< 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 On Foreign Soil The game against the Michigan was the Cats' seventh all-time matchup outside the United States. Kentucky is now 6-1 in such contests. • UK went 2-1 in the San Juan Shootout in Puerto Rico in the 1998-99 season, earn- ing wins over Colorado and UCLA sand- wiched around a defeat to Pittsburgh • Kentucky picked up victories over Cleveland State and Stanford at the Cancun Challenge in the 2009-10 campaign • UK also defeated Arizona State in the Atlantis Showcase in The Bahamas in the 2016-17 season Best in the Bluegrass Kentucky is 22-3 against in-state foes with John Calipari at the helm, including an 11-3 mark vs. Louisville. Two of the victories over the Cardinals were during postseason play. The Wildcats have won all six meetings played inside Rupp Arena, including a 29-point win in 2017-18, the third-largest margin of victo- ry in the history of the series. UofL's three wins are by a combined nine points. The matchup with Bellarmine on Nov. 29, a 60-41 Kentucky win, was the first be- tween the two programs in their histories and the first of two regular-season match- ups against in-state foes for the Cats in 2022-23. Need to Know ... Need to know facts about the Cats: • Sahvir Wheeler leads the league and ranks 21st nationally with a 3.64-to-1 as- sist-to-turnover ratio. Wheeler leads the SEC and ranks sixth nationally with 7.3 as- sists per game • Since the start of the 2019-20 season, his freshman season at Georgia, Wheeler's 590 total assists rank second nationally, only behind the 665 by Yuri Collins of Saint Louis • Cason Wallace ranks 12th nationally with 2.62 steals per game • Wallace has totaled 37 assists and 21 steals while shooting 53.1% from the field. The freshman is one of four players nation- ally with at least 35 assists and 20 steals while shooting better then 50% from the field • Oscar Tshiebwe's 22-point, 18-re- bound game against Michigan State was the third such contest of his UK Career. He now has three of the six 20 or more and at least 18 rebounds in a game by an SEC player in the last 10 seasons. No other player has more than one and the feat had not been accomplished since South Car- olina's Sindarius Thornwell did so against Alabama on Feb. 7, 2017 • Tshiebwe also has tallied a pair of 20-point, 15 rebound games so far this sea- son and has five over the last two seasons. He has nine of the 51 20-point, 15-re- bound contests by SEC players in the last 10 seasons • Tshiebwe is one of two players in the NCAA this season averaging more than 14 points and 13 rebounds per game (Zach Edey - Purdue) • Tshiebwe leads the country with 13.5 rebounds per game while ranking second nationally in both offensive (4.8) and de- fensive (8.7) boards per contest • With 1,108 points and 961 boards, Tshiebwe is one of two players nationally to total at least 1,000 points and 950 re- bounds over the last four seasons, joining North Carolina's Armando Bacot (1,429 points, 1,091 rebounds) Streaking at Home With a victory over Ole Miss in the home finale, Kentucky notched a perfect 18-0 record in Rupp Arena for 2021-22. With its win over Bellarmine, Kentucky extended its home winning streak to 24 games. That mark is the longest current home winning streak in the Southeastern Conference. • 2021-22 was the 14th perfect season in the 46-year history of Rupp Arena • It marked the sixth time under Cali- pari the Cats were perfect at home. Cali- pari's teams were also spotless in 2009- 10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2014-15 and 2015-16 • UK is 638-77 (89.2%) in Rupp Arena in program history • The Cats are 211-17 (92.5%) under Calipari • Calipari owns the venue's longest winning streak at 54 games KENTUCKY 14 @KentuckyMBBMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTMOP IT LIKE IT ' S HOTInside The Numbers KENTUCKY 18 @KentuckyMBB YALE (8-2) VS. KENTUCKY (6-2) Series Breakdown Overall - UK, 1-0 at Lexington - UK, 1-0 Calipari vs. YU - 1-0 Jones vs. UK - 0-0 Current UK streak - W1 John Calipari James Jones Overall Record: 816-243* Overall Record: 360-291 Record at UK: 371-103 Record at YU: 360-291 Overall Seasons: 31st Overall Seasons: 24th at Kentucky: 14th at Yale: 24th * on court record UK Statistic YU 82.0 Points Per Game 78.3 42.6 Rebounds PG 40.5 18.9 Assists PG 17.1 6.1 Blocks PG 4.7 8.3 Steals PG 7.3 12.4 Turnovers PG 10.8 .465 FG Pct. .490 .393 3-Pt. FG Pct. .345 .684 FT. Pct. .706 1.5 Assist-to-TO Ratio 1.6 THE MATCHUPTALE OF THE TAPE • Extend UK's win streak at Rupp Arena to 25 games, the longest active home streak in the SEC • Improve John Calipari's record to 212-17 in Rupp Arena • Push Calipari and UK's record to 2-0 all-time against the Bulldogs • Improve UK's record to 17-3 alltime against Ivy League schools A UK WIN WOULD... 49 SEC regular-season titles in program history 31 SEC Tournament championships 24 Straight home victories in Rupp Arena 39.3 UK's SEC-best 3-point percentage BY THE NUMBERSNext >