< PreviousNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 0 Kordelius Jefferson G 6-3 200 R-Fr. Bogue Chitto, Miss. 2 Cedric Lath C 6-9 260 R-So. Abidjan, Ivory Coast 3 Ramon Walker Jr. G 6-5 215 Sr. Pearland, Texas 4 L.J. Cryer G 6-1 200 Gr. Katy, Texas 5 Ja'Vier Francis F 6-8 235 Sr. New Orleans, La. 7 Milos Uzan G 6-4 190 Jr. Las Vegas, Nevada 8 Mylik Wilson G 6-3 175 Gr. Rayville, La. 11 Joseph Tugler F 6-8 230 So. Monroe, La. 12 Jacob McFarland C 6-11 215 R-Fr. Moreno Valley, Calif. 13 J'Wan Roberts F 6-8 235 Gr. St. Thomas, USVI 21 Emanuel Sharp G 6-3 210 R-Jr. Tampa, Fla. / 23 Terrance Arceneaux G 6-6 205 R-So. Beaumont, Texas 24 Chase McCarty F 6-6 220 Fr. Huntsville, Ala. 25 Mercy Miller G 6-4 200 Fr. Sherman Oaks, Calif. Coaching Staff Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson Assistant Coaches: Kellen Sampson, Quannas White, K.C. Beard, Hollis Price, Anthony Goldwire Quick Facts Location: Houston, Texas Founded: 1927 Enrollment: 47,981 Conference: Big 12 2024-25 Houston Cougars 30 @KentuckyMBB Click Here for More Information on the CougarsEmanuel Sharp L.J. Cryer 2024-25 Houston Cougars Statistics TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROW REBOUNDS SCORING No. Player GP-S Min.-Avg. FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Total Avg. PF DQ A TO Blk. Stl Pts Avg. 4 Cryer, L.J. 35-35 1119-32.0 176-424 .415 104-246 .423 76-84 .905 12 64 76 2.2 47 0 65 38 3 30 532 15.2 21 Sharp, Emanuel 32-31 857-26.8 116-271 .428 76-179 .425 91-102 .892 13 86 99 3.1 75 2 28 25 0 46 399 12.5 7 Uzan, Milos 35-35 1088-31.1 155-330 .470 54-124 .435 43-56 .768 12 94 106 3.0 69 3 150 46 3 34 407 11.6 13 Roberts, J'wan 32-32 964-30.2 142-282 .504 0-0 .000 58-91 .637 76 123 199 6.2 59 0 52 55 22 31 342 10.7 23 Arceneaux, Terrance 35-6 753-21.5 95-209 .455 26-78 .333 35-48 .729 35 66 101 2.9 44 1 29 24 12 36 251 7.2 8 Wilson, Mylik 35-1 615-17.6 86-193 .446 12-33 .364 21-29 .724 38 103 141 4.0 46 0 48 31 8 44 205 5.9 11 Tugler, Joseph 35-28 765-21.9 77-147 .524 3-11 .273 33-61 .541 89 111 200 5.7 109 6 31 35 71 34 190 5.4 5 Francis, Ja'vier 33-7 508-15.4 62-102 .608 0-1 .000 46-64 .719 68 77 145 4.4 68 0 6 33 30 15 170 5.2 25 Miller, Mercy 21-0 189-9.0 16-63 .254 5-28 .179 23-32 .719 10 32 42 2.0 19 0 8 8 3 7 60 2.9 3 Walker Jr., Ramon 8-0 92-11.5 6-12 .500 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 6 13 19 2.4 5 0 0 1 2 2 16 2.0 0 Jefferson, Kordelius 15-0 59-3.9 7-21 .333 2-13 .154 0-1 .000 0 3 3 0.2 9 0 0 3 2 1 16 1.1 2 Lath, Cedric 19-0 111-5.9 5-11 .455 0-0 .000 3-11 .273 19 6 25 1.3 20 0 1 3 6 1 13 0.7 Team 58 67 125 21 Total 35 7125 943-2065 .457 284-717 .396 431-582 .741 436 845 1281 36.6 570 12 418 323 162 281 2601 74.3 Opponents 35 7125 682-1792 .381 234-775 .302 430-612 .703 344 757 1101 31.5 566 7 378 482 92 172 2028 57.9 @UKSportsNetwork 31No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 0 C.J. Cox G 6-3 200 Fr. Lexington, Mass. 1 Caleb Furst F 6-10 235 Sr. Fort Wayne, Ind. 2 Fletcher Loyer G 6-5 180 Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind. 3 Braden Smith G 6-0 170 Jr. Westfield, Ind. 4 Trey Kaufman-Renn F 6-9 230 Jr. Sellersburg, Ind. 5 Myles Colvin G 6-5 205 So. Indianapolis, Ind. 6 Aaron Fine G 6-2 190 Fr. Noblesville, Ind. 7 Sam King F 6-9 230 Jr. Columbus, Ind. 9 Jack Lusk G 6-4 195 So. Elkhorn, Neb. 11 Brian Waddell F 6-7 195 Jr. Carmel, Ind. 12 Daniel Jacobsen C 7-4 230 Fr. Chicago, Ill. 14 Jack Benter G 6-5 210 Fr. Brownstown, Ind. 20 Josh Furst F 6-6 200 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. 23 Camden Heide F 6-7 205 So. Wayzata, Minn. 24 Gicarri Harris G 6-3 200 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. 