Kentucky improved to 9-1 on the season with a 78-67 victory over Colgate on Wednesday night.
During the game, senior Koby Brea joined the 1,000-point club for his career. He finished with a game-high 17 points.
Here’s a look at that and other postgame notes from the win:
KENTUCKY MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
RUPP ARENA AT CENTRAL BANK CENTER | LEXINGTON, KY
DEC 11, 2024
ATTENDANCE: 19,646
Final Score: No. 5 Kentucky 78, Colgate 67
Team Records and Series Notes
Kentucky is 9-1 and Colgate is 2-9.
This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Mark Pope is 196-109 as head coach including 9-1 at Kentucky.
Next for Kentucky: Kentucky takes on the rival Louisville Cardinals, Saturday,
Dec. 14 at Rupp Arena. The action will tip at 5:15 p.m. and air on ESPN.
Team Notes
Five Wildcats scored in double figures tonight. It’s the sixth time in 10 games
that at least five Cats have hit double digits in scoring.
Kentucky won the rebounding tonight, 46-35. UK has won or tied the rebounding
in all but one game this season.
Kentucky used its size to win points in the paint, 40-24.
Kentucky sent Colgate to the free-throw line for three attempts, fewest for a
Wildcat opponent since North Florida shot only two on Nov. 26, 2021.
Kentucky had a season-low six turnovers.
Player Notes
Andrew Carr totaled 11 points and 10 rebounds, his second double-double of
the season and 13 th of his career.
Koby Brea tallied 17 points tonight, including 5 of 8 on 3-pointers.
o He surpassed the 1,000-point mark in career scoring and now has 1,013
points as a collegian.
Otega Oweh scored 15 points and has hit double figures in every game this
season. He also led the Wildcats in assists with four.
Amari Williams had a season-high 15 points.
Jaxon Robinson ended with 11 points, his fourth straight game in double
figures.
In the First Half
Kentucky’s starters were Koby Brea, Jaxson Robinson, Otega Oweh, Andrew
Carr and Amari Williams. It is the first time this combination has been used.
Brandon Garrison was the first substitution at 16:42.
Kentucky scored the first 17 points of the game, the Wildcats’ largest run since a
17-0 spurt in the 2023-24 season opener vs. New Mexico State.
The Wildcats went cold for almost six minutes as Colgate responded with an 11-0
run.
The Raiders stayed hot and closed within 38-36 at halftime on a 3-pointer at the
buzzer. Brea led UK in the first half with 12 points, coming on 4-of-4 on 3-
pointers.
In the Second Half
Kentucky began the second half with the starters.
Colgate kept it going and took its first lead, 41-40, on a 3-pointer at the 18:28
mark.
Colgate increased the lead to three points, 45-42.
Trailing 47-46, UK regained the lead with a quartet of 3-pointers – two by
Robinson, one by Trent Noah and one by Oweh to make it 58-47.
The Wildcats never trailed again, stretching the lead to as many as 18 points at
69-51.
