Kentucky-Louisville Men's Basketball Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
KFC YUM! CENTER | LOUISVILLE, KY.
NOVEMBER 11, 2025
ATTENDANCE: 22,586

Final Score: No. 12 Louisville 96, No. 9/8 Kentucky 88

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 2-1 on the season and Louisville is now 3-0.
• Kentucky leads the series, 40-18, with tonight’s game ending a three-game UK win streak.
  • UK leads 14-11 in games played in Louisville.
  • Tonight’s game marked the earliest date in the season that the two teams have ever played.
• The Wildcats return home on Friday for the final game of the BBN United Tipoff Classic. UK plays host to Eastern Illinois at 7 p.m., televised on SEC Network +.

Team Notes

• Kentucky won the rebounding, 42-40, and has won the rebounding in all three games.
• Kentucky shot 47.1 percent from the field and has shot at least 46.8 percent in all three games.
• Kentucky won points in the paint, 40-36, and bench points, 28-24.

Player Notes

• Denzel Aberdeen had career highs with 26 points and seven rebounds.
  • He has scored double figures in all three games.
• Otega Oweh scored 12 points and has landed in double figures in all three games this season. He added five rebounds.
• Collin Chandler had 12 points tonight, all coming on 3-pointers. He has made four 3-pointers in all three games this season.  He also had six rebounds.
• Malachi Moreno came off the bench for eight points, making all three field goals and both free throws, and claiming five rebounds in 17 minutes of action.
• Jaland Lowe had nine points and led the Wildcats in assists with five.
• Jayden Quaintance missed the game because of injury.

In the First Half

• Kentucky started Denzel Aberdeen, Otega Oweh, Collin Chandler, Mo Dioubate and Brandon Garrison, for the second game in a row.
• Jaland Lowe and Malachi Moreno were UK’s first substitutions at the 16:24 mark.
• Kentucky led 22-19 on a four-point play by Lowe but Louisville went on a 13-0 run for a 32-22 lead.
• Louisville added a 10-0 run to stretch the lead to 46-28 with 4:38 left in the half.
• UK rallied to cut the gap to 51-46 before UofL scored to make the tally 53-46 at halftime.
  • Aberdeen paced Kentucky with 13 points and four rebounds in the half.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with the starters.
• Louisville pushed the lead to as many as 20 points at 78-58.
• A barrage of 3-pointers and a follow dunk by Kam Williams pulled the Wildcats to 83-75 at the 7:45 media timeout.
• UK cut it to 87-81, prompting a Louisville timeout at 4:45.
• A Chandler 3-pointer made it 88-84 with four minutes to go but the Wildcats got no closer.