< 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.From Press Row Cats Open with 95-63 Win over Howard Antonio Reeves led four Wildcats in dou- ble figures with 22 points while Cason Wal- lace flirted with a triple-double as Kentucky sprinted out to a 49-26 lead at the half be- fore cruising to the 32-point season-opening victory over the Bison Monday night. Some notes on the victory: • UK improved to 99-21 all-time in sea- son-openers • UK has won 12 of 14 season openers and is a perfect 14-0 in home openers under John Calipari • Reeves set a UK-debut record six 3-pointers • Wallace recorded the second-most as- sists in a UK freshman debut, while becom- ing the first UK freshman in school history to have at least 15 points, eight rebounds, and nine assists in a collegiate debut • Marking his first official game in 595 days, CJ Fredrick showed no rust with 20 points, the sixth 20-point game of his career • Jacob Toppin notched his first career double-double with 15 points and a ca- reer-high 11 rebounds • Chris Livingston started his first colle- giate game, scoring nine points while grab- bing four boards More First Game Facts • Reeves (22), Fredrick (20), Toppin (15) and Wallace (15) each scored 15 or more points, marking the first such game for the Cats since Kevin Knox (22), Quade Green (18), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (17) and Wenyen Gabriel (15) achieved the feat in a 96-78 win over Ole Miss Feb. 28, 2018 • Wallace was one of two players, and the only freshman, nationally on opening night who went for at least 15 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and two steals, joining New Mexico State junior Deshawndre Washing- ton, who went for a triple-double with 17 points, 10 assists and 10 boards to go along with two steals in a 101-52 win over New Mexico Highlands • Wallace was one of only two freshmen to accomplish the season-opening feat since the 2010-11 season, joining Lonzo Ball, who went for 19 points, 11 assists, eight rebounds and two steals in a 119-80 win over Pacific on Nov. 11, 2016 • Lance Ware totaled four steals, the most in a Kentucky season-opener since Knox and Gilgeous-Alexander each had four in a 73-63 win over Utah Valley Nov. 10, 2017 Cats Began Season Ranked No. 4 For the 13th time in 14 seasons under head coach John Calipari, the Kentucky men’s basketball team began the season among the preseason top 10 in the Associated Press Top 25. The Wildcats were tabbed No. 4. • Including this season, Calipa- ri’s teams have been ranked inside the top five 11 times • Eight Kentucky opponents en- ter the 2022-23 season ranked in the AP Top 25, including four noncon- ference opponents • UK will have 10 total match- ups in 2022-23 against top-25 op- ponents SportsCenter All-Access with Coach Calipari, Oscar Tshiebwe and the No. 4 Wild- cats All editions of ESPN’s SportsCen- ter from Nov. 8-11 will feature a four-part All-Access look at the No. 4 Kentucky Wildcats, who opened their season on Monday vs. Howard University. • A SportsCenter crew that in- cluded college basketball analysts Seth Greenberg and Jimmy Dykes was embedded with Calipari and the Wildcats during the team’s Pro Day weekend in October, sharing extended time with Calipari, return- ing Player of the Year Oscar Tshieb- we and the entire Wildcat team • Among topics discussed for the series – which will also be shared across ESPN’s social channels in- cluding YouTube: Kentucky’s NCAA Tournament loss to Saint Peter’s, NIL, the Transfer Portal, Calipari’s use of Sports Psychologist Dr. Bob Rotella and the Cats’ outlook for this season Cats Began Season Ranked No. 4 For the 13th time in 14 seasons under head coach John Calipari, the Kentucky men’s basketball team began the season among the preseason top 10 in the Associated Press Top 25. The Wildcats were tabbed No. 4. • Including this season, Calipari’s teams have been ranked inside the top five 11 times • Eight Kentucky opponents enter the 2022-23 season ranked in the AP Top 25, in- cluding four nonconference opponents • UK will have 10 total matchups in 2022-23 against top-25 opponents Five Players on National Watch Lists Five Wildcats -- Chris Livingston, Anto- nio Reeves, Oscar Tshiebwe, Cason Wallace and Sahvir Wheeler -- are on major national watch lists to begin the season. Reeves and Wallace are two of 20 players on the preseason watch list for the Jerry West Award (best shooting guard), while Living- ston is on the Julius Erving Award list (best small forward), Tshiebwe is looking to repeat as a winner for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar honor (best center) and Wheeler was picked as a Bob Cousy Award (best point guard) ear- ly-season favorite. • Tshiebwe has been a unanimous selec- tion to preseason All-America teams • Tshiebwe and Wheeler were selected to the Naismith Trophy Player of the Year watch list, while Tshiebwe also was named to the NABC Player of the Year Award watch list • In its history, Kentucky's Malik Monk (2017) won the West Award, Tyler Ulis (2016) captured the Cousy Award and Tshiebwe (2022) was tabbed the Abdul-Jab- bar winner • Wheeler was a finalist for the Cousy Award in 2021-22 KENTUCKY 14 @KentuckyMBBMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTInside The Numbers KENTUCKY 18 @KentuckyMBB DUQUESNE (1-0) AT KENTUCKY (1-0) Series Breakdown Overall - 2-0 in Lexington - UK, 2-0 Calipari vs. DU - 12-4 Dambrot vs. UK - 0-0 Current UK streak - W2 John Calipari Keith Dambrot Overall Record: 811-241* Overall Record: 485-280 Record at UK: 366-101 Record at Duquesne: 72-71 Overall Seasons: 31st Overall Seasons: 25th at Kentucky: 14th at Duquesne: 6th * on court record UK Stat Opp. 95.0 Points Per Game 91.0 42.0 Rebounds PG 36.0 20.0 Assists PG 13.0 5.0 Blocks PG 4.0 10.0 Steals PG 10.0 10.0 Turnovers PG 13.0 .548 FG Pct. .644 .458 3-Pt. FG Pct. .417 .571 FT. Pct. .625 2.0 Assist-to-TO Ratio 1.0 THE MATCHUPTALE OF THE TAPE • Extend UK's win streak at Rupp Arena to 21 games, the longest active home win streak in the SEC • Improve Calipari's record in Rupp Arena to 208-17 • Push Calipari's record to 13-4 against Duquesne and 3-0 at UK • Improve UK's record against teams comprising the Atlantic 10 to 14-3 A UK WIN WOULD... 49 SEC regular-season titles in program history 31 SEC Tournament championships 20 Straight home victories in Rupp Arena 6 Double-figure scorers in exhibition vs Kentucky State BY THE NUMBERSNext >