KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES   
LAMAR at KENTUCKY   
RUPP ARENA | LEXINGTON, KY.    
NOV. 24, 2019   
ATTENDANCE: 20,048 
 
Final Score: Kentucky 81, Lamar 56 
 
Team Records and Series Notes  

• Kentucky moves to is 5-1 on the season. Lamar is 4-2.  
  • UK is on a three-game winning streak.

• UK leads the series 4-0. 
• Tonight’s game was the third in the BBN Showcase multi-team event. The upcoming game vs. UAB concludes Kentucky’s participation in the event.  
• Next up: Kentucky continues its eight-game homestand Friday vs. UAB. That game will tip at 7 p.m. and be televised on SEC Network.   

                                          
Player Notes  

• Tyrese Maxey scored a game-high 21 points, his second 20-point game as a Wildcat.

  • He made a season-high four 3-pointers, all coming in a 4:12 span during UK’s 20-0 first-half run.
  • The four triples are most by a Wildcat this season.
  • Tied his season high for rebounds with five.

• Ashton Hagans posted 15 points and a game-high nine assists.

• UK is 8-0 in Hagans’ career when he scores at least 14 points. 

• Nick Richards recorded 10 points and 13 rebounds, his third double-double of the season and fourth of his career.

  • He is the fourth Kentucky player of the John Calipari era to post at least three double-doubles within the team’s first six games of the season (Patrick Patterson, 2009-2010; Terrence Jones, 2010-2011; Julius Randle, 2013-2014).
    • Richards only had one double-double in his first two seasons as a Wildcat.
  • Richards had a career-high seven blocked shots, leading a season-high 13 team blocks.  

• Immanuel Quickley tallied 11 points and has scored double figures in all five games he’s played this season. 

  • He has hit a 3-pointer in every game he’s played this season.  

 
Calipari  

• Calipari is now 310-72 at UK.     
• He has a 755-212 all-time on-court record.  
• UK is 250-41 vs. Associated Press unranked competition under Calipari, including 151-5 at home.  

 
Team Notes  

• Kentucky held Lamar to 56 points.   

• UK is 177-7 under Calipari when the opponent scores 63 points or less, including 3-0 this season.

• With the help of a season-high 13 blocked shots, UK limited Lamar to 32.8% shooting.  

• The Wildcats are 191-17 under Calipari when the opponent shoots 40% or less, including 4-1 this season.

• Kentucky led by as many as 27 points in the game.   

• UK is 265-6 under Calipari when leading by at least 10 points during the game. 

• UK shot 50.9% from the field tonight, the third game this season shooting 50% or better. 
• Kentucky made a season-high 10 3-pointers and 45.5% from long range is a season best.
  • It’s the first time the Wildcats have hit 10 or more 3-pointers in a game since sinking 11 vs. Auburn on Feb. 23, 2019 (11 for 24).
• UK dished 19 assists while committing a season-low 11 turnovers, the second straight game with a positive assist/turnover ratio.
  • The Wildcats have totaled 40 assists over the last two games, their best two-game stretch since totaling 57 vs. Arizona State and UT Martin in November 2016.
• UK had a great depth charge tonight, winning bench scoring 29-8.

• Kentucky is now 598-70 all-time in Rupp Arena.

 
In the First Half  

• The starting lineup consisted of?Ashton Hagans, Tyrese Maxey, Kahlil Whitney, Nate Sestina?and?Nick Richards for the third straight game.  

• Keion Brooks Jr. was the first sub.   
• Sestina swished a 3-pointer to initiate the scoring, the start of a 10-0 lead to start the game and coax a Lamar timeout with 16:45 on the clock.
• UK stretched the lead to 15-2 but Lamar went on a 17-4 run to tie the game.
• The Wildcats replied with their most decisive stretch of the season – a 20-0 run that included four 3-pointers by Maxey and scoreless drought of more than seven minutes for the visitors.
• Kentucky went to halftime ahead 41-21, with seven 3-pointers already a season high and six blocked shots, tying the season best in just one half of play.
• All nine Wildcats who played in the first half also scored. 

 
In the Second Half  

• UK opened the second half with Hagans, Maxey, Whitney, Montgomery and Richards.
• Déjà vu for the Cats in the second stanza, opening with a 7-2 flash that induced a Lamar timeout at 17:03.
• Kentucky’s largest lead was 27 points at 81-54.