< Previous10 @KentuckyMBBIt's Easy to SAVE with the Kroger App Score big with weekly sales and digital coupons Official Grocery Partner of UK AthleticsWEEKNIGHTS 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY 9:00 a.m.KENTUCKY BASKETBALL 14 @KentuckyMBB From Press Row Last Time Out: Arkansas Recap Antonio Reeves really enjoys playing in Arkansas’ Bud Walton Arena. Reeves proved that fact again by scoring 24 points as No. 6 Kentucky topped Arkansas 63-57. Last season, Reeves scored 37 points in the same building as the Cats beat the Hogs. On Saturday, Reeves overcame early struggles (he made just one of his first five shots) to make nine of 20 from the floor, including 4 of 8 from behind the arc, on his way to those 24 points. It was the 10th time this season that Reeves has scored at least 20 points in a game. Kentucky (15-4, 5-2 Southeastern Con- ference) got 14 points, all in the second half, from freshman Reed Sheppard. The freshman from London, Kentucky, added five assists, four rebounds, four steals and a blocked shot. Tre Mitchell had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Cats were able to score 12 points off of 13 Arkansas turnovers, which was one of the big differences in the game. The Hogs scored just five points off of UK’s nine turnovers. Kentucky missed its first five shots of the game, but Arkansas only led 3-0 early. The Cats got on the board with a Mitchell three, tying the game. Arkansas would score the next six points before UK got a free throw from Reeves to make it 9-4 with 13:09 to play in the first half. The Cats would make only one of their first 17 shots and the Hogs took a 14-4 lead before Reeves got a shot to go, cutting the deficit to 14-6. Kentucky would go 3-21 from the floor be- fore getting consecutive baskets from Reeves and D.J. Wagner to cut the deficit to 18-12 with 6:27 left in the half. The Cats would trail 20-12 before going on an 8-1 run to get within one, 21-20. After an Arkansas basket, UK got within one again on an Ugonna Onyenso tip-in. However, Ar- kansas would lead 26-24 at the half. The 24 points marked the fewest points in a half for Kentucky so far this season. Arkansas scored the first two points of the second half before Reeves got a basket and free throw to cut the deficit to one, 28-27. Kentucky would tie the game at 28-28 on an Adou Thiero free throw with 17:29 remaining. Arkansas would get a three from Khalif Battle but the Cats answered with a three from Shep- pard to tie the game at 31-31. The Razorbacks would answer with six consecutive points to lead 37-31. UK then got a three from Reeves and a layup from Shep- pard to cut it to one, 37-36. Then, Sheppard stole a pass and raced down the floor for a two-hand slam to give Kentucky its first lead of the game, 38-37, with 12:54 to play. The lead lasted just 15 seconds as Arkan- sas scored on its next possession to lead 39-38. The lead would change hands on the next three possessions, capped by a Sheppard layup that gave the Cats a 42-41 lead. UK would extend the lead to 44-41 on a Reeves steal and dunk with 8:32 to play. Arkansas cut the UK lead to 44- 43 before Mitchell drilled a three from the top of the key to give the Cats a 47-43 advantage with 7:24 to play. Arkansas got within one on a Bat- tle three but Reeves drilled a three from the left wing to give the Cats a 50-46 ad- vantage with 5:22 remaining. After a pair of Arkansas free throws, Mitchell hit a left cor- ner three to give UK a 53-48 lead. Arkansas would score the next four to get within a point before Reeves made another three, extending the lead to 56-52 with 2:40 to go. Kentucky extended the lead to 58-52 when Onyenso stole the ball, got it to Sheppard who threw it downcourt to Wagner for a layup. And when Sheppard hit a three one possession later, the Cats led by nine, 61-52, with 1:27 to play. From there, the Cats held on for the victory. Antonio Th-REEVES: All-America Candidate Senior Antonio Reeves is firmly cement- ed in the race to become an All-American. He is among the final 10 candidates for the Jerry West Award, honoring the nation's best shooting guard. He is UK's leading scorer at 19.5 points per game. Reeves is tallying marks of 50.2% from the field, 43.1% from 3-point range and 87.3% from the charity stripe -- all career bests. He tallied 30 points in a win at Louis- ville and followed that performance with 27 against Illinois State. He was just the fourth UK player to ever score 30 or more in the series vs. Louisville. With the 30-point effort at Louisville, Reeves joined Oscar Tshiebwe (4), Malik Monk (4) and Jamal Murray (3) as the only players in the UK-Calipari era to have multiple games with 30 or more points. Reeves has topped double-figure scoring in all but one game this season and eclipsed the 20-point