Kentucky-Arkansas Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
BUD WALTON ARENA | FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.
JANUARY 31, 2026
ATTENDANCE: 19,200

Final Score: (RV) Kentucky 85, No. 15/16 Arkansas 77

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 15-7 overall, 6-3 in the Southeastern Conference
• Arkansas is 16-6, 6-3 in the SEC
• Kentucky leads the series, 37-15, including 12-8 in Fayetteville
• Kentucky’s win snapped a 17-game home winning streak for Arkansas inside Bud Walton Arena
• Next for Kentucky: The Cats return home to take on Oklahoma on Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 9 p.m. inside Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center. The game will air on ESPN2.

Team Notes

• Kentucky improves to 15-5 all-time against former coaches. The Cats are 2-0 this season with wins over both Rick Pitino and John Calipari
• With its wins over No. 24 Tennessee and No. 15 Arkansas, this marks the first time in program history that an unranked Kentucky team has won multiple true road games against ranked opponents in the SEC
• The eight-point win marked the largest margin of victory for an unranked Kentucky team in a true road game against an opponent ranked inside the top 15 of the AP poll
• The Wildcats shot 53.6 percent from the field. UK is 7-0 this season when shooting over 50 percent
• UK held Arkansas to just 3-of-14 (21.4 percent) from behind the 3-point arc
  • The Cats are 9-0 this season when holding the opponent to under 30 percent from distance
• UK won rebounding 35-26. The Wildcats are 12-2 this season when holding the advantage on the boards
• Kentucky is 10-0 this season when leading at the half and 31-1 under Mark Pope

Player Notes  

• Otega Oweh scored a season-high 24 points, his ninth 20-point game of the season, all coming in the last 13 games. He also led the team with eight rebounds and tied for the team lead with three assists
  • He has tallied at least 20 in seven of nine SEC games.
  • He has scored in double figures in all 22 games this season. He has a total streak of 25 games dating back to last season.
  • This marks the 15th, 20-point game for Oweh at Kentucky against SEC opponents, the second-most at UK since 1996-97 trailing only Antonio Reeves (19)
  • Oweh posted his 22nd, 20-point game for the Wildcats, tying Joe Crawford and Tayshaun Prince for the sixth-most at Kentucky since 1996-97
  • Oweh is the first Kentucky player with at least 24 points, eight rebounds and three assists in a true road game against a top-25 opponent since Jodie Meeks at No. 24 Tennessee on Jan. 13, 2009
• Denzel Aberdeen notched 10 points and three assists. He has hit double figures in 15 games this season, including six of the last seven.
• Collin Chandler totaled 13 points. He has scored in double figures 12 times this season. It was also his 12th game this season with multiple made 3s, going 2-of-4 from distance
• Malachi Moreno had 11 points, all coming in the second half. He added two blocks, his 11th game with multiple blocks this season.
  • Moreno led the team in +/- at +16
  • He had a team high five offensive rebounds
• Trent Noah had nine points, his most in an SEC game this season and a career-high seven rebounds
• Kentucky is currently missing Jayden Quaintance, Kam Williams and Jaland Lowe because of injury. Lowe is out for the season.

In the First Half

• Kentucky started the combination of Denzel Aberdeen, Collin Chandler, Otega Oweh, Andrija Jelavic and Malachi Moreno for the third consecutive game.
• UK’s first substitutions were Mo Dioubate and Brandon Garrison was at 14:53
• Kentucky raced out to a 14-5 lead, coaxing an Arkansas timeout
• Kentucky began 10 of 11 from the field and made its first three 3s
• The Wildcats led by as many as 13 points in the first half at 26-13. The team’s previous largest lead in a true road game this season was five points at Alabama
• Kentucky led 42-35 at the half, its first halftime lead in a true road game this season
• Oweh led all scorers in the first half with 10 points
• The two teams combined for just three turnovers in the first 20 minutes

In the Second Half

• Kentucky opened with the starters.
• After a series of technical fouls from Kentucky, Arkansas took its first lead of the night, 52-51, at 14:27
• Kentucky retook the lead at 9:31, 61-59 after two free throws from Trent Noah
• The Wildcats held a 75-69 advantage at the under four media timeout
• Arkansas would get no closer the rest of the way