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UK MEN’S BASKETBALL POSTGAME NOTES
KENTUCKY vs. KANSAS
UNITED CENTER | CHICAGO
NOV. 14, 2017 ATTENDANCE: 21,684
Team Records and Series Notes
Kentucky is 2-1. Kansas is 2-0
Kentucky leads the overall series 22-10
UK leads 8-2 at neutral sites
Kansas leads 2-1 in Chicago
Kansas has won three in a row in the series
Kentucky is now 4-3 in Champions Classic games. That’s tied with Duke for the best mark in the event’s seven-year history
Next for the Wildcats: UK returns to Rupp Arena Friday to play ETSU at 7 p.m. on SEC Network
In the First Half
Kentucky’s starting lineup featured Quade Green, Hamidou Diallo, PJ Washington, Kevin Knox and Nick Richards for the second time this season, and the second time in a row
Kansas did not trail after taking the lead from the first possession, and had its largest lead – of 11 points, 18-7 – at the 14:08 mark
Kentucky scored five in a row between the 7:10 and 6:17 marks, capped by a long 2-pointer by Wenyen Gabriel to tie the game at 28-28
Kentucky took its first lead of the game, 33-32, when Gabriel hit a free throw at the 2:14 mark
Kansas regained the lead on a Malik Newman layup with two minutes to play and the halftime score was 34-33
Kansas outrebounded Kentucky 24-13 in the first half, and had a 15-1 advantage on the offensive glass
In the Second Half
The lead changed 10 times, and the score was tied five times
Kentucky’s last lead was at 57-55 with 3:38 to play
Kentucky won the rebounding battle 26-15 to finish the game tied in total rebounds 39-39
Kansas had a 10-1 advantage in steals in the second half
Team Notes
UK has had at least three players with three or more assists in all three games this season
Kentucky scored a season-low 61 points – UK had scored 73 in each of the previous two games
Kentucky committed a season-high 18 turnovers
Kentucky grabbed a season-high 39 rebounds
Player Notes
Kevin Knox (pictured) had a career-high 20 points. He’s scored in double figures in all three games this season.
He grabbed seven rebounds, had two steals and a block
He made a career-high three 3-pointers
Knox is the fourth Kentucky freshman to score at least 20 points in a Champions Classic game (Alex Poythress vs. Duke, Nov. 13, 2012; Julius Randle vs. Michigan State, Nov. 12, 2013; Malik Monk vs. Michigan State, Nov. 15, 2016)
Hamidou Diallo had 14 points, five rebounds and four assists
He’s scored in double figures in all three games
Sacha Killeya-Jones played a career-high 30 minutes
He notched career highs in rebounds (nine) and blocks (three)
He scored a season-high eight points
PJ Washington blocked four shots, a career high
Nick Richards grabbed nine rebounds
Photo by Chet White, UK Athletics
