KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES 
EVANSVILLE at KENTUCKY 
RUPP ARENA | LEXINGTON, KY.  
NOV. 12, 2019 
ATTENDANCE: 19,101

Final Score: Evansville 67, No. 1/2 Kentucky 64

Team Records and Series Notes 

• Kentucky is 2-1, Evansville is 2-0
• This was the first meeting between the schools in men’s basketball.  
• Next up: Kentucky continues its eight-game home stand Monday vs. Utah Valley. That game will tip at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. 

Player Notes   

• Immanuel Quickley had a career-high 16 points for the second consecutive game. He also had a career-high nine rebounds.

  • He has scored in double figures in all three games this season.??????
• Tyrese Maxey joined Quickley in double figures with 15 points.

Calipari 

• Calipari is now 307-72 at UK.   
• He has a 752-212 all-time on-court record. 
• Having reached a No. 1 Associated Press ranking at UMass, Memphis and Kentucky, Calipari’s teams have a 110-13 record while in the top spot.
  • UK is 69-8 while ranked No. 1 under Calipari.
• UK is 247-41 vs. Associated Press unranked competition under Calipari, including 148-5 at home. 

 Team Notes 

• Kentucky made a season-best 80% at the free-throw line, 20 of 25.
• UK limited Evansville to 38.3% from the field, usually a good indicator for the Wildcats. UK has held all three opponents this season under%.
  • UK is now 189-17 under Calipari when keeping the opponent at 40 percent or under.
• Kentucky fell to 220-31 all-time when ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25.
• UK had won five straight games in Rupp Arena, dating back to last season.
• Kentucky had won 52 games in a row vs. unranked opponents at home.
• All-time, UK is now 53-12 against former players coaching at opposing programs.

In the First Half 

• The starting lineup consisted of Ashton Hagans, Immanuel Quickley, Kahlil Whitney, Nate Sestina and Nick Richards.  

  • Tyrese Maxey was the first sub. 
• Quickley initiated the scoreboard with a driving banker-and-one at the 19:06 mark.
• Trailing 16-15, Evansville’s Sam Cunliffe scored seven straight points – initiating a 9-0 Purple Aces run – as the visitors took a 24-16 edge. 
• Evansville led the rest of the half and took a 34-30 lead into intermission.

 In the Second Half 

• Kentucky opened the second half with Hagans, Quickley, Maxey, Sestina and Richards.
• Trailing 44-37, UK went on an 11-2 run to reclaim the lead at 48-46.
• Evansville replied quickly with its own 5-0 spurt to go back ahead 51-48.
• UK tied at 53 but K.J. Riley’s 3-pointer with 7:15 on the clock put the Purple Aces ahead for good.
• Noah Frederking’s 3-pointer from the left corner with 4:33 to go extended UE to 61-55.
• A driving layup by Maxey with eight seconds left pulled UK within one at 65-64. 
• Cunliffe’s two foul shots with 6.8 seconds made the score 67-64 and UK missed a 3 to tie.