Kentucky-Kentucky Wesleyan Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY.
OCTOBER 23, 2024
ATTENDANCE: 18,522

Final Score: No. 23 Kentucky 123, Kentucky Wesleyan 52

Team Records and Series Notes

• UK improved to 153-12 all-time in exhibition games, including 3-0 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan.
  • UK led the series 8-2-1 when the teams played regular-season games.
• UK has won its last 32 exhibition games dating back to a win vs. Pikeville on Nov. 2, 2014.
• The Wildcats’ second and final exhibition is Tuesday, October 29, against Minnesota State Mankato. Game time is 7 p.m. and it will be televised on SEC Network+.
• The Wildcats open the regular season Monday, Nov. 4, at home vs. Wright State. Game time is 7 p.m. and it will be televised on ESPNU.

Team Notes

• Kentucky made 21 of 42 on three-point shots, 50 percent.
  • Had this been a regular-season game, UK would have tied the school single-game record. The Wildcats made 21 of 48 against North Carolina on Dec. 27, 1989
• The Wildcats totaled 32 assists with only five turnovers.
  • The 32 assists are only three short of the official school record of 35 vs. San Jose State on March 14, 1996.
• Eleven of the 12 players scored and 11 of the 12 had at least one assist.

Player Notes

• Eight Wildcats scored in double figures, led by Jaxson Robinson with 19 points.
• Lamont Butler had 11 points and led the Wildcats with six rebounds, six assists, six steals and two blocked shots.
• Amari Williams tied Butler for game-high honors in assists with six, also added 11 points.

Coach Mark Pope

• UK is 1-0 in exhibition play under Mark Pope.
• Pope will enter the regular season with a career record of 187-108.

In the First Half

• Kentucky started Lamont Butler, Jaxson Robinson, Otega Oweh, Andrew Carr and Amari Williams.
• Koby Brea and Brandon Garrison were UK’s first substitutions at the 14:40 mark.
• Kentucky never trailed in this game. Carr and Oweh tallied layups for a 4-0 lead.
• After Kentucky Wesleyan tied it at 4, the Wildcats scored the next nine points and led the remainder of the way.
• Kentucky had runs of 14-0, 13-0 and 10-0 en route to a 60-24 halftime lead.
  • Robinson and Oweh led the way with 13 and 11 points, respectively.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky opened with the starting lineup.
• UK reached the century mark when Ansley Almonor hit a 3-pointer to make the score 100-44 with 6:25 remaining.