< Previous16 @KentuckyMBB Around the SEC Around the Country 2021-22 SEC Standings Team SEC Overall Home Road Auburn 5-0 16-1 8-0 5-0 Texas A&M 4-0 15-2 10-0 3-0 Kentucky 4-1 14-3 12-0 1-2 Mississippi State 3-1 12-4 10-1 0-1 LSU 3-2 15-2 10-1 2-1 Vanderbilt 2-2 10-6 5-5 4-1 Arkansas 2-3 12-5 9-1 1-2 Tennessee 2-3 11-5 9-0 1-3 Alabama 2-3 11-6 7-1 1-3 Florida 1-3 10-6 6-3 1-2 South Carolina 1-3 10-6 7-2 1-3 Ole Miss 1-3 9-7 8-2 0-2 Missouri 1-3 7-9 6-3 0-4 Georgia 0-4 5-12 5-7 0-3 Scoring Player-Team ...................................................................PPG JD Notae, ARK ...............................................................18.8 Scotty Pippen Jr., VANDY ...............................................18.8 Iverson Molinar, MISS ST ...............................................17.9 Oscar Tshiebwe, UK ......................................................16.5 Jaden Shackelford, ALA .................................................16.2 Rebounding Player-Team ...................................................................RPG Oscar Tshiebwe, UK ......................................................14.9 Colin Castleton, UF .........................................................9.1 Jaylin Williams, ARK ........................................................8.8 Kobe Brown, MIZZOU ....................................................8.6 Nysier Brooks, MISS ........................................................8.3 Assists Player-Team ...................................................................APG Sahvir Wheeler, UK .........................................................7.3 Aaron Cook, UGA ...........................................................6.3 Kennedy Chandler, UT ....................................................4.9 TyTy Washington Jr., UK ..................................................4.8 Wendell Green Jr., AUB ...................................................4.7 Steals Player-Team ...................................................................SPG JD Notae, ARK .................................................................2.6 K.D. Johnson, AUB ..........................................................2.3 Kennedy Chandler, UT ....................................................2.3 Eric Gaines, LSU ..............................................................2.1 Xavier Pinson, LSU ..........................................................2.1 Blocks Player-Team ...................................................................BPG Walker Kessler, AUB ........................................................4.1 Colin Castleton, UF .........................................................2.8 Charles Bediako, ALA ......................................................1.7 Dylan Cardwell, AUB ......................................................1.6 Oscar Tshiebwe, UK ........................................................1.4 2021-22 Associated Press Rankings As of January 17 (Week 11) Team Record Points 1 Gonzaga (25) 14-2 1486 2 Auburn (36) 16-1 1482 3 Arizona 14-1 1320 4 Purdue 14-2 1255 5 Baylor 15-2 1238 6 Duke 14-2 1205 7 Kansas 14-2 1192 8 Wisconsin 14-2 1056 9 UCLA 11-2 1041 10 Houston 15-2 1036 11 Villanova 13-4 908 12 Kentucky 14-3 804 13 LSU 15-2 738 14 Michigan State 14-3 681 15 Iowa State 14-3 665 16 USC 14-2 618 17 Illinois 13-3 521 18 Texas Tech 13-4 509 19 Ohio State 11-4 465 20 Xavier 13-3 427 21 Providence 14-2 350 22 Loyola Chicago 13-2 193 23 Texas 13-4 185 24 Tennessee 11-5 98 25 UConn 11-4 7318 @KentuckyMBB From Press Row Up Next: Kentucky Begins Two-Game Road Swing Having won three in a row, and seven of its last eight, Kentucky (14-3, 4-1 SEC) begins a two-game road swing -- against both South- eastern Conference teams that are undefeated in league play -- Wednesday at Texas A&M. Game time