14 th double-figure scoring game of the season.
 Koby Brea scored 10 points and had a career-high six assists with no turnovers.
After the game, Coach Pope also credited Brea’s defensive performance.
o He made two triples. He has 17 games with multiple 3s this season and
38-straight contests overall with at least one made 3.

 After a three-game absence, Lamont Butler returned to action. He played 23
minutes and totaled eight points, three assists, one rebound and one steal.

In the First Half

 Kentucky’s starters were Lamont Butler, Jaxson Robinson, Otega Oweh,
Ansley Almonor and Amari Williams. UK 1-1 with this starting lineup.
 Koby Brea was UK’s first substitution at 16:07.
 Both teams started cold, with Kentucky missing its first six shots and South
Carolina missing six of its first eight.
 Trailing 4-2, UK made five shots in a row, capped by a Brea 3-pointer which gave
the Wildcats their first lead at 13-11.

 Additional triples by Robinson and Brea completed an 11-0 run and made the
count 19-11.
 Kentucky closed the half on a 12-1 run and took a 33-19 lead into the locker
room.
o South Carolina’s 19 points and 23.5 shooting percentage are UK’s best
defensive marks for one half this season.
o UK is now 13-0 this season when leading at halftime

In the Second Half