College basketball final: No. 16 Kentucky 118, Marshall 82

By John Clay

Updated November 24, 2023 11:36 PM

Game day: No. 16 Kentucky 118, Marshall 82

Click below for more of the Herald-Leader’s and Kentucky.com’s coverage of Friday night’s men’s basketball game between Kentucky and Marshall in Rupp Arena.

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The Kentucky men’s basketball team faces the Marshall Thundering Herd in a college basketball game Friday at Rupp Arena. Tipoff is 7 p.m. on the SEC Network.

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Final: Kentucky 118, Marshall 82

The box: https://t.co/LWIr6bj2o1
— John Clay (@johnclayiv) November 25, 2023

Kentucky 90, Marshall 55 with 12:00 to go at Rupp.

Points in paint: UK 42-16.#BBN #ukbasketball
— John Clay (@johnclayiv) November 25, 2023

Most points scored in any half by @KentuckyMBB in school history:

- 86 (January 16th, 1996 at LSU)

- 75 (February 27th, 1956 vs. Georgia in Louisville)

- 70 (December 19th, 1995 vs. Marshall in Louisville)

- 69 (November 24th, 2023 vs. Marshall)
— Corey Price (@coreyp08) November 25, 2023

Kentucky leads Marshall 69-41 at the half. Its the most points scored by UK in the first half in the Calipari Era since Cats led Ole Miss 60-39 on Dec. 29, 2016. #BBN #ukbasketball https://t.co/6UAHGdFd4q
— John Clay (@johnclayiv) November 25, 2023

Rob Dillingham just grabbed 5 rebounds and dished out 5 assists in 7 minutes before taking his first shot.

His first shot? A made 3-pointer. Assist to Reed Sheppard, who has 2 points, 3 rebs, 3 asts, 2 steals.

Kentucky 38, Marshall 19. 7:42 left in first half.
— Ben Roberts (@BenRobertsHL) November 25, 2023

Kentucky on a 7-0 run for a 24-14 lead over Marshall with 12:00 left in the 1H. UK 9-of-17 shooting. Marshall 5-of-13 shooting. Reed Sheppard already with two steals. #BBN #ukbasketball
— John Clay (@johnclayiv) November 25, 2023

Back-to-back 3s by the Herd cuts Kentucky's lead to 15-14 and Calipari wants a timeout with 13:58 left in the 1H. #BBN #ukbasketball
— John Clay (@johnclayiv) November 25, 2023

Zvonimir Ivisic is sick and will not be here tonight.

"104 temperature," according to John Calipari on the pregame radio interview.

Not sure about the "104" part, but I'm told that Ivisic is legitimately sick. He also wasn't here for a previous game due to food poisoning.
— Ben Roberts (@BenRobertsHL) November 24, 2023

Kentucky freshman Aaron Bradshaw putting up shots with UK assistant John Welch about two and a half hours before tipoff.

First time Bradshaw has gone through serious pregame warmups this season. pic.twitter.com/8cag0yga5S
— Ben Roberts (@BenRobertsHL) November 24, 2023

Officials for Kentucky-Marshall are Tony Greene, Vladimir Voyard-Tadal and Matt Jarman. #BBN #ukbasketball
— John Clay (@johnclayiv) November 24, 2023

Kentucky guard D.J. Wagner (21) drives to the basket against Marshall during Friday’s game at Rupp Arena. Silas Walker swalker@herald-leader.com

This story was originally published November 24, 2023 at 6:00 PM.

John Clay

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John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky, he covered UK football from 1987 until being named sports columnist in 2000. He has covered 20 Final Fours and 42 consecutive Kentucky Derbys. Support my work with a digital subscription