Kentucky-Brown Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA | LEXINGTON, KY.
DEC 31, 2024
ATTENDANCE: 20,042

Final Score: No. 10/11 Kentucky 88, Brown 54

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky ends the non-conference schedule with a 11-2 record while Brown is now 7-5.
• This was the first matchup between Kentucky and Brown in men’s basketball.
• Mark Pope is 198-110 as head coach, including 11-2 at Kentucky.
• Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats begin Southeastern Conference play Saturday at home vs. undefeated, No. 6/5-ranked Florida. Game time is 11 a.m. and it will be televised on ESPN.

Team Notes

• Kentucky allowed only 54 points, a season low.
• Kentucky won the turnover battle, 23-5, the most miscues by a Wildcat opponent since Texas A&M had 25 giveaways on Jan. 3, 2017.
  • Five offensive turnovers is the fewest by UK this season.
  • UK won points off turnovers, 33-4.
• Kentucky had a season-best 14 steals.
• Kentucky made 50 percent from the field, 30 of 60. It is the sixth time this season that the Wildcats made at least half of their field goal attempts.
• Kentucky is now 2-0 this season in bounce-back games after losses.

Player Notes  

• Andrew Carr led the Wildcats with 14 points, his fifth straight double-figure game and 10^th of the season. He also had five rebounds, tying Brandon Garrison for team honors today.
• Otega Oweh had 13 points and has scored in double figures in every game this season.
  • He also had a season-high four steals.
• Koby Brea had 13 points, including two 3-pointers. He has made at least one 3-pointer in every game this season and this was his 11^th game with multiples threes. He also matched a career-high with two blocked shots.
• Amari Williams had 13 points and added three blocked shots.
• Trent Noah hit a pair of 3-pointers for a season-high six points.

In the First Half

• Kentucky’s starters were Lamont Butler, Jaxson Robinson, Otega Oweh, Andrew Carr and Amari Williams. UK has a 9-2 record with this lineup.
• Koby Brea was the first substitution at 16:04.
• Both teams were cold early. With Brown leading 6-4, Kentucky warmed to the task with a 15-3 run, opening a 19-9 lead.
• An 8-0 run pushed the count to 37-21, Kentucky’s largest lead of the half.
• Sparked by a 19-4 advantage in points off turnovers, UK took a 39-27 score into intermission. Carr led the Wildcats with 14 points.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with the starters.
• Oweh tallied five quick points, causing a Brown(time)out with 17:59 remaining.
• Kentucky led by as many as 36 points at 83-47.