UK MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
UIC AT KENTUCKY
RUPP ARENA | LEXINGTON, KY.
NOV. 26, 2017
ATTENDANCE: 20,212
 
Final Score: #8/8 Kentucky 107, UIC 73
                                                             
Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky wins its fourth game in a row, improving to 6-1.  UIC is 2-3.  
• This was the first meeting between UK and UIC in men’s basketball. 
• Next for the Wildcats: UK concludes the five-game home stand on Saturday as the Wildcats play host to Harvard.  Game time is 3:30 p.m. and it will be televised on ESPN.  

 
Coach John Calipari

• Calipari has a 700-194 all-time on-court record.
  • He is just the 39th collegiate coach to reach 700 wins, regardless of classification. Only 27 coaches have done it with at least 10 seasons at the Division I level.
  • He is the fourth-fastest to 700 wins. Only Adolph Rupp (836 games), Jerry Tarkanian (876 games) and Roy Williams (879 games) have done it faster.
• Calipari is now 255-54 at Kentucky.
• Calipari is 140-6 at Rupp Arena.
• Calipari is 1-0 vs. UIC in his career.

 
In the First Half

• Kentucky’s starting lineup featured Quade Green, Hamidou Diallo, PJ Washington, Kevin Knox and Nick Richards for the sixth straight game.
• Ahead 10-7, Kentucky created cushion with a 10-0 run and the Wildcats led by double digits the rest of the game. 
• Buoyed by a .667 shooting percentage, UK led at half 52-35.
• It is the Wildcats’ highest scoring first half of the season and largest halftime lead.
  • UK’s previous best half of the season was 45 points vs. Fort Wayne and the best halftime advantage was 41-25 vs. Troy.
  • UK’s last 50-point half was the second half of the 2017 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game vs. UCLA.

 
In the Second Half

• UIC got no closer than 16 points in the second half as the Cats coasted to victory.
• UK surpassed the century mark with 4:08 to play on a Knox layup to make it 101-63.
• UK’s 55 second-half points is the highest-scoring half of the season.
  • It was the Wildcats’ highest-scoring half since netting 60 at Ole Miss on Dec. 29, 2016

 
Team Notes

• Kentucky scored a season-high 107 points. 
  • It was UK’s first 100-point game since Jan. 3, 2017 against Texas A&M. and the fifth-highest point total of the Calipari era.
  • It was the Wildcats’ most points since pouring in 115 vs. Arizona State on Nov. 28, 2016
• UK had its highest victory margin of the season at 34 points.
• UK led by as many as 38 points in the game and is 220-4 in the John Calipari era in games that the Wildcats have led by at least 10 points.
• UK shot 66.7 percent for the game.
  • It is the second-highest shooting percentage of the Calipari era, trailing only 67.7 percent vs. LIU-Brooklyn on Nov. 23, 2012.
• UK won the rebounding, 37-33, the sixth consecutive game that the Wildcats won or tied the boardwork.
• UK dominated points in the paint, 60-34.  
• UK had a season-best 22 assists.
• Six players scored in double figures for the first time this season.
  • The last time that happened was Nov. 28, 2016, vs. Arizona State.

 
Player Notes  

• Kevin Knox poured in a career-high 25 points and has scored double figures in every game this season. Ironically, despite the career high, this is the first game that he has not made a 3-pointer.
• Hamidou Diallo had a career-high 19 points and tied his personal best for assists with four.
• PJ Washington tied career highs with 17 points and four assists.
• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had a career-high 14 points and tied his career bests for assists (six) and rebounds (five).
• Quade Green had 12 points while collecting a career-high six rebounds.
  • He has four straight games with at least 11 points, three assists and one 3-pointer.
• Nick Richards scored 11 points and tied his career best for blocked shots with three.
• In only five minutes, Tai Wynyard tied his career highs with four points and three rebounds.