Postgame notes from Kentucky’s quad 1 win at Missouri

 Kentucky is now 21-10 overall, 10-8 in the Southeastern Conference.
 Missouri is 21-10 overall, 10-8 in league play
 Kentucky leads the series 16-3, including 5-3 in games played in Columbia.
 Mark Pope is 208-118 as head coach, including 21-10 at Kentucky.
 Next, the Wildcats head to Nashville for the SEC Tournament. Opponent and game time are to be determined. They will be no better than the No. 5 seed and no worse than the No. 7 and will play on Thursday

Team Notes

 The Wildcats now have eight wins over Associated Press Top-15 opponents this season, tying Indiana (1992-93) and Duke (1978-79) for the most wins against top 15 teams ever in a single season
 The Wildcats hand Missouri just their second loss at home all season. The Tigers entered the day 18-1 on their home court
 The Cats have scored at least 90 points a total of 12 times on the year and are 11-1 in such games
 Kentucky shot 11-20 from 3-point range (55.0%)
o UK has now shot over 50 percent from 3-point land five times this season, and has won all five of those games
o Kentucky is 12-1 this season when making at least 11 3s
 Kentucky won the rebounding, 37-36. The Wildcats are 14-4 this season when outrebounding the opponent.
 All three Kentucky freshmen (Chandler, Perry and Noah) hit a 3-pointer in the game, just the second time this season this has occurred (Jackson State)
 Kentucky scored 20 points off turnovers on the day, its most since 20 against Florida in the SEC opener
 UK committed just 10 turnovers on the day, the Tigers entered the day forcing 14.3 per game, the most in the SEC
 The Wildcats scored 1.30 points per possession, their most since a season-high 1.47 against Florida on Jan. 4

Player Notes  

 Otega Oweh led UK with 22 points, 20 of which came in the second half
o He now has 11 games this season with 20 or more points, five in his last seven
o He entered the game averaging 9.8 points in second halves this season
o Oweh is now just one point away from 1,000 for his college career

 Koby Brea finished with 17 points, shooting 6-of-9 and 3-of-5 from 3-point range
o He becomes just the 14th player in school history with at least 80 made 3s in a single season

 Amari Williams scored 14 points and had eight rebounds
o He now has 1,001 career rebounds
o Williams was 10-of-12 from the foul line, a season-high in made free throws

 Andrew Carr scored 16 points and had a season-best 12 rebounds
o It was his third double-double this season and first in SEC play
o He also contributed three assists, two blocks and a steal
o His three assists led the team, the first time this season he had paced the
team in assists

 Collin Chandler was Kentucky’s leader off the bench with eight points
o He has scored 19 points over UK’s last two games, had just 38 all season
prior to that

In the First Half

 Kentucky’s starters were Lamont Butler, Koby Brea, Otega Oweh, Andrew
Carr and Amari Williams for the third-consecutive game
 First substitutions were Collin Chandler and Brandon Garrison at 16:16
 UK trailed 11-4 before an 11-0 run put the Wildcats ahead, 15-11
 Kentucky’s first four made field goals were all from beyond the 3-point arc. The
Cats first made two-pointer was a dunk by Oweh with 8:43 left in the first half
 Kentucky ended the first half with a 38-29 advantage
o UK is now 18-1 on the year when leading at the half
 Kentucky started 4-of-15 in the first half, before making 9 of its next 14 shots
prior to the intermission
 Koby Brea led the Cats with 11 first half points on 4-of-5 shooting
 Mizzou shot 11-31 (35.5%) from the floor in the first half. It was the lowest first
half field goal percentage by a UK opponent since Tennessee shot 34.6 percent
on Feb. 11

In the Second Half