Kentucky-Indiana Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY
DECEMBER 13, 2025
ATTENDANCE: 20,061

Final Score: (RV) Kentucky 72, (RV) Indiana 60

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 7-4 on the season and Indiana is 8-3.
• Kentucky leads the series 33-25, including 11-3 in games played in Lexington.
  • This was the teams’ first meeting since the 2016 NCAA Tournament and the first regular-season matchup since December 2012.
• Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats have fall semester examinations this week before returning to the court next Saturday. Kentucky takes on St. John’s in the CBS Sports Classic, with tipoff slated for 12:30 p.m. in State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

Team Notes

• Kentucky limited Indiana to 60 points. UK is 15-0 under Coach Mark Pope, including 6-0 this season, when keeping the opponent to 66 or fewer points.
• Indiana shot 34.1 percent tonight. UK is 6-0 this season when the opponent shoots 40 percent of less.
• Kentucky had a season-low four turnovers and Indiana had 18, leading to a 23-6 advantage in points off turnovers.
  • UK had a season-high 13 steals, leading to Indiana’s 18 miscues, most by a UK opponent this season.
• With UK’s two leading scorers coming off the bench tonight, UK won bench points 42-13.
• Kentucky claimed 14 offensive rebounds, leading to an 18-6 edge in second-chance points.

Player Notes

• After a five-game absence because of injury, Mo Dioubate collected 14 points and a season-high 12 rebounds – his second double-double of the season and eighth of his career.
  • He had seven offensive rebounds, most by a Wildcat this season.
  • His five steals are the most since Reed Sheppard had five against LSU on Feb. 21, 2024
• Jaland Lowe had season highs with 13 points and five rebounds.
• Otega Oweh had 10 points and has scored in double figures in all 11 games this season.
  • He had two steals, his sixth straight game with multiple thefts.
• Malachi Moreno played a solid floor game with a season-high-tying three assists, a season-best four steals and two blocked shots. He also had three points and two rebounds.
• Jayden Quaintance has missed each game this season because of injury.

In the First Half

• Kentucky started the combination of Denzel Aberdeen, Otega Oweh, Collin Chandler, Trent Noah and Malachi Moreno for the second time.
• UK’s first substitution was Kam Williams at 16:08.
• The first half was tightly contested, with eight ties and nine lead changes, until Indiana closed the half with an 11-5 run and took a 39-32 lead into halftime.
  • Nine Wildcats scored in the first half, Dioubate and Williams leading the way with five points each.
  • UK is now 1-4 this season when trailing at halftime.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky opened with the starters.
• Trailing 49-42, Kentucky went on an 8-0 run to reclaim the lead at 50-49, coaxing an Indiana timeout at the 11:31 mark.
• After the timeout, Kentucky extended the run to 17-2 for a 59-51 lead.
• Kentucky built its largest lead of 14 points at 72-58.
• All totaled, Kentucky closed with a 30-11 run over the last 14 minutes of the game.