Kentucky-Missouri Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY
JANUARY 7, 2026
ATTENDANCE: 19,085

Final Score: (RV) Missouri 73, (RV) Kentucky 68

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 9-6 overall, 0-2 in the Southeastern Conference.
• Missouri is 12-3 overall, 2-0 in the SEC.
• Kentucky leads the series, 16-4.
  • UK leads 9-1 in games played in Lexington.
• Next for Kentucky: on Saturday, the Wildcats play host to Mississippi State at 8:30 p.m. The game will be televised on the SEC Network.

Team Notes

• Kentucky won rebounding 31-29. UK is 8-2 this season when outrebounding the opponent.
• Kentucky won fast breaks points, 24-7. UK has won fast break points in every game this season.

Player Notes

• Otega Oweh led the Wildcats with 20 points and five rebounds, also tied for the team high in assists with four.
  • It is his fourth 20-point game of the season, all coming in the last six games.
  • He has hit the 20 mark in both SEC games.
  • He has scored in double figures in all 15 games this season. He has a total streak of 18 games dating back to last season.
  • He tied his season high with four steals, his 10^th straight game with at least one theft; nine of those 10 games feature at least two steals.
• Jaland Lowe and Malachi Moreno followed Oweh with nine points each.
• Kam Williams played a season-high 28 minutes and had eight points.
  • He has made a 3-pointer in five straight games.

In the First Half

• Kentucky started the combination of Jaland Lowe, Denzel Aberdeen, Otega Oweh, Mo Dioubate and Jayden Quaintance for the first time.
• UK’s first substitution was Malachi Moreno at 16:09.
• Missouri took the lead at 11-10 and led or tied the remainder of the half.
• Oweh swished a shot from the opposite foul line to pull Kentucky within 34-33 at halftime. After the game, the shot was measured at 69 feet, the longest shot in Kentucky history.
  • Oweh led UK in the opening stanza with 13 points.
  • UK is now 2-6 this season when trailing or tied at halftime.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky opened with the starters.
• Kentucky scored the first six points of the half to retake the lead at 38-33.
  • Including the final five points of the first half, it was an 11-0 UK run.
• After Missouri counterpunched with a 9-2 spurt to retake the lead at 42-41, UK replied with 3-pointers from Lowe and Williams to reclaim the lead.
• Missouri’s 7-0 run gave the Tigers the lead at 51-49.
• Kentucky came right back with a six-point burst, taking a 55-51 lead.
• Kentucky eventually built its largest lead, 66-58, with 4:34 remaining but Missouri closed the game on a 15-2 run.