Kentucky-Colgate Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY
DEC 11, 2024
ATTENDANCE: 19,646

Final Score: No. 5 Kentucky 78, Colgate 67

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 9-1 and Colgate is 2-9.
• This is the first meeting between the two schools.
• Mark Pope is 196-109 as head coach including 9-1 at Kentucky.
• Next for Kentucky: Kentucky takes on the rival Louisville Cardinals, Saturday, Dec. 14 at Rupp Arena. The action will tip at 5:15 p.m. and air on ESPN.

Team Notes

• Five Wildcats scored in double figures tonight.  It’s the sixth time in 10 games that at least five Cats have hit double digits in scoring.
• Kentucky won the rebounding tonight, 46-35. UK has won or tied the rebounding in all but one game this season.
• Kentucky used its size to win points in the paint, 40-24.
• Kentucky sent Colgate to the free-throw line for three attempts, fewest for a Wildcat opponent since North Florida shot only two on Nov. 26, 2021.
• Kentucky had a season-low six turnovers.

Player Notes  

• Andrew Carr totaled 11 points and 10 rebounds, his second double-double of the season and 13^th of his career.
• Koby Brea tallied 17 points tonight, including 5 of 8 on 3-pointers.
  • He surpassed the 1,000-point mark in career scoring and now has 1,013 points as a collegian.
• Otega Oweh scored 15 points and has hit double figures in every game this season. He also led the Wildcats in assists with four.
• Amari Williams had a season-high 15 points.
• Jaxon Robinson ended with 11 points, his fourth straight game in double figures.

In the First Half

• Kentucky’s starters were Koby Brea, Jaxson Robinson, Otega Oweh, Andrew Carr and Amari Williams.  It is the first time this combination has been used.
• Brandon Garrison was the first substitution at 16:42.
• Kentucky scored the first 17 points of the game, the Wildcats’ largest run since a 17-0 spurt in the 2023-24 season opener vs. New Mexico State.
• The Wildcats went cold for almost six minutes as Colgate responded with an 11-0 run.
• The Raiders stayed hot and closed within 38-36 at halftime on a 3-pointer at the buzzer.  Brea led UK in the first half with 12 points, coming on 4-of-4 on 3-pointers.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with the starters.
• Colgate kept it going and took its first lead, 41-40, on a 3-pointer at the 18:28 mark.
• Colgate increased the lead to three points, 45-42.
• Trailing 47-46, UK regained the lead with a quartet of 3-pointers – two by Robinson, one by Trent Noah and one by Oweh to make it 58-47.
• The Wildcats never trailed again, stretching the lead to as many as 18 points at 69-51.