NCAAB

Tennessee Volunteers at Kentucky Wildcats

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Tennessee Volunteers
20-5, 4-4 Away
Final
64 - 75
Kentucky Wildcats
17-7, 13-2 Home

Almonor and Oweh score 13 points each as No. 15 Kentucky beats No. 5 Tennessee 75-64

Tennessee Volunteers vs. Kentucky Wildcats: Game Highlights

The Wildcats (17-7, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) completed a regular season sweep of the Volunteers. Kentucky also beat Tennessee 78-73 on Jan. 28 in Knoxville, and is now 7-1 against teams ranked in the Top 15 this season.

Koby Brea and Trent Noah added 11 points each. The Wildcats made 12 3-pointers, including three by Noah.

Zakai Zeigler scored 17 points to lead Tennessee (21-5, 7-5), Igor Milicic had 16 and nine rebounds, and Chaz Lanier added 10 points.

Takeaways Tennessee: The Volunteers had a three-game winning streak snapped and fell to 4-4 in road games. Tennessee scored just 26 points in the first half, while leading scorer Lanier (17.7 points per game), was held to just 10 points.

Kentucky: The Wildcats were without guard Jaxson Robinson, the team’s second-leading scorer (13.3 points per game), who sat out because of a right wrist injury. Robinson scored 17 points in the win over the Volunteers on Jan. 28. Kentucky has played just seven games with a full roster this season. Lamont Butler left with 8:40 after apparently re-aggravating his shoulder.

Key moment After Tennessee took its second lead with 4:43 left, the Wildcats outscored the Vols 17-4 in the final four minutes. Koby Brea connected on two 3-pointers during the decisive spurt.

Up next Kentucky plays at Texas on Saturday, and Tennessee hosts Vanderbilt.

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Matchup Prediction

Kentucky: 46.3%
Tennessee: 53.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 64 - 75
2nd 0:25 Andrew Carr Defensive Rebound. 64 - 75
2nd 0:25 Chaz Lanier missed Three Point Jumper. 64 - 75
2nd 0:34 Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound. 64 - 75
2nd 0:34 Otega Oweh missed Free Throw. 64 - 75

Statistics

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23-54 FG 26-52
42.6 Field Goal % 50.0
3-18 3PT 12-24
16.7 Three Point % 50.0
15-19 FT 11-14
78.9 Free Throw % 78.6
33 Rebounds 26
8 Offensive Rebounds 3
25 Defensive Rebounds 23
11 Assists 13
6 Steals 5
2 Blocks 4
9 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 0
9 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
8 Points Off Turnovers 12
6 Fast Break Points 15
32 Points in Paint 28
16 Fouls 14
3 Largest Lead 11

Game Information

Rupp Arena

Location: Lexington, KY
Attendance: 20,076 | Capacity:

2024-25 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Auburn 14-1 - 26-2
Alabama 12-3 2 23-5
Florida 11-4 3 24-4
Tennessee 10-5 4 23-5
Missouri 10-5 4 21-7
Texas A&M 9-6 5 20-8
Ole Miss 8-7 6 19-9
Kentucky 8-7 6 19-9
Mississippi State 7-8 7 19-9
Vanderbilt 7-8 7 19-9
Arkansas 6-9 8 17-11
Georgia 5-10 9 17-11
Texas 5-10 9 16-12
Oklahoma 4-11 10 17-11
LSU 3-12 11 14-14
South Carolina 1-14 13 11-17
Full Standings