is 8:30 p.m. ET (7:30 p.m. CT in Bryan-College Station) and it will be televised by SEC Network. The Wildcats are in the second of five games against opponents who had a com- bined record of 64-13 when that stretch began Jan. 15. Currently, Texas A&M is 15-2 overall, 4-0 in the conference. Kentucky leads the all-time series, 11-4, including 4-2 in games played at A&M. The Wildcats have won the last two meetings but the teams did not play each other in the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season. The Aggies are a stingy defensive unit, al- lowing just 62.9 points per game, a 40.8 field- goal percentage and are seventh nationally in turnovers forced at 18.6 opponent miscues per game. Texas A&M is led in scoring by its sixth man, Quenton Jackson, who comes off the bench to average 12.9 points per game. The Aggies have a balanced attack, with four play- ers averaging at least 9.5 points per game. De- fensively, Jackson, Andre Gordon and Marcus Williams are among the SEC top 15 in steals per game. On Emotional Day, Offensive Out- burst Sparks Win Over Tennessee Just winning would have been fitting enough to honor the passing of a Kentucky coaching great. The No. 18 Wildcats took that objective a step further, doing it convincingly with near-perfect offense thanks to a defense that created plenty of easy chances. Freshman TyTy Washington Jr. scored a ca- reer-high 28 points, Sahvir Wheeler returned from injury to add 21 points and Kentucky shot 67.9% -- highest ever for UK under John Calipari -- to defeat No. 22 Tennessee 107-79 on Saturday. The Wildcats rolled the Volunteers on an emotional day that began with news of the death of former Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall at age 93. Hall led the program to its fourth nation- al championship in 1978. He was close with current Kentucky coach John Calipari, who paid tribute to his friend and mentor by grip- ping a rolled-up program and starting in a 1-3- 1 defense against their border rivals. Kentucky then unleashed its most energet- ic performance this season before its biggest crowd in a while, an effort helped by the re- turn of point guard Wheeler from a neck injury. The Wildcats made their first five shots and 22 of 28 by halftime, with their 78.6% shooting tying a program re- cord set in the first half against Mis- sissippi on Jan. 14, 1981 (11 of 14). ‘’We wanted to win, and it’s a ranked opponent,’’ Calipari said. ‘’I told them we got a ways to go but this was a step and look, I thought Tennessee played well offensively. They did some good stuff. ‘’But we were so good offen- sively, passing it, extra plays. They stretched out their defense and we’re a driving, shoot (a) floater kind of team. That’s what we are, and it kind of worked in our favor.’’ Especially for Washington, who scored Kentucky’s first basket to jump start a 14-5 lead. He finished 10 of 13 from the field, including 2 of 4 from beyond the arc, topping his previous high of 20 points last matched against Western Kentucky on Dec. 22. Kentucky teammates followed Washington’s lead, with all but one player shooting 50% or better from the field. ‘’We really just can’t rely on Oscar (Tshieb- we) all the time to try to carry us all the time in big games,’’ Washington said in reference to Kentucky’s top scorer and rebounder. ‘’A lot of other guys, we’ve got to step up as a whole. We all pinpoint that, and I think that helped us today. We all stepped up and executed.’’ Kentucky’s accuracy held up for nearly 30 minutes before cooling off slightly and finish- ing 38 of 56 from the field. Kentucky also went 20 for 21 from the foul line to end a two-game home slide against the Volunteers (11-5, 2-3). Kentucky reached the century mark for the second time this season with 2:31 left and posted its highest output since scoring 107 against Illinois-Chicago on Nov. 26, 2017. The final point total was even more remarkable considering that Tennessee entered the game No. 2 in the nation in defensive efficiency, ac- cording to KenPom.com. It was the first time a team had reached the century mark against the Volunteers in 15 years, since the 2006-07 season, and the most that UK had ever scored against the border rival. Wheeler, who made 8 of 10 from the field, added, ‘’If we play like this, we won’t be hav- ing too many more Ls.’’ Santiago Vescovi scored 20 points and Kennedy Chandler 17 for Tennessee, which shot 53% but wasn’t close for the final 30 minutes. The Vols also committed 20 turnovers that Kentucky turned into 32 points. ‘’I didn’t think we started defensively the way we wanted with our scouting report,’’ Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said. ‘’ We were in the kind of game we thought we’d be in, and then we turned the ball over and they score quick points. You simply can’t give a team this good that many points off turnovers. They’re gonna shoot 80% if you let them get those runout dunks and those runouts where they were getting to the corner and gonna shoot it.’’ Kellan Grady added 16 points and Davion Mintz 10 for the Wildcats, who made 11 of 18 from beyond the arc. Wheeler had eight as- sists, while Oscar Tshiebwe had 12 rebounds and nine points. Remembering Joe B. A moment of silence was held for Hall in Rupp Arena before the Tennessee game. Spec- tators applauded during a video tribute that included interviews with the coach before fading to black with the words ‘’Joe B. Hall Forever a Wildcat.’’ Calipari said he’d keep a rolled-up program for Kentucky’s remaining games but had never used Hall’s 1-3-1 de- fense that he could recall until Saturday. ‘’I just didn’t want to give everybody the (idea) we’re going to do it and all of a sudden they come in and throw two dunks,’’ Calipari said. ‘’I told the kids, if they throw it to the corner or middle, go man to man.”167 W Main Street, Lexington | @LockboxLex | LockboxLex.com LEXINGTONLocated at GLOW BIG BLUE Just blocks from Rupp Arena, we’re the perfect destination for your pre-game dinner or post-game drinks. 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KENTUCKYKENTUCKY WILDCATS!WILDCATS! ® BEAVER DAM Robbie Parham BEREA Chad Tate BENTON Michelle Clark BOWLING GREEN Nancy Hickey BUTLER Jason Laytart CAMPBELLSVILLE Joseph Hamilton CARLISLE Bill Clark CYNTHIANA David Yeiser DANVILLE Troy Wheeler ELIZABETHTOWN Jamie Martin Alice Slaubaugh EMINENCE Fred Downey EVANSVILLE, IN Rick Koberstein FAIRDALE Jamie Norsworthy FLEMINGSBURG Cole Clark FLORENCE Rocky Bryan Will Gilliland FRANKLIN Brian Knapp FRANKFORT BJ Hurst Audrey Marshall GEORGETOWN Steve Black Spencer Kilpatrick HARDINSBURG Sandra Bruington HARRODSBURG Jamie Dunn HENDERSON Lesley Liley HODGENVILLE Teddy Sandford HOPKINSVILLE Scott Leuckel LAGRANGE Paula Kaeser LANCASTER Cindy Lanham LAWRENCEBURG Ashley Bailey Larry Moore LEITCHFIELD Donna Vanmeter LEXINGTON Tony Arnold Linda Fugate Dawan Hart Willie Morrison Maddie Stiles Terry Wolfe Gene Young LIBERTY Kevin Atwood LIVERMORE Katie Gunterman LONDON Jeffery Anderson LOUISVILLE Larissa Spears MADISONVILLE Kelly Madison MAYFIELD Steve Jones MOREHEAD Caleb Staggs MOUNT STER- LING Elizabeth Shelley MURRAY Doug Henry NICHOLASVILLE Marc Miller Russ Owens OWENSBORO Karen Keller Bob Smith Nick Warren PADUCAH Toby Boone RICHMOND Ashley Kovaleski Evan Worrell SHELBYVILLE Jessica Cole SLAUGHTERS Sam Westfall SOMERSET Jason Weatherford SPRINGFIELD Sue Blair STANFORD Sean Slusher VERSAILLES Janice Frasier WINCHESTER Kay Brandenburg Olin Woolum22 @KentuckyMBB 2021-22 Kentucky Wildcats Statistics TOTAL 3-POINT F-THROW SCORING REBOUNDS No. Player GP-S Min. Avg. FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Pts