College basketball final: No. 12 Kentucky 95, No. 8 Miami 73
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Game day: No. 12 Kentucky 95, No. 8 Miami 73
Click below for more of the Herald-Leader’s and Kentucky.com’s coverage of Tuesday night’s men’s basketball game between Kentucky and Miami in Rupp Arena.
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The No. 12-ranked Kentucky men’s basketball team faces the No. 8 Miami Hurricanes in college basketball’s ACC/SEC Challenge on Tuesday at Rupp Arena. Tipoff is 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.
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Final: Kentucky 95, Miami 73
▪ Cats are shooting 81.8% this half and up 91-62 with 4:41 left.
▪ Kentucky is 15-for-19 this half from the field as the Cats lead Miami 83-60 with 7:41 left.
▪ Crowd goes wild as Sheppard buries a deep 3-pointer to put UK up 73-47 with 12:09 left.
▪ Kentucky 57-43 with 15:36 left.
▪ UK 6 of 7 from the floor this half.
▪ Miami 4 turnovers this half already
▪ Kentucky 51-39 at 17:56 and Miami calls time
▪ UK starts second half on 9-2 run
▪ After going to the locker room following a hard fall with 4:22 left in first half, D.J. Wagner came out for the second half and got on the exercise bike.
Halftime: Kentucky 42, Miami 37
▪ UK closed the half with an 8-0 run for a 42-37 lead at the half.
▪ Kentucky shot 53.1% the first half. Miami shot 45.2%.
▪ Miami 35, Kentucky 33 with 3:50 left in the first half at Rupp. Cats are 2-of-10 from 3-point range and 11-of-16 from inside the arc.
▪ Calipari calls his second timeout in less than two minutes. Miami on a 13-0 run for a 29-23 lead with 7:48 left in the first half. Canes now 4-of-6 from three-point range.
▪ Miami scores five straight points to cut UK’s lead to 23-21. Calipari calls time with 9:20 left in first half.
▪ John Wall sitting next to Ellen Calipari at courtside.
▪ Jim Larranaga calls time with Kentucky up 21-11 at 11:35 mark. UK is 8-of-14 from the floor. Surprisingly, Miami has taken just one 3-point shot. Canes hit Rupp leading the nation in 3-point shooting percentage. (See pregame notes below.)
▪ Game tied 10-10 at first TV timeout at 15:38 mark.
▪ Miami opened 5-for-6 from the floor. Kentucky opened 4-for-6 from the floor.
▪ Miami’s Wooga Poplar scored eight of Miami’s first 10 points.
▪ Kentucky started Antonio Reeves, Adiou Thiero, Tre Mitchell, D.J. Wagner and Justin Edwards.
▪ Miami started Matthew Cleveland, Bensley Joseph, Norchard Omier, Nijel Pack and Wooga Poplar.
Kentucky vs. Miami pregame notes
▪ Officials for Kentucky-Miami are Pat Adams, K.B. Burdett Jr. and Byron Jarrett.
▪ Kentucky is 5-1 coming off a 118-82 win over visiting Marshall last Friday. The Wildcats lone loss came against Kansas 89-84 in the Champions Classic.
▪ Miami is 5-0 coming off a 91-83 win over Kansas State in the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship.
▪ Miami leads the nation in 3-point percentage at 45.8. Kentucky is fourth nationally at 42.5%.
▪ Miami is ranked 36th by kenpom in adjusted overall efficiency, 11th in adjusted offensive efficiency and 101st in adjusted defensive efficiency.
▪ Kentucky is ranked 17th by kenpom in adjusted overall efficiency, 6th in adjusted offensive efficiency and 66th in adjusted defensive efficiency.
This story was originally published November 28, 2023 at 6:30 PM.
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