TULSA WORLD HOMEPAGE | WIRELESS

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on RSS
Sports Extra! Sports Extra Tulsa World Follow us on ...


SPORTS EXTRA BLOGS
    Sports Editor
Mike Strain

Sports Columnist
Dave Sittler

The Picker
Entertaining & Infuriating

LOCAL PROS

ALL SPORTS

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

OUTDOORS

FIND A STORY

EMAIL ALERTS

SOCIAL MEDIA

RSS FEEDS

CONTACT US
BUY PHOTOS & PAGES

TULSA WORLD

ADVERTISE ON SPORTS EXTRA

National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kentucky 69, UAB 58
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, November 29, 2019
Where: Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Officials: # Ted Valentine, # Rob Rorke, # Jason Baker
Attendance: 20401

No. 9 Kentucky, playing short-handed for the fourth time in seven games, improved to 6-1 Friday night with a 69-58 victory over Alabama-Birmingham at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky.

This time the Wildcats were without graduate transfer Nate Sestina, who suffered a fractured wrist on Tuesday. After surgery, he is expected to miss up to four weeks.

That leaves Kentucky with only two true big men -- Nick Richards and EJ Montgomery.

Against UAB, Richards and Montgomery shared high-scoring honors with 16 points apiece. Richards had nine rebounds, Montgomery eight. Richards made all seven of his field-goal attempts.

They were the only players who scored in double figures for Kentucky. Guard Ashton Hagans had nine points and 12 assists. Guard Immanuel Quickley came off the bench for nine points.

As a team, Kentucky made 47.3 percent of its shots and dominated the glass, 39 rebounds to just 26 for UAB. The Wildcats also had just 12 turnovers vs. 19 assists.

Kentucky actually built the lead it would maintain throughout early in the first half. Trailing 7-4, the Wildcats went on a 9-0 run. Kentucky got a 3-pointer from Keion Brooks and baskets from Richards, Montgomery and Hagans.

UAB (4-2) was led by Jalen Benjamin and Tyreek Scott-Grayson, both with 19 points. The duo combined to make 15 of 23 field goals, including 7 of 9 from 3-point range.

Blazers leading scorer Tavin Lovan, a native of Franklin, Ky., scored just two points in his debut at Rupp Arena.

As a team, UAB shot 41.4 percent, but did make 8 of 16 from 3-point range and committed only 12 turnovers.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
UAB   Kentucky
Jalen Benjamin 19 Scoring EJ Montgomery 16
Tyreek Scott-Grayson 4 Assists Ashton Hagans 12
Makhtar Gueye 5 Rebounds Nick Richards 9
Jalen Benjamin 1 Free Throws Made Ashton Hagans 4
Jalen Benjamin 1 Steals Ashton Hagans 2
Tyreek Scott-Grayson 2 Blocks EJ Montgomery 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
UAB 58 41.4 8-16 2-5 11 24 3 3 12
Kentucky 69 47.3 5-15 12-16 19 35 3 2 12