Kentucky-Texas A&M Men's Basketball Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
REED ARENA | BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
JAN. 13, 2024
ATTENDANCE: 9,540

Final Score: Texas A&M 97, No. 6 Kentucky 92 (OT)

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 12-3 on the season, ending a six-game winning streak. UK is 2-1 in the Southeastern Conference.
• Texas A&M is 10-6 overall, 1-2 in league play.
• UK leads the series 13-5, ending four straight wins by UK over TAMU.
  • UK leads 5-3 in games played in Bryan-College Station.
• Next for Kentucky: UK begins a two-game homestand Wednesday as the Wildcats play host to Mississippi State. Game time is 7 p.m. and it will be televised on ESPN2.

Team Notes

• Kentucky is 1-1 in overtime games this season, also has a win over St. Joseph’s.
• UK scored 92 points today. The Wildcats entered the game third in the nation at 90.7 per game.
  • UK has scored at least 80 points in all but one game this season.
• Kentucky made 15 of 39 on 3-pointers. 15 threes are the second-most of the season and 39 attempts are a season high.
• UK had 22 assists with only 11 turnovers, a +2.0 ratio. UK entered the game third in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at +1.87.
• UK won fastbreak points, 11-8. UK entered the game seventh in the nation in fastbreak points.
• With 15 points from Dillingham and 13 from Sheppard, UK won bench points 36-26.
• Kentucky blocked nine shots, tying the season high.

Player Notes

• Antonio Reeves had 22 points, his seventh 20-point game of the season.
• D.J. Wagner had 18 points, his ninth double-figure scoring game of the season and fourth in a row. He also had four assists.
• Rob Dillingham had 15 points, including a trio of 3-pointers late in regulation that helped send the game to overtime. He also had four assists.
• Reed Sheppard had 13 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals.
• Playing a career-high 44 minutes, Tre Mitchell notched eight points, 13 rebounds and six assists.
  • It is his fifth straight game with double-digit rebounds and he has had at least four boards in every game this season.
• Player a career-best 31 minutes, Ugonna Onyenso had a season-high seven points, tied his career high for rebounds with 10 and set a career best with five blocked shots.

Coach John Calipari

• Calipari has an 844-256 (76.7%) all-time on-court record, including 399-116 (77.5%) at Kentucky.
• Calipari is 328-66 (83.2%) at UK against unranked competition.
• Calipari is 12-4 vs. Texas A&M.
• Calipari is now 395-127 (75.7%) all-time in conference games, including 187-61 (75.4%) in the SEC.

In the First Half

• Kentucky started D.J. Wagner, Antonio Reeves, Justin Edwards, Tre Mitchell and Aaron Bradshaw for the sixth game in a row. UK is 5-1 in this lineup.
• With Bradshaw picking up two early fouls, Ugonna Onyenso was UK’s first substitution with 17:22 remaining.
• Texas A&M led by as many as 11 points in the first half, 38-27.
• UK rallied to take a brief lead before two foul shots gave the Aggies a 46-45 lead at half.
• UK is now 1-2 this season when trailing at halftime.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with the starting lineup.
• UK had its largest lead at 65-58 at the 12:14 mark but the game tightened quickly.
• Tied at 76 with four minutes left, TAMU’s Wade Taylor and UK’s Dillingham each hit three 3-pointers to leave the score tied at 87 with a minute to go.
• TAMU was called for offensive goaltending with 28 seconds remaining.
• After a UK turnover, TAMU’s Tyrece Radford made two foul shots with 7.8 seconds left.
• Dillingham missed a 3-pointer but Sheppard was fouled on the rebound with 0.6 seconds left. Sheppard made both shots to send it to overtime.

In the Overtime

• TAMU scored the first five points of overtime and never trailed in the extra period.
• UK missed all eight of its field goal attempts in overtime and didn’t score until 39 seconds left, when Sheppard was fouled on a 3-pointer and made two of three free throws.