Kentucky-Gonzaga Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
BRIDGESTONE ARENA | NASHVILLE, TN
DECEMBER 5, 2025
ATTENDANCE: 18,507

Final Score: No. 11 Gonzaga 94, No. 18 Kentucky 59

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 5-4 on the season and Gonzaga is 8-1.
• Gonzaga leads the series 3-2.
• Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats return home for a two-game set. On Tuesday, the Wildcats take on North Carolina Central at 7 p.m., televised on the SEC Network.

Team Notes

• Entering the game shooting 76.8 percent at the foul line, Kentucky had another solid night at the charity stripe, making 20 of 26 for 76.9 percent.
• Kentucky claimed 12 offensive rebounds and won second-chance points, 15-10.

Player Notes

• Otega Oweh led UK with 16 points (tied season high), five rebounds (tied season high) and a season-high five assists.
  • It’s his third straight game with a season-best 16 points and he has scored in double figures in all nine games this season.
  • He also had two steals, his fourth straight game with multiple thefts.
  • He made 9 of 10 free throws, most foul shots made by a Wildcat this season.
• Collin Chandler had 11 points, the eighth time in nine games in double figures.
• Denzel Aberdeen had eight points, ending his career-best streak of eight games in double figures.
• After a five-game absence because of a shoulder injury, Jaland Lowe returned and played 14 minutes.
• Mo Dioubate (fourth game) and Jayden Quaintance (season) 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 fourth consecutive game.
• UK’s first subs were Jaland Lowe, Andrija Jelavic and Brandon Garrison at 15:38.
• Gonzaga scored the first seven points before Oweh got UK’s first point with a foul shot with 15:38 on the clock.
• Ahead 9-2, Gonzaga added a 10-0 run.
• Kentucky got its first basket when Aberdeen made a 3-pointer with 11:03 remaining.
• Gonzaga got the largest lead of the half at 41-16 and 43-18.
• Gonzaga went to halftime ahead 43-20. Aberdeen led UK with six points.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with Aberdeen, Oweh, Chandler, Williams and Garrison.
• Gonzaga stretched the lead to as many as 37 points at 94-57.