Kentucky-Tennessee Tech Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY
NOVEMBER 26, 2025
ATTENDANCE: 19,602

Final Score: No. 19/18 Kentucky 104, Tennessee Tech 54

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 5-2 on the season and Tennessee Tech is 3-4.
• Kentucky leads the series 6-0, with all games played at Rupp Arena.
• The Wildcats conclude their three-game homestand – longest of the season – vs. North Carolina on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. The game is part of the ACC/SEC Challenge.

Team Notes

• Tonight’s 50-point margin of victory is largest for UK under head coach Mark Pope.
  • Kentucky has four wins this season with at least 40-point margins, the quickest into a season in UK history (seven games) with four such games.
• This is Kentucky’s seventh 100-point game under Pope, all victories.
• With Tech scoring 54 points tonight, UK is now 17-0 under Pope when holding the opponent under 70.
• Tonight is just the third time since 2004-05 that Kentucky shot at least 66 percent on 2-point field goals, 50 percent on 3-pointers and 84 percent at the free throw line.
  • Also Feb. 24, 2024 vs. Alabama and Jan. 15, 2022 vs. Tennessee
• Kentucky made 15 triples on the night. UK is 19-4 under head coach Mark Pope when making double digits from distance and 3-1 this season.
  • This is just the third time since 2004-05 that UK had at least eight players make a 3-pointer in a game, also Nov. 22, 2024 vs. Jackson State and Dec. 31, 2024 vs. Brown.
• The 15 3-pointers made and the 50 percent mark are season highs in both categories.
• 27 assists tied the season high.

Player Notes

• Otega Oweh had a season-high 16 points and has scored in double figures in all seven games this season.
• Denzel Aberdeen scored 16 points.
  • He has scored in double figures in all seven games for UK this season, the longest streak of consecutive games in double figures of his career.
• Trent Noah had a career night with 16 points and six rebounds.
  • He made his first four field goal attempts, including three 3-pointers.
• Collin Chandler bagged 14 points and a game-high five assists. He has made a 3-pointer in his last 14 games and is shooting 20-41 (.488) from distance for the season
• Malachi Moreno had 13 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, his second double-double. He also had three assists and two blocked shots.
• Andrija Jelavic had a career-best 10 rebounds while adding five points and three assists with no turnovers.
• Walker Horn and Zach Tow scored their first points as Wildcats, Horn on a 3-pointer and Tow with a free throw.
• Jaland Lowe, Mo Dioubate and Jayden Quaintance missed the game because of injury.

In the First Half

• Kentucky started Denzel Aberdeen, Otega Oweh, Collin Chandler, Kam Williams and Malachi Moreno for the second consecutive game.
• UK’s first substitution was Jasper Johnson at 16:35.
• Tennessee Tech scored the first four points and was ahead 25-23 with 7:18 on the clock when Kentucky took control with an 18-1 spurt.
• Kentucky led 43-28 at halftime with Trent Noah coming off the bench to lead the Wildcats in scoring with 10 points.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with the starters.
• UK had a 13-0 run midway through the half.
• The final score was UK’s largest margin of the game.
• The 61 points scored in the second half were the most in a half for Kentucky under Coach Pope.