< Previous16 @KentuckyMBB Around the SEC Around the Country 2021-22 SEC Standings Team SEC Overall Home Road Auburn 8-0 19-1 10-0 6-0 Kentucky 6-2 16-4 13-0 2-3 Arkansas 5-3 15-5 11-1 2-2 Tennessee 5-3 14-5 11-0 2-3 Texas A&M 4-3 15-5 10-1 3-2 Mississippi State 4-3 13-6 11-1 0-3 LSU 4-4 16-4 11-1 2-3 Alabama 4-4 13-7 9-1 1-4 South Carolina 3-4 12-7 9-2 1-4 Florida 3-5 12-8 8-3 1-4 Vanderbilt 2-5 10-9 5-6 4-3 Missouri 2-5 8-11 6-4 1-5 Ole Miss 2-6 10-10 9-4 0-3 Georgia 1-6 6-14 6-7 0-5 Scoring Player-Team ...................................................................PPG JD Notae, ARK ...............................................................18.9 Scotty Pippen Jr., VANDY ...............................................18.4 Iverson Molinar, MISS ST ...............................................18.4 Jaden Shackelford, ALA .................................................17.1 Oscar Tshiebwe, UK ......................................................16.3 Rebounding Player-Team ...................................................................RPG Oscar Tshiebwe, UK ......................................................15.2 Colin Castleton, UF .........................................................9.1 Jaylin Williams, ARK ........................................................8.9 Kobe Brown, MIZZOU ....................................................8.7 Nysier Brooks, MISS ........................................................7.9 Assists Player-Team ...................................................................APG Sahvir Wheeler, UK .........................................................6.9 Aaron Cook, UGA ...........................................................6.0 Wendell Green Jr., AUB ...................................................5.0 Kennedy Chandler, UT ....................................................4.9 Xavier Pinson, LSU ..........................................................4.6 Steals Player-Team ...................................................................SPG JD Notae, ARK .................................................................2.4 K.D. Johnson, AUB ..........................................................2.2 Kennedy Chandler, UT ....................................................2.2 Keon Ellis, ALA ................................................................2.1 Eric Gaines, LSU ..............................................................2.1 Blocks Player-Team ...................................................................BPG Walker Kessler, AUB ........................................................4.1 Colin Castleton, UF .........................................................2.8 Charles Bediako, ALA ......................................................1.6 Dylan Cardwell, AUB ......................................................1.6 Oscar Tshiebwe, UK ........................................................1.6 2021-22 Associated Press Rankings As of January 24 (Week 12) Team Record Points 1 Auburn (45) 18-1 1504 2 Gonzaga (15) 15-2 1475 3 Arizona (1) 16-1 1381 4 Baylor 17-2 1335 5 Kansas 16-2 1281 6 Purdue 16-3 1119 7 Houston 17-2 1116 UCLA 13-2 1116 9 Duke 15-3 1017 10 Michigan State 15-3 979 11 Wisconsin 15-3 894 12 Kentucky 15-4 822 13 Texas Tech 15-4 766 14 Villanova 14-5 713 15 USC 16-2 711 16 Ohio State 12-4 584 17 Providence 16-2 542 18 Tennessee 13-5 419 19 LSU 15-4 399 20 UConn 13-4 284 21 Xavier 14-4 269 22 Marquette 14-6 177 23 Iowa State 14-5 167 24 Illinois 13-5 155 25 Davidson 16-2 13218 @KentuckyMBB From Press Row “College GameDay” Sees No. 12/13 Kentucky at No. 5/5 Kansas in Big 12/SEC Challenge Saturday’s matchup between No. 12/13 Kentucky and No. 5/5 