< 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 What's Trending Over the Last Five Games A snapshot of what has been trending with the Cats over their last five games played: • UK is 3-2 with three straight wins at Mississippi State, vs. Tennessee and at Florida • Sahvir Wheeler has missed all five out- ings with a right ankle injury, while CJ Fred- rick has missed the last four with an injury to his ribs • Five Wildcats are averaging double-fig- ure points: Tshiebwe (17.2), Reeves (13.8), Toppin (13.8), Wallace (11.4) and Living- ston (11.4) - that group has comprised the starting five for each of the last four games • Kentucky is plus-9.8 on the boards. Seven players are averaging 2.0 boards per game or better • Kentucky is shooting 32.4% (24-74) from 3-point range • The Cats have owned the offensive glass. UK has racked up 69 offensive re- bounds compared with just 35 for its oppo- nents • Wallace is averaging 6.8 assists per game. He has dished out at least five assists in each of the five games • Tshiebwe is averaging 6.0 free-throw attempts per game. Over the last five games, he's shooting 80% (24-30) from the line Where UK Stands with Four to Play If the season concluded on Feb. 24, the Wildcats would own the No. 3 seed in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Ken- tucky has a one-game lead on Tennessee and Auburn for the three seed. If UK and Tennessee finished tied, the Cats would own the tiebreaker with a 2-0 season sweep of the Vols. Auburn and Kentucky play on Saturday. With three games to play, Kentucky can- not finish lower than ninth in the standings. Teams seeded three through 11 are within four games of each other, so a lot is left to be determined over the final seven days of the regular-season. Injury Bug a Story with the Cats A season after playing just 17 games at full strength, the Wildcats are once again dealing with a multitude of injuries. Ken- tucky has played 13 of 28 games at full strength. Two starters were missing for the team's home loss against South Carolina, and two who play 24-plus minutes were out at Georgia, at Mississippi State, at home against Tennessee and at Florida. Daimion Collins: Missed the Tennessee game with a left foot injury CJ Fredrick: Exited the Missouri game with a right-hand injury after playing four minutes. Missed the Louisville, LSU and Al- abama games with the hand injury. Missed the Georgia (away), Mississippi State, Ten- nessee (home) and Florida (away) games with a rib injury Jacob Toppin: Exited the Alabama game with a right-shoulder injury and did not re- turn. Missed the South Carolina game Oscar Tshiebwe: Had a minor knee pro- cedure and missed the duration of the pre- season as well as the team's games against Howard and Duquesne Cason Wallace: Exited the South Car- olina game with a lower-back injury and did not return after playing eight minutes. Missed the Ole Miss game due to precau- tionary reasons as he dealt with a lower-ex- tremity issue Lance Ware: Missed the North Florida game due to an illness and the LSU game with a left-shoulder injury Sahvir Wheeler: Missed both exhibition games and the team's opener vs. Howard with a right-leg injury and the team's trip to Tennessee with a left-shoulder injury. He then missed the games vs. Arkansas, at Georgia, at Mississippi State, vs. Tennessee and at Florida with a right ankle injuryMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTInside The Numbers 18 @KentuckyMBB AUBURN (19-9, 9-6) AT KENTUCKY (19-9, 10-5) Series Breakdown Overall - UK, 96-23 at Lexington - UK, 50-2 Calipari vs. AU - 13-6 Pearl vs. UK - 10-16 Current UK streak - L1 John Calipari Bruce Pearl Overall Record: 829-250* Overall Record: 633-252 Record at UK: 384-110 Record at Auburn: 171-107 Overall Seasons: 31st Overall Seasons: 28th at Kentucky: 14th at Auburn: 9th * on court record UK Statistic AU 74.6 Points Per Game 72.7 38.4 Rebounds PG 37.5 15.8 Assists PG 14.5 3.9 Blocks PG 5.6 6.4 Steals PG 8.1 11.5 Turnovers PG 12.6 .459 FG Pct. .440 .362 3-Pt. FG Pct. .301 .696 FT. Pct. .707 1.4 Assist-to-TO Ratio 1.2 THE MATCHUPTALE OF THE TAPE • Move UK to 51-2 against the Tigers in games played in Lexington • Be the 20th win in a row for the Wild- cats over Auburn in Lexington • Improve Kentucky to 316-62 against unranked foes under Calipari • Push Kentucky's record to 14-3 at home this season A UK WIN WOULD... 49 SEC regular-season titles in program history 31 SEC Tournament championships 11.4 Livingston's points per game over his last five games .362 Kentucky's SEC-leading 3-point percentage BY THE NUMBERSNext >