32 Jace Rayl G 5-11 175 So. Kokomo, Ind. 34 Raleigh Burgess F 6-11 240 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio 44 Will Berg C 7-2 260 So. Stockholm, Sweden Coaching Staff Head Coach: Matt Painter Assistant Coaches: Brandon Brantley, Terry Johnson, Paul Lusk Quick Facts Location: West Lafayette, Ind. Founded: 1869 Enrollment: 39,170 Conference: Big Ten 2024-25 Purdue Boilermakers 32 @KentuckyMBB Click Here for More Information on the BoilermakersBraden Smith Trey Kaufman-Renn 2024-25 Purdue Boilermakers Statistics TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROW REBOUNDS SCORING No. Player GP-S Min.-Avg. FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Total Avg. PF DQ A TO Blk. Stl Pts Avg. 04 Kaufman-Renn, Trey 35-35 1071-30.6 287-479 .599 3-7 .429 132-205 .644 92 137 229 6.5 101 3 76 78 10 24 709 20.3 03 Smith, Braden 35-35 1293-36.9 200-465 .430 82-213 .385 78-94 .830 14 145 159 4.5 60 0 298 106 6 78 560 16.0 02 Loyer, Fletcher 35-35 1080-30.9 148-319 .464 73-162 .451 110-129 .853 10 63 73 2.1 37 0 62 41 1 18 479 13.7 12 Jacobsen, Daniel 2-2 26-13.0 4-6 .667 0-1 .000 5-7 .714 1 6 7 3.5 0 0 0 1 3 0 13 6.5 00 Cox, C.J. 35-22 649-18.5 68-147 .463 32-80 .400 41-53 .774 28 69 97 2.8 50 0 25 19 1 25 209 6.0 05 Colvin, Myles 35-8 617-17.6 67-178 .376 40-125 .320 14-21 .667 18 74 92 2.6 64 0 16 22 6 21 188 5.4 23 Heide, Camden 35-8 681-19.5 51-104 .490 28-73 .384 29-36 .806 30 95 125 3.6 70 2 15 12 8 13 159 4.5 01 Furst, Caleb 35-22 650-18.6 48-88 .545 0-0 .000 51-79 .646 59 66 125 3.6 78 2 16 30 8 22 147 4.2 24 Harris, Gicarri 35-5 534-15.3 45-114 .395 22-71 .310 25-27 .926 18 48 66 1.9 40 0 28 14 5 14 137 3.9 11 Waddell, Brian 9-0 41-4.6 6-10 .600 3-4 .750 3-4 .750 0 7 7 0.8 2 0 4 5 0 1 18 2.0 44 Berg, Will 21-3 133-6.3 16-19 .842 0-0 .000 8-16 .500 9 20 29 1.4 27 0 7 9 5 2 40 1.9 34 Burgess, Raleigh 31-0 195-6.3 23-43 .535 6-15 .400 7-17 .412 17 23 40 1.3-24 0 7 10 4 8 59 1.9 07 King, Sam 6-0 12-2.0 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 0.5 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.3 32 Rayl, Jace 4-0 7-1.8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0.3 20 Furst, Josh 2-0 3-1.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 09 Lusk, Jack 5-0 8-1.6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 35 200.0 964-1975 .488 289-751 .385 504-690 .730 345 809 1154 33.0 557 7 554 368 57 226 2721 77.74 Opponents 35 200.0 891-1963 .454 260-841 .309 429-598 .717 335 734 1069 30.5 630 16 514 411 105 209 2471 70.60 @UKSportsNetwork 33No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 2 Chaz Lanier G 6-4 199 5th Nashville, Tenn. 3 Bishop Boswell G 6-4 195 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. 5 Zakai Zeigler G 5-9 171 Sr. Long Island, N.Y. 7 Igor Milicic Jr. F 6-10 225 Sr. Rovinj, Croatia 8 Darlinstone Dubar G 6-8 211 5th Charlotte, N.C. 11 Jordan Gainey G 6-3 186 Sr. Tucson, Ariz. 12 Cade Phillips F 6-9 212 So. Jacksonville, Ala. 13 J.P. Estrella F 6-11 241 So. Scarborough, Maine 15 Jahmai Mashack G 6-4 201 Sr. Fontana, Calif. 21 Campbell Duncan G 6-6 190 Fr. Austin, Texas 23 Grant Hurst G 6-2 200 R-Jr. Cleveland, Tenn. 24 Gavin Paull G 5-10 155 Fr. Austin, Texas 34 Felix Okpara F 6-11 235 Jr. Lagos, Nigeria 35 Ben Linnemeyer G 6-6 200 Fr. Columbia, Mo. 43 Cameron Carr G 6-5 175 So. Eden Prairie, Minn. Coaching Staff Head Coach: Rick Barnes Assoc. Head Coach: Justin Gainey Assistant Coaches: Rod Clark, Gregg Polinsky, Bryan Lentz, Lucas Campbell Quick Facts Location: Knoxville, Tenn. Founded: 1794 Enrollment: 38,728 Conference: Southeastern 2024-25 Tennessee Volunteers 34 @KentuckyMBB Click Here for More Information on the VolsZakai Zeigler Jahmai Mashack 2024-25 Tennessee Volunteers Statistics TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROW REBOUNDS SCORING No. Player GP-S Min.