Georgetown rolled into Rupp Arena and cruised to an 84-70 exhibition win over Kentucky last night.
It was Kentucky’s first exhibition loss since they fell to the Dominican Republic national team in 2014. The Cats had won 34 consecutive preseason games since that loss.
Check out that and all the other postgame notes from last night’s loss:
KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY.
OCTOBER 30, 2025
ATTENDANCE: 19,251
Final Score: Georgetown 84, No. 9 Kentucky 70
Team Records and Series Notes
– UK is now 155-13 all-time in exhibition games.
– Tonight’s game ended UK’s 34 game-win streak in exhibition games, dating back to a win vs. Pikeville on Nov. 2, 2014.
– The last loss was Aug. 17, 2014, vs. the Dominican Republic in the final game of the 2014 Big Blue Bahamas exhibition tour.
– This game does not count in the series record. Georgetown leads the series, 2-0. This was the first time the teams had met in Lexington.
– The Wildcats open the regular season Tuesday at home vs. Nicholls. Game time is 7 p.m. and it will be televised on SEC Network+.
Team Notes
– Kentucky won the rebounding, 38-30, and had an 11-9 advantage in second-chance points.
Player Notes
– Three Wildcats scored in double figures, Otega Oweh (17), Mouhamed Dioubate (13) and Collin Chandler (11).
– Had this been a regular-season game, Chandler would have tied his career high.
– Dioubate, Chandler and Malachi Moreno paced the Wildcats in rebounding with seven each.
– Three Wildcats – Denzel Aberdeen, Jaland Lowe and Jayden Quaintance – missed the game because of injury.
Coach Mark Pope
– UK is 3-1 in exhibition play under Mark Pope.
– Pope will enter his 11th season as a head coach with a 211-120 all-time record, including 24-12 entering his second season at Kentucky.
In the First Half
– Kentucky started Otega Oweh, Collin Chandler, Trent Noah, Mo Dioubate and Brandon Garrison.
– Kam Williams was UK’s first substitution at the 16:10 mark.
– The teams battled evenly, with five ties and six lead changes providing a 19-16 Kentucky lead.
– Georgetown took the lead with a seven-point spurt and never trailed again.
– Georgetown went on to stretch the lead to as many as 10 points at 42-32 and 46-36.
– The Hoyas shot 56.3 percent in the first half and went to intermission leading 46-39.
– UK was led by Oweh’s nine points and Moreno with five rebounds.
In the Second Half
– Kentucky began the second half with the starters.
– Georgetown took the lead to 17 points at 64-47 with 10:36 remaining.
– Kentucky inched back within 10 points at 66-56 but got no closer.