Kansas headlines the annual Big 12/SEC Challenge. The game will tip off Saturday at 6 p.m. ET (5 p.m. CT in Lawrence) and will be televised by ESPN. The network’s popular “College GameDay” show will originate from Allen Fieldhouse earlier that day at 11 a.m. ET. It will mark Kentucky’s first trip to Lawrence since Jan. 30, 2016, when the No. 4-ranked Jayhawks defeated the No. 20-ranked Wild- cats, 90-84, in overtime. Kentucky leads the all-time series, 23-10, but Kansas has won four of the last five meetings. The teams previous- ly played last season, as No. 7 Kansas nipped No. 20 Kentucky, 65-62, on Dec. 1, 2020, in Indianapolis in the Champions Classic. The 2022 slate of the Big 12/SEC Chal- lenge games will mark the eighth season of the event, which has been held annually. UK was unable to play Texas last season due to a COVID-19 pause. Ten of the SEC’s 14 teams will participate in this year’s Challenge against all of the Big 12’s institutions, with each con- ference hosting five games. The four SEC teams not participating will play each other in conference games that day. Kentucky is 4-3 in the challenge and has won its last three in a row, at Texas Tech (2020), vs. Kansas (2019) and at West Virginia (2018). UK is 1-2 when playing Kansas in the Challenge. The Wildcats will be making their 20th appearance on “College GameDay,” which debuted in 2005. UK has an 8-11 record in previous games visited by the show. UK and KU have played three times with “College GameDay” on the scene, all since 2016 -- Jan. 30, 2016 at Kansas (KU 90-84), Jan. 28, 2017 at Kentucky (KU 79-73) and Jan. 26, 2019 at Kentucky (UK 71-63). This season’s edition of the Jayhawks will carry a 17-2 overall record into Saturday’s game. KU is atop the Big 12 standings with a 6-1 league mark. Like Kentucky, Kansas is coming off an overtime victory at home, as Kansas defeated Texas Tech, 94-91, on Mon- day in a double-overtime affair. The high-scoring Jayhawks average more than 80 points per game and are led by se- nior guard Ochai Agbaji, who is averaging 21.3 points per game, and junior guard Christian Braun, who averages 15.3 points per contest. The versatile Braun leads the Jayhawks in blocked shots and steals, with 23 in each category. KU rebounding is paced by Jalen Wilson and David McCor- mack, who average 6.8 and 6.7 per game, respectively. Kentucky Outlasts Mississippi State in Overtime as Calipari Notches 800th Win To John Calipari, his latest milestone only means he’s been coach- ing a long time. Fittingly, No. 12 Kentucky and the Hall of Fame coach needed an five extra minutes to reach 800 career on- court victories. Kellan Grady scored eight points in overtime, including consecutive 3-pointers about a min- ute apart, and Sahvir Wheeler added two free throws to lift the Wildcats over Mississippi State 82- 74 on Tuesday night. ‘’I have to publicly thank all my players, go- ing back to UMass and Memphis and here,’’ Calipari said of winning that many games. Grady finished with 18 points and Oscar Tshiebwe produced 21 points with 22 re- bounds for Kentucky (16-4, 6-2 Southeastern Conference). After missing a 3-pointer at the end of reg- ulation, Grady regrouped in the extra session to drive the baseline for a layup before adding 3s with 2:23 and 1:13 remaining for an 80-74 lead. ‘’Sometimes it is crucial to see the ball go in once or twice,’’ said Grady, who made 7 of 16 overall and 4 of 11 from long range. ‘’I put my head down and drove and made the reverse layup, and then hit the next two 3s af- ter that.’’ Calipari praised Grady’s persistence, add- ing, ‘’He missed four wide-open shots, I told him to keep shooting the ball and we designed a play for him. He’s shown he can miss some shots and come back.’’ Wheeler twice made the first of two free throws to extend the lead on the Bulldogs, whose only basket in overtime came from Iverson Molinar, a layup with 2:43 left. The Wildcats led 53-38 with 12:25 left be- fore the Bulldogs (13-6, 4-3) rallied by holding Kentucky scoreless over four minutes. Molinar scored 22 of his career-high 30 points in the second half to lead Mississippi State. The Bulldogs were coming off a 78-60 rout of rival Mississippi on Saturday. They shot 62% in the second half to erase the deficit but made just 1 of 7 in overtime (14%) and missed a chance for their first victory in Rupp Arena since 2009. ‘’Really, really hard-fought game,’’ Bull- dogs coach Ben Howland said. ‘’I like the way we fought back.’’ Wheeler had 15 points and six assists and Keion Brooks Jr. added 12 points and six re- bounds for Kentucky, which played without guard TyTy Washington Jr. (left ankle injury). ‘’I wish we hadn’t blown that lead, but I think it was good for us to show we can win a game like this,’’ Grady said. ‘’It shows we have some resilience.’’ More Game Notes... • Calipari amassed his 800 wins in the fourth-fewest games coached (1,037). Only Adolph Rupp (972), Roy Williams (1,012) and Dean Smith (1,029) achieved the feat faster • Tshiebwe had UK’s first 20-20 game in 46 years, when Mike Phillips had two such games in 1975-76 • Kentucky won its fourth straight overtime game, the last two of which have been against Mississippi State, and the Wildcats are 63-49 all-time in extra periods • Kentucky won the rebounding battle 44-33 and second chance points 13-3. The nation’s leader in rebound margin, Kentucky is 16-1 this season when outrebounding the opponent, 13 of which have been by dou- ble-figure margins • Kentucky won despite having a sea- son-high 17 turnovers for the third time this season. Ironically, UK has won all three games, vs. Albany, at Texas A&M and vs. Mis- sissippi State167 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. Make a night of it and enjoy free valet parking with the 21c Game Day Package.20 @KentuckyMBB Florida Lexington, Ky. 4 p.m. Saturday February 12 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. 9 p.m. Tuesday February 15 Alabama Lexington, Ky. 1 p.m. Saturday February 19 LSU Lexington, Ky. 9 p.m. Wednesday February 23 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 2 p.m. Saturday February 26 Ole Miss Lexington, Ky. 7 p.m. Tuesday March 1 Florida Gainesville, Fla. 2 p.m. Saturday March 5 SEC Tournament Tampa, Fla. TBA Wed.-Sun. March 9-13 NCAA Tournament Final Four® New Orleans | TBA March- April TBA LSU Baton Rouge, La. L, 60-65 Tuesday January 4 Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. W, 78-66 Tuesday January 11 Texas A&M College Station, Texas W, 64-58 Wednesday January 19 Auburn Auburn, Ala. L, 71-80 Saturday January 22 Mississippi State Lexington, Ky. W, 82-74 Tuesday January 25 Kansas Lawrence, Kan. | SEC/Big 12 Challenge | 6 p.m. Saturday January 29 Vanderbilt Lexington, Ky. 7 p.m. Wednesday February 2 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 8 p.m. Saturday February 5 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. Tuesday February 8 Georgia Lexington, Ky. W, 92-77 Saturday January 8 Duke New York L, 71-79 Tuesday November 9 Robert Morris Lexington, Ky. W, 100-60 Friday November 12 Mount St. Mary's Lexington, Ky. W, 80-55 Tuesday November 16 Ohio Lexington, Ky. W, 77-59 Friday November 19 North Florida Lexington, Ky. W, 86-52 Friday November 26 Central Michigan Lexington, Ky. W, 85-57 Monday November 29 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. L, 62-66 Saturday December 11 Southern Lexington, Ky. W, 76-64 Tuesday December 7 North Carolina Las Vegas | CBS Sports Classic | W, 98-69 Saturday December 18 Western Kentucky Lexington, Ky. W, 95-60 Wednesday December 22 Missouri Lexington, Ky. W, 83-56 Wednesday December 29 High Point Lexington, Ky. 