Avg. Off Def Total Avg. PF A TO Stl Blk. 34 Tshiebwe, Oscar 17-17 497 29.2 115-185 .622 0-0 .000 51-71 .718 281 16.5 88 165 253 14.9 42 15 27 24 23 03 Washington Jr. , TyTy 17-17 539 31.7 101-196 .515 23-56 .411 22-27 .815 247 14.5 16 55 71 4.2 26 81 30 21 5 31 Grady, Kellan 17-17 512 30.1 70-145 .483 48-105 .457 13-19 .684 201 11.8 4 27 31 1.8 10 18 12 17 2 12 Brooks Jr., Keion 16-16 372 23.3 69-137 .504 5-18 .278 26-36 .722 169 10.6 21 50 71 4.4 20 12 18 7 12 02 Wheeler, Sahvir 15-15 437 29.1 64-137 .467 5-25 .200 22-25 .880 155 10.3 11 24 35 2.3 36 110 44 22 1 10 Mintz, Davion 14-1 304 21.7 42-100 .420 23-60 .383 20-28 .714 127 9.1 11 21 32 2.3 17 21 16 5 2 00 Toppin, Jacob 13-1 217 16.7 29-55 .527 0-1 .000 16-21 .762 74 5.7 13 31 44 3.4 14 19 8 6 8 04 Collins, Daimion 16-1 165 10.3 26-43 .605 0-3 .000 7-9 .778 59 3.7 15 29 44 2.8 26 4 13 5 19 11 Allen, Dontaie 12-0 96 8.0 13-44 .295 6-32 .188 4-4 1.000 36 3.0 3 16 19 1.6 7 6 3 2 2 23 Hopkins, Bryce 17-0 145 8.5 18-43 .419 5-15 .333 3-5 .600 44 2.6 13 17 30 1.8 12 7 13 4 2 55 Ware, Lance 11-0 77 7.0 7-10 .700 0-0 .000 7-16 .438 21 1.9 4 16 20 1.8 17 1 9 2 5 20 Payne, Zan 9-0 13 1.4 2-6 .333 0-3 .000 4-4 1.000 8 0.9 0 2 2 0.2 1 0 1 1 0 14 Canada, Brennan 9-0 13 1.4 3-4 .750 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 6 0.7 1 0 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 1 25 Watkins, Kareem 9-0 13 1.4 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 1 2 3 0.3 2 2 3 2 0 Total 17 3400 200.0 559-1106 .505 115-319 .361 195-265 .736 1428 84.00 231 489 720 42.4 230 297 199 118 82 Opponents 3400 200.0 402-1007 .399 112-358 .313 157-222 .707 1073 63.12 134 343 477 28.1 249 178 222 108 52The UK HealthCare John Calipari Show Behind Kentucky Basketball SUBSCRIBE TO PODCASTS TODAY! 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PF A TO Stl Blk. 03 Jackson, Quenton 17-0 386 22.7 76-161 .472 21-54 .389 47-55 .855 220 12.9 8 48 56 3.3 37 25 31 28 7 15 Coleman III, Henry 16-14 371 23.2 65-108 .602 0-1 .000 46-70 .657 176 11.0 35 49 84 5.3 40 9 23 21 8 01 Williams, Marcus 17-17 448 26.4 64-151 .424 25-72 .347 20-33 .606 173 10.2 6 33 39 2.3 33 69 45 27 2 23 Radford, Tyrece 17-17 484 28.5 66-130 .508 13-37 .351 16-30 .533 161 9.5 36 56 92 5.4 17 22 20 12 6 20 Gordon, Andre 16-15 401 25.1 47-94 .500 25-51 .490 13-18 .722 132 8.3 3 37 40 2.5 22 36 16 28 4 04 Taylor IV, Wade 17-0 261 15.4 44-116 .379 21-59 .356 22-36 .611 131 7.7 6 27 33 1.9 31 46 32 18 3 05 Diarra, Hassan 17-2 259 15.2 36-93 .387 17-49 .347 19-31 .613 108 6.4 3 28 31 1.8 14 22 17 11 5 35 Obaseki, Manny 17-3 176 10.4 19-49 .388 4-12 .333 10-17 .588 52 3.1 8 22 30 1.8 5 6 6 9 5 10 Henderson, Ethan 17-8 284 16.7 22-35 .629 0-0 .000 5-11 .455 49 2.9 27 28 55 3.2 24 8 14 13 12 00 Cash, Aaron 15-0 174 11.6 18-37 .486 0-2 .000 4-6 .667 40 2.7 31 29 60 4.0 24 5 2 9 8 02 Hefner, Hayden 8-0 63 7.9 7-16 .438 4-11 .364 2-4 .500 20 2.5 3 1 4 0.5 7 3 3 3 2 31 Brown, Javonte 14-9 129 9.2 9-19 .474 0-0 .000 8-22 .364 26 1.9 9 19 28 2.0 22 8 6 4 7 25 Janecek, Aaron 3-0 3 1.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 0.7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 24 Walker, Zach 6-0 6 1.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 0.3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 12 Vaughn, Everett 4-0 3 0.8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Watkins, Davin 2-0 2 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0.0 0 2 2 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 Total 17 3450 202.9 474-1011 .469 130-348 .374 214-335 .639 1292 76.00 203 405 608 35.8 276 260 220 183 70 Opponents 3450 202.9 381-934 .408 117-363 .322 190-259 .734 1069 62.88 181 384 565 33.2 283 242 316 115 62 Andre Gordon Quenton Jackson 24 @KentuckyMBBFind your vibe at VisitLEX.comNext >