-Avg. FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Total Avg. PF DQ A TO Blk. Stl Pts Avg. 2 Lanier, Chaz 36-36 1125-31.3 232-530 .438 120-293 .410 66-89 .742 17 120 137 3.8 57 2 38 40 5 33 650 18.1 5 Zeigler, Zakai 35-35 1193-34.1 142-344 .413 61-187 .326 136-168 .810 18 87 105 3.0 66 1 260 105 9 69 481 13.7 11 Gainey, Jordan 36-1 1000-27.8 125-314 .398 46-152 .303 111-137 .810 27 93 120 3.3 65 1 69 35 14 38 407 11.3 7 Milicic Jr., Igor 35-35 902-25.8 121-258 .469 38-118 .322 59-81 .728 65 173 238 6.8 88 2 70 49 25 25 339 9.7 34 Okpara, Felix 36-36 921-25.6 107-184 .582 1-1 1.000 44-62 .710 84 140 224 6.2 87 2 11 41 61 9 259 7.2 15 Mashack, Jahmai 36-36 1010-28.1 71-155 .458 20-55 .364 58-76 .763 48 105 153 4.3 83 1 53 33 20 57 220 6.1 12 Phillips, Cade 36-0 544-15.1 67-106 .632 0-1 .000 40-73 .548 63 65 128 3.6 67 0 22 16 32 8 174 4.8 43 Carr, Cameron 4-0 42-10.6 5-8 .625 2-5 .400 7-9 .778 1 5 6 1.5 5 0 4 1 2 0 19 4.8 13 Estrella, J.P. 3-0 30-10.2 6-9 .667 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 3 5 8 2.7 4 0 1 0 2 0 14 4.7 8 Dubar, Darlinstone 31-1 299-9.7 39-99 .394 15-59 .254 12-20 .600 17 40 57 1.8 22 0 14 12 6 7 105 3.4 23 Hurst, Grant 8-0 10-1.4 4-9 .444 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.1 2 0 1 1 0 1 8 1.0 21 Duncan, Campbell 5-0 05-1.2 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.4 3 Boswell, Bishop 27-0 105-3.9 3-11 .273 0-5 .000 1-2 .500 6 10 16 0.6 10 0 14 13 0 5 7 0.3 24 Paull, Gavin 5-0 05-1.2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 62 56 118 34 Total 36 7200 923-2029 .455 303-879 .345 536-720 .744 411 902 1313 36.5 556 9 557 380 176 252 2685 74.6 Opponents 36 7200 781-2044 .382 261-923 .283 438-593 .739 389 747 1136 31.6 641 7 367 419 105 210 2263 62.9 @UKSportsNetwork 352023-24 (at Fairleigh Dickinson): Started 31 of 32 games played … First Team All-NEC … Two-time NEC Player of the Week … Became the 32nd player in program his- tory to eclipse 1,000 career points … Aver- aged 16.4 points per game … Connected on 43.6% from the field, 39.4% from 3-point range and 80.0% from the free-throw line … Drained 93 3-pointers on the season, tying for a single-season FDU record … Led the league in made 3-pointers … Added 162 re- bounds, 54 assists, 22 blocks and 15 steals … Ranks 23rd all-time in program history in scoring and fourth in made 3s. 2022-23 (at Fairleigh Dickinson): Started 34 of 36 games … Named the NEC’s Most Improved Player … Was a Third Team All-NEC selection … Tabbed to the NEC All-Tournament Team … Led the team with 172 rebounds … Averaged 13.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game … Connected on 43.4% of his field goals and 38.1% from long range … Had seven points, eight re- bounds and an assist against Florida Atlantic in the NCAA Tournament … Led the squad with 23 points and eight rebounds in the NCAA Tournament-opening win over Texas Southern. 2021-22 (at Fairleigh Dickinson): Started four games and appeared in 24 as a freshman … Averaged 3.5 points and 1.7 boards per game … Shot 47.6% from the floor and 34.3% from distance … Named to the NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll. High School: Averaged 15.