Kentucky-Oklahoma Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY.
FEBRUARY 4, 2026
ATTENDANCE: 19,394

Final Score: (RV) Kentucky 94, Oklahoma 78

Team Records and Series Notes

• Winner of seven of the last eight games, Kentucky is 16-7 overall, 7-3 in the Southeastern Conference
• Oklahoma is 11-12 overall, 1-9 in the SEC
• Kentucky leads the series 6-0, including 3-0 in Lexington.
  • Oklahoma last played in Lexington in 1989 in the Southeast Region of the NCAA Tournament.
  • This was the first time the Sooners played Kentucky in Lexington since 1987.
• Next for Kentucky: The Cats stay home to play host to Tennessee on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. The game will air on ESPN.

Team Notes

• Kentucky’s 94 points tonight is a season high against an SEC opponent.
• The Wildcats shot 50 percent from the field, 30 of 60. UK is 8-0 this season when shooting at least 50 percent.
• Kentucky made 12 3-pointers tonight, a season high against an SEC opponent.
  • UK is 8-1 this season, 24-4 under Coach Pope, when hitting double-digits from long distance.
• UK won rebounding 41-25. The Wildcats are 13-2 this season when holding the advantage on the boards
• UK had 21 assists. The Wildcats are 9-0 this season when giving out 17 or more.
• Kentucky is 11-0 this season when leading at the half and 32-1 under Mark
• Brandon Garrison became Kentucky’s seventh player this season to score at least 20 points in a game this season, making this the first Kentucky team to have seven different players to score at least 20 points in a game in the same season since 2017-18

Player Notes  

• For the second game in a row, Otega Oweh scored a season-high 24 points. It is his 10^th 20-point game of the season, all coming in the last 14 games.
  • He has tallied at least 20 in eight of 10 SEC games, including the last four in a row.
  • He has scored in double figures in all 23 games this season. He has a total streak of 26 games dating back to last season.  He also had a 26-game double-digit streak last season before his current streak began.
  • This marks the 16th, 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 23^rd, 20-point game for the Wildcats, passing Joe Crawford and Tayshaun Prince for the sixth-most at Kentucky since 1996-97.
  • He is the first Wildcat since at least 2004-05 to score at least 24 points in three consecutive games against the same SEC opponent.
    • This is the first time since at least 2004-05 that UK had six players with at least three assists against an SEC opponent.
  • Brandon Garrison notched 20 points and 11 rebounds, his first double-double as a Wildcat and second of his career.
    • 20 points is only one short of his career high of 21, coming his freshman season against BYU while at Oklahoma State.
    • 11 rebounds tied his career high set earlier this season against Loyola.
    • His 6-of-6 at the free throw line are season highs in both categories.
  • Collin Chandler totaled a career-high-tying 18 points, also achieved earlier this season vs. Texas.
    • He has scored in double figures 13 times this season, including five of the last six contests.
    • It was also his 13th game this season – including six of the last seven – with multiple made 3s, going 4-of-8 from distance
  • Denzel Aberdeen notched eight points and a game-high five assists.
  • Kentucky is currently missing Jayden Quaintance, Kam Williams and Jaland Lowe because of injury. Lowe is out for the season.
    • By the time Kentucky reaches the end of the regular season, during his two years at UK, Coach Mark Pope will have played only five of 52 games against high-major opponents (9.6%) with a full roster.

In the First Half

• Kentucky started the combination of Denzel Aberdeen, Collin Chandler, Otega Oweh, Andrija Jelavic and Malachi Moreno for the fourth consecutive game.
• UK’s first substitution was Brandon Garrison was at 15:53
• Both teams were hot early, as Oklahoma scored on the first seven possessions and Kentucky was able to counter with five 3-pointers in the first nine minutes.
• Tied at 28, a trio of Chandler 3-pointers keyed a 15-4 spurt and Kentucky went to halftime ahead 43-32.
  • Chandler’s nine points led the Wildcat scoring in the first half.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky opened with the starters.
• Kentucky lengthened the lead to as many as 19 points at 57-38.
• The Wildcats were ahead 74-57 with eight minutes left when Oklahoma went on a spree, cutting the gap to 82-74 with three minutes left.
• Garrison replied with a basket-and-one and the Wildcats led by double digits the rest of the way.