Otega Oweh Joins 1,000-Point Club at Kentucky and Other Postgame Notes

Final Score: No. 14 Florida 92, No. 25/RV Kentucky 83

Team Records and Series Notes

– Kentucky is 17-8 overall, 8-4 in the Southeastern Conference
– Winners of five games in a row and 10 of the last 11, Florida is 19-6, 10-2 in the SEC.
– Kentucky leads the series 111-43, including 41-27 in Gainesville.
– Kentucky had won the last six matchups in Gainesville before today’s game.
– Next for Kentucky: the Wildcats return home to play host to Georgia on Tuesday. Game time is 9 p.m. and it will be televised on ESPN.

Team Notes

– Kentucky made 45 percent of their 3-pointers today, 9 of 20. Prior to today, UK was 8-0 in games in which the – Wildcats made at least 40 percent from long range.
– Kentucky is 5-7 this season when trailing at halftime.

Player Notes

– Making his return to Gainesville, Denzel Aberdeen led the Wildcats with 19 points and four assists.
It is his 17th double-figure game of the season and eighth in the last 10 games.
– Otega Oweh scored 13 points.
He has scored in double figures in all 25 games this season. He has a total streak of 28 games dating back to last season, the longest such streak of his career.
At the 6:05 mark of the first half, Oweh’s layup gave him 1,001 points at Kentucky. He is the 63rd player in school history to reach 1,000 points but only the fifth transfer player to do so. He now has 1,009 points as a Wildcat.
– Despite playing only 21 minutes because of foul trouble, Malachi Moreno collected 11 points and a career-high-tying 11 rebounds.
It is his third double-double of the season, first against an SEC opponent.
He is the first Wildcat freshman with a double-double in a true road game vs. an Associated Press top-15 opponent since Julius Randle at No. 1 Florida on March 8, 2014.
– Collin Chandler had a career day in three categories today.
For the third time this season, he had a career-best 18 points, all coming in the last seven games.
He made a career-best five 3-pointers
It was his 15th game this season – including eight of the last nine – with multiple made 3s, going 5 of 7 from distance today.
He tied his career high for steals with three thefts.

– 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 sixth consecutive game.
– UK’s first substitution was Brandon Garrison at 15:09.
– Florida jumped out to a 10-2 lead and Kentucky called timeout at 16:34.
– Florida made 8 of the first 10 shots in building a 22-8 lead.
– Florida had its largest lead of the half at 32-17 and UK called another timeout at 9:32
– Kentucky responded with a 10-0 run to narrow the gap to 32-27.
– Florida went to halftime with a nine-point bulge, 43-34.
– The Gators turned nine UK turnovers into 16 points and had a 16-5 advantage in points off turnovers.
Florida’s height made it difficult around the basket as Kentucky converted just 5 of 13 layups in the first half and eight of 23 for the game.
– Aberdeen led the Wildcats with nine points and Oweh followed with eight.

In the Second Half