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as a senior at St. Joseph Regional/ Our Savior Lutheran … Earned First Team All-Bergen County Jamboree honors. Personal: Born April 30 in Spring Valley, New York … Parents are Jean and Sherley Almonor … Has three siblings, Marcus, Jaydan, Samara … Lists his most memorable moment as a bas- ketball player as upsetting No. 1 Purdue in the 2023 NCAA Tournament … His 1,000th- point commemorative ball is his most prized possession … Enjoys playing video games such as FIFA, Madden and MLB away from the court … His father has influenced his life the most … Favorite foods are pizza and chicken wings … Lists the Planet of the Apes series as his favorite movies … Dunked for the first time at age 15 in the park with his older brother … Pregame superstition is praying … Chose No. 15 because Carmelo Anthony was his favorite basketball player while he was growing up. Follow ANSLEY on Social Media n @ansleyalmonor on X n @ansleyalmonor on Instagram ANSLEY ALMONOR 6-7 n 244 n Sr. n Spring Valley, N.Y. #15 n F Click Here for More Information on Ansley 36 @KentuckyMBBSUBSCRIBE TO PODCASTS TODAY! The Mark Pope ShowUK SPORTS NETWORK TV AFFILIATES UK SPORTS NETWORK TV AFFILIATES Louisville Paducah Bowling Green CincinnatiAshlandNashville Johnson City, TN@UKSportsNetwork 39 2023-24 (at Dayton): Named Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year for the second time in his career … Became only the second two-time winner of the award (James Posey of Xavier in 1997 and 1998) … Led the nation in 3-point percent- age (.498, 100-201) … It was the highest mark in the NCAA in six seasons … Member of the 2023-24 Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Appeared in 33 games and made four starts … Averaged a career-high 11.1 points per game … Shot 51.2% from the field … Also contributed 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game … Returned to practice in September after undergoing sur- geries during the offseason. 2022-23 (at Dayton): Appeared in 28 games and made 10 starts … Missed six games early in the season due to a combination of illness and injury … Aver- aged 6.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game … Shot 46% from 3-point range against league foes … Logged 8.3 points per game against A 10 competition … Registered a ca- reer-high 47 assists. 2021-22 (at Dayton): Tabbed the Atlantic 10 Sixth Man of the Year … Averaged 8.1 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, while appearing in all 35 con- tests for the Flyers … Responsible for 27% of the team’s 3s for the season … Shot an A-10 best, 48.7% from deep in league play … Reached double-figure scoring in eight of the final 10 games of the season. High School: Averaged 20.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game as a senior … Led Monsignor Scanlon High School to the Fi- nal Four of the Class AA New York Catholic High School Association for the first time in school history … In the summer of 2019, he represented the Dominican National Team in the U-17 FIBA Centrobasket Champion- ships in San Juan. Personal: Born Nov. 6 in New York City … Parents are Mayra Villar and Stephen Brea … Earned a degree in education and allied studies from Dayton … Has three siblings, Tyler Villar, Javier Castillo and Stephen Dominguez … Godfather is Felipe Lopez who played at St. John’s and in the NBA … Lists his most memorable moment as a basketball player as appearing in the NCAA Tournament … Chose No. 4 because it represents the day his younger brother was born … Favorite food is Spanish dishes … Lists an off-the- court talent as cooking. Follow KOBY on Social Media n @kobybrea on X n @kobybrea on Instagram KOBY BREA 6-7 n 215 n Grad. n Washington Heights, N.Y. #4 n G Click Here for More Information on KobyNext >