plateau in 10 games. He is just the second UK player under John Calipari to have 20 career 20-or-more scoring efforts in his career, joining 2022 National Player of the Year, Tshiebwe, in that category. Seven of his 20 career 20-plus point scoring efforts have come on the road. Against Georgia, he eclipsed 2,000 ca- reer points combining his time at Illinois State and at Kentucky. As a Wildcat, he's just 142 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point plateau. Associated Press Poll All-Time Leader Not only is Kentucky the nation's all-time wins leader and the team with the best all- time winning percentage, it has been ranked in the Associated Press more than any other program. Kentucky has been ranked in the AP poll during 962 weeks in the poll's 75-year histo- ry. North Carolina (949), Duke (885), Kansas (852) and UCLA (737) round out the top five. The Wildcats were ranked No. 1 for the first time in the second month of the poll in Feb. 1949. UK has played a total of 252 games as the nation’s top-ranked team, including 77 under current coach John Calipari.Thank You to Our CORNERSTONE PARTNERSNEKENTUCKY BASKETBALL 18 @KentuckyMBB Around the SEC Around the Country 2023-24 SEC Standings and Statistics Team SEC Overall Home Road Alabama 6-1 14-6 10-1 2-2 Tennessee 5-1 15-4 10-0 3-2 South Carolina 5-2 17-3 11-1 3-2 Auburn 5-2 16-4 10-0 2-3 Kentucky 5-2 15-4 10-1 3-2 Ole Miss 4-3 17-3 12-0 3-3 Florida 4-3 14-6 9-1 1-3 Georgia 4-3 14-6 11-1 3-2 Mississippi State 3-4 14-6 8-2 0-4 Texas A&M 3-4 12-8 7-3 3-3 LSU 3-4 11-9 8-3 1-4 Arkansas 1-6 10-10 8-4 0-3 Missouri 0-7 8-12 6-5 2-5 Vanderbilt 0-6 5-14 5-7 0-4 Scoring Player-Team ...................................................................PPG Wade Taylor IV, TAMU ...................................................20.0 Mark Sears, ALA ............................................................20.0 Dalton Knecht, UT ........................................................19.5 Antonio Reeves, UK ......................................................19.5 Tramon Mark, ARK ........................................................17.4 Rebounding Player-Team ...................................................................RPG Johni Broome, AUB .........................................................8.7 Andersson Garcia, TAMU ................................................8.7 Tyrese Samuel, UF ...........................................................8.3 Micah Handlogten, UF ....................................................7.9 Tre Mitchell, UK ..............................................................7.7 Assists Player-Team ...................................................................APG Zakai Zeigler, UT .............................................................5.1 Zyon Pullin, UF ...............................................................4.8 Ta'Lon Cooper, SC ...........................................................4.3 Reed Sheppard, UK .........................................................4.1 Aaron Estrada, ALA ..........................................................4.0 Steals Player-Team ...................................................................SPG Reed Sheppard, UK .........................................................2.5 Wade Taylor IV, TAMU .....................................................2.2 Cameron Matthews, MISS ST ...........................................2.1 Jordan Wright, LSU ..........................................................2.1 Matthew Murrell, MISS ....................................................2.0 Blocks Player-Team ...................................................................BPG Jamarion Sharp, MISS ......................................................2.7 Johni Broome, AUB .........................................................2.1 Jonas Aidoo, UT ..............................................................1.8 Dylan Cardwell, AUB ......................................................1.5 Grant Nelson, ALA ..........................................................1.4 2023-24 Associated Press Rankings As of January 29, 2024 (week 13) Team Record Points 1 UConn (48) 18-2 1559 2 Purdue (14) 19-2 1517 3 North Carolina 17-3 1441 4 Houston (1) 18-2 1396 5 Tennessee 15-4 1328 6 Wisconsin 16-4 1135 7 Duke 15-4 1066 8 Kansas 16-4 1051 9 Marquette 15-5 1025 10 Kentucky 15-4 1018 11 Arizona 15-5 915 12 Iowa State 16-4 869 13 Creighton 16-5 741 14 Illinois 15-5 717 15 Texas Tech 16-3 713 16 Auburn 16-4 631 17 Utah State 18-2 596 18 Baylor 14-5 404 19 New Mexico 18-3 387 20 Florida Atlantic 17-4 321 21 Dayton 16-3 294 22 BYU 15-5 283 23 Oklahoma 15-5 247 24 Alabama 14-6 240 25 TCU 15-5 215 (through January 29 games)We’re your Shield. 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