Kentucky beat Oklahoma 94-78 last night for the Cats seventh win in their last eight games.
The 94 points were a season-high for Kentucky in Southeastern Conference games.
Check out all the postgame notes from the win:
KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY.
FEBRUARY 4, 2026
ATTENDANCE: 19,394
Final Score: (RV) Kentucky 94, Oklahoma 78
Team Records and Series Notes
– Winner of seven of the last eight games, Kentucky is 16-7 overall, 7-3 in the Southeastern Conference
– Oklahoma is 11-12 overall, 1-9 in the SEC
– Kentucky leads the series 6-0, including 3-0 in Lexington.
– Oklahoma last played in Lexington in 1989 in the Southeast Region of the NCAA Tournament.
– This was the first time the Sooners played Kentucky in Lexington since 1987.
– Next for Kentucky: The Cats stay home to play host to Tennessee on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. The game will air on ESPN.
Team Notes
– Kentucky’s 94 points tonight is a season high against an SEC opponent.
– The Wildcats shot 50 percent from the field, 30 of 60. UK is 8-0 this season when shooting at least 50 percent.
– Kentucky made 12 3-pointers tonight, a season high against an SEC opponent.
– UK is 8-1 this season, 24-4 under Coach Pope, when hitting double-digits from long distance.
– UK won rebounding 41-25. The Wildcats are 13-2 this season when holding the advantage on the boards
– UK had 21 assists. The Wildcats are 9-0 this season when giving out 17 or more.
– Kentucky is 11-0 this season when leading at the half and 32-1 under Mark
– Brandon Garrison became Kentucky’s seventh player this season to score at least 20 points in a game this season, making this the first Kentucky team to have seven different players to score at least 20 points in a game in the same season since 2017-18
Player Notes
– For the second game in a row, Otega Oweh scored a season-high 24 points. It is his 10th 20-point game of the season, all coming in the last 14 games.
– He has tallied at least 20 in eight of 10 SEC games, including the last four in a row.
– He has scored in double figures in all 23 games this season. He has a total streak of 26 games dating back to last season. He also had a 26-game double-digit streak last season before his current streak began.
– This marks the 16th, 20-point game for Oweh at Kentucky against SEC opponents, the second-most at UK since 1996-97, trailing only Antonio Reeves (19).
– Oweh posted his 23rd, 20-point game for the Wildcats, passing Joe Crawford and Tayshaun Prince for the sixth-most at Kentucky since 1996-97.
– He is the first Wildcat since at least 2004-05 to score at least 24 points in three consecutive games against the same SEC opponent.
– This is the first time since at least 2004-05 that UK had six players with at least three assists against an SEC opponent.
– Brandon Garrison notched 20 points and 11 rebounds, his first double-double as a Wildcat and second of his career.
20 points is only one short of his career high of 21, coming his freshman season against BYU while at Oklahoma State.
11 rebounds tied his career high set earlier this season against Loyola.
His 6-of-6 at the free throw line are season highs in both categories.
– Collin Chandler totaled a career-high-tying 18 points, also achieved earlier this season vs. Texas.
He has scored in double figures 13 times this season, including five of the last six contests.
It was also his 13th game this season – including six of the last seven – with multiple made 3s, going 4-of-8 from distance
– Denzel Aberdeen notched eight points and a game-high five assists.
– Kentucky is currently missing Jayden Quaintance, Kam Williams and Jaland Lowe because of injury. Lowe is out for the season.
– By the time Kentucky reaches the end of the regular season, during his two years at UK, Coach Mark Pope will have played only five of 52 games against high-major opponents (9.6%) with a full roster.
In the First Half
– Kentucky started the combination of Denzel Aberdeen, Collin Chandler, Otega Oweh, Andrija Jelavic and Malachi Moreno for the fourth consecutive game.
– UK’s first substitution was Brandon Garrison was at 15:53
– Both teams were hot early, as Oklahoma scored on the first seven possessions and Kentucky was able to counter with five 3-pointers in the first nine minutes.
– Tied at 28, a trio of Chandler 3-pointers keyed a 15-4 spurt and Kentucky went to halftime ahead 43-32.
– Chandler’s nine points led the Wildcat scoring in the first half.
In the Second Half
– Kentucky opened with the starters.
– Kentucky lengthened the lead to as many as 19 points at 57-38.
– The Wildcats were ahead 74-57 with eight minutes left when Oklahoma went on a spree, cutting the gap to 82-74 with three minutes left.
– Garrison replied with a basket-and-one and the Wildcats led by double digits the rest of the way.
