< Previous10 @KentuckyMBBYou can enjoy FREE * grocery delivery, 2X Fuel Points and more for as low as $59/year. *$35 order minimum. Restrictions apply. Subject to availability. Delivery time not guaranteed. Official Grocery Partner of UK AthleticsWEEKNIGHTS 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY 9:00 a.m.14 @KentuckyMBB From Press Row #OscarWorthy Part II Senior Oscar Tshiebwe is once again in the thick of the conversation for the nation's best player after sweeping every major Na- tional Player of the Year honor a season ago. Tshiebwe currently leads the Cats in points per game (15.9), rebounds per game (13.6) and field-goal percentage (.555). He's second in steals per game (1.6) and blocks per game (0.9). In league play, Tshiebwe is averaging 15.7 points and 14.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 50.9% from the floor. He has seven double-doubles. Tshiebwe put together a performance for the ages in a come-from-behind win over Georgia on Jan. 17. He poured in a ca- reer-high 37 points and added 24 rebounds. More about that historic performance: • The last Wildcat with a 35-point, 20-re- bound game was Mike Phillips, who had 35-20 vs. LSU on Feb. 2, 1976 • It was the the fifth 35-20 game in UK his- tory, also Phillips (listed above), Dan Issel (36- 29 vs. LSU on Feb. 22, 1969), Cotton Nash (34-20 vs. Tulane on Jan. 11, 1964) and Bill Spivey (40-34 vs. Xavier on Feb. 13, 1951) • Per ESPN, Tshiebwe’s 24 rebounds were the most for a Division I player with a 35-point game in the last 25 seasons • Per ESPN, Tshiebwe's 24 rebounds were the most in a 35-point performance in the last 25 seasons. UNC's Brice Johnson had 23 in 2016, Oklahoma's Blake Griffin had 23 in 2009 and Texas' Kevin Durant had 23 in 2007 • Tshiebwe (24) and teammate Jacob Toppin (11) combined for more rebounds (35) than Georgia's entire team (31) • He became just the third player in program history to have multiple games of at least 24 rebounds, joining Dan Issel and Cotton Nash as the only others to do so • It was the fourth 30-point game of his career • The 37-point game tied Malik Monk vs. Georgia (1/31/17) for most points in an SEC game and the third-most point in any con- test in the Calipari era • Tshiebwe's 37-point, 24-rebound game against Georgia was the fifth such contest of his UK career (at least 22 points and at least 18 rebounds). He now has five of the eight games of 22 or more points and at least 18 rebounds by an SEC player in the last 10 seasons. No other player has more than one and the feat had not been accom- plished since South Carolina's Sindarius Thornwell did so against Alabama on Feb. 7, 2017 • Tshiebwe also has tallied four 20-point, 15-rebound games so far this season after seven a season ago. He has 11 of the 53 20-point, 15-rebound contests by SEC play- ers in the last 10 seasons • Tshiebwe has amassed six games of at least 20 rebounds in two seasons with the Cats. All UK players combined have to- taled five other 20-rebound games since the 1973-74 season Super Sixth Man: Antonio Threeves Senior Antonio Reeves came to Kentucky after ranking among the nation's top 20 in points per game (20.1) a season ago. He showed flashes of his ability to put the ball in the basket after leading the team in scor- ing during its foreign tour this summer and knocking down six 3-pointers in his debut against Howard. However, Reeves has become a clutch player for the Cats and made an immediate impact off the bench. • Reeves has reached double-figure scor- ing in eight of the last nine games. Over that nine-game stretch, he's averaging a team- high 15.8 points per game. He's drained 21 3-pointers and is shooting 47.1% from the floor and 42.9% from behind the arc. • He drained a season-high 27 points and made a season-high-tying six 3-pointers at Ole Miss. He was 8 of 12 from the field, 5 of 6 from 3-point range and a perfect 5 for 5 at the line • His clutch play down the stretch has paid dividends for the Cats. Reeves scored 10 points over the final eight minutes against Tennessee and seven against Texas A&M. At Ole Miss with UK clinging to a 35-34 lead and 16:58 to play, Reeves scored 11 of UK's next 13 points over a 3:34 span to give the Wildcats a cushion they would not surren- der at seven points with 13:24 to go • Reeves' 12.9 points per game in 18 contests off the bench rank fourth nationally among players who have made at least 15 appearances as a reserveMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTInside The Numbers 18 @KentuckyMBB ARKANSAS (16-7, 5-5) AT KENTUCKY (16-7, 7-3) Series Breakdown Overall - UK, 33-13 at Lexington - UK, 15-4 Calipari vs. UA - 13-8 Musselman vs. UK - 2-1 Current UK streak - L2 John Calipari Eric Musselman Overall Record: 826-248* Overall Record: 199-69 Record at UK: 381-108 Record at UA: 89-35 Overall Seasons: 31st Overall Seasons: 8th at Kentucky: 14th at Arkansas: 4th * on court record UK Statistic UA 75.2 Points Per Game 74.4 38.6 Rebounds PG 36.2 16.0 Assists PG 13.3 4.1 Blocks PG 5.1 6.7 Steals PG 8.5 11.3 Turnovers PG 13.3 .459 FG Pct. .474 .368 3-Pt. FG Pct. .306 .694 FT. Pct. .697 1.4 Assist-to-TO Ratio 1.0 THE MATCHUPTALE OF THE TAPE • Move John Calipari within one of passing Ray Mears (182) for the fifth- most SEC regular-season wins in league history • Snap a two-game skid against Arkansas • Be the seventh straight SEC win • Improve the Wildcats to 314-60 all-time under Calipari against unranked Associ- ated Press Top 25 foes A UK WIN WOULD... 49 SEC regular-season titles in program history 31 SEC Tournament championships 13.6 Tshiebwe nation-leading rebounds per game .368 Kentucky's SEC-leading 3-point percentage BY THE NUMBERSNext >