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Avg. FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Pts Avg. Off Def Total Avg. PF A TO Stl Blk. 34 Tshiebwe, Oscar 20-20 604 30.2 131-213 .615 0-0 .000 64-88 .727 326 16.3 105 198 303 15.2 49 18 34 32 31 03 Washington Jr. , TyTy 19-19 571 30.1 106-210 .505 23-58 .397 24-31 .774 259 13.6 16 59 75 3.9 29 83 32 23 5 31 Grady, Kellan 20-20 629 31.5 84-180 .467 57-132 .432 16-23 .696 241 12.1 5 33 38 1.9 17 22 15 19 2 02 Wheeler, Sahvir 18-18 537 29.8 81-167 .485 8-30 .267 29-34 .853 199 11.1 11 24 35 1.9 43 124 55 24 1 12 Brooks Jr., Keion 19-19 442 23.3 79-163 .485 5-21 .238 31-43 .721 194 10.2 27 56 83 4.4 28 15 24 9 15 10 Mintz, Davion 17-2 401 23.6 48-123 .390 24-70 .343 26-36 .722 146 8.6 12 31 43 2.5 24 32 21 6 2 00 Toppin, Jacob 16-1 273 17.1 36-68 .529 1-2 .500 19-26 .731 92 5.8 17 36 53 3.3 23 22 9 9 9 04 Collins, Daimion 18-1 169 9.4 27-45 .600 0-3 .000 7-9 .778 61 3.4 15 29 44 2.4 28 4 13 6 19 11 Allen, Dontaie 14-0 116 8.3 15-50 .300 7-37 .189 4-4 1.000 41 2.9 5 17 22 1.6 10 6 4 2 3 23 Hopkins, Bryce 20-0 152 7.6 19-46 .413 5-15 .333 4-7 .571 47 2.4 14 18 32 1.6 13 7 14 4 3 55 Ware, Lance 14-0 92 6.6 9-12 .750 0-0 .000 7-16 .438 25 1.8 5 19 24 1.7 18 2 10 2 7 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 20 4025 201.3 640-1288 .497 130-372 .349 235-321 .732 1645 82.25 268 565 833 41.7 285 338 242 139 98 Opponents 4025 201.3 480-1180 .407 125-415 .301 200-287 .697 1285 64.25 162 415 577 28.9 298 220 257 128 63The UK HealthCare John Calipari Show Behind Kentucky Basketball SUBSCRIBE TO PODCASTS TODAY! SPORTS NETWORKSPORTS NETWORK Presented By2021-22 Kansas Jayhawks 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. 30 Ochai Agbaji 19-19 659 34 149-283 0.527 62-132 0.470 45-65 0.692 405 21.32 19 76 95 5.00 27 26 29 15 8 2 Christian Braun 19-19 641 33 107-207 0.517 22-68 0.324 55-68 0.809 291 15.32 32 80 112 5.89 38 64 41 23 23 33 David McCormack 19-16 371 19 64-127 0.504 0-1 0.000 43-64 0.672 171 9.00 63 65 128 6.74 39 17 27 15 19 10 Jalen Wilson 16-7 401 25 55-119 0.462 11-48 0.229 22-37 0.595 143 8.94 22 87 109 6.81 29 27 20 14 3 11 Remy Martin 16-12 388 24 46-105 0.438 15-42 0.357 28-37 0.757 135 8.44 6 46 52 3.25 25 49 29 11 1 3 Dajuan Harris 19-19 544 28 38-89 0.427 8-25 0.320 14-17 0.824 98 5.16 7 21 28 1.47 39 70 27 27 3 44 Mitch Lightfoot 19-2 243 12 43-67 0.642 0-0 0.000 12-19 0.632 98 5.16 25 35 60 3.16 46 8 20 3 16 55 Jalen Coleman-Lands 19-0 193 10 29-63 0.460 17-42 0.405 12-15 0.800 87 4.58 2 10 12 0.63 23 11 13 6 3 21 Zach Clemence 12-0 69 5 11-25 0.440 5-14 0.357 13-22 0.591 40 3.33 11 13 24 2.00 12 3 5 5 2 0 Bobby Pettiford 8-0 88 11 6-12 0.500 0-2 0.000 3-4 0.750 15 1.88 0 11 11 1.38 3 11 5 3 0 1 Joseph Yesufu 15-0 115 7 11-35 0.314 3-16 0.188 1-1 1.000 26 1.73 3 6 9 0.60 10 18 10 4 0 24 KJ Adams, Jr. 17-1 105 6 8-17 0.471 0-1 0.000 10-15 0.667 26 1.53 17 9 26 1.53 6 6 3 1 4 12 Chris Teahan 7-0 13 1 3-6 0.500 2-5 0.400 0-0 0.000 8 1.14 0 2 2 0.29 1 1 0 0 0 20 Michael Jankovich 7-0 11 1 2-5 0.400 2-5 0.400 0-0 0.000 6 0.86 1 1 2 0.29 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 19-19 3850 202 572-1161 0.493 147-402 0.366 258-364 0.709 1549 81.53 225 483 708 37.26 301 311 238 127 82 Opponents 19-19 3850 202-472 1112 0.424 122-390 0.313 225-322 0.699 1291 67.95 185 401 586 30.84 331 213 268 137 55 David McCormack Ochai Agbaji 24 @KentuckyMBBFind your vibe at VisitLEX.comNext >