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8 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | MOST WINS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL | 49 SEC TITLES | 31 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS | 55 ALL - AMERICANS | 132 NBA DRAFT PICKS KENTUCKY (8-14, 7-8) at OLE MISS (13-10, 8-8) SCHEDULE Tuesday, March 2 • 9 p.m. ET • The Pavilion at Ole Miss* • Oxford, Miss. NOVEMBER #TGT #BuiltDifferent • @KentuckyMBB 25 10/9 -/- MOREHEAD STATE1 SECN W, 81-45 *limited fans during COVID-19 pandemic 29 10/9 RV/RV RICHMOND1 ESPN L, 76-64 THE MATCHUP PROBABLE STARTERS DECEMBER Series Breakdown 1 20/9 7/5 vs. Kansas2 ESPN L, 65-62 Overall - UK, 108-13 DEVIN ASKEW 6-3 • 198 • GUARD • FRESHMAN 3 in Oxford - UK, 29-10 6 20/9 -/- vs. Georgia Tech ESPN L, 79-62 2 SACRAMENTO, CALIF. | MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL Calipari vs. OM - 16-4 12 -/RV -/- NOTRE DAME CBS L, 64-63 Averaging 7.1 points and 3.2 assists per game | Dished out four or more assists Davis vs. UK - 0-2 in seven of the last 10 games | Leads the team with 71 assists | Averaging 8.5 19 -/- 22/21 vs. North Carolina4 CBS L, 75-63 Current UK streak - W11 points and 4.0 assists over the last six games 26 -/- RV/RV at Louisville ESPN L, 62-59 John Calipari Kermit Davis DAVION MINTZ JANUARY Overall Record: 783-231* Overall Record: 517-303 6-3 • 196 • GUARD • GRADUATE 2OT 10 CHARLOTTE, N.C. | CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY 2 -/- -/- at Mississippi State* SEC W, 78-73 Record at UK: 338-91 Record at OM: 48-40 Overall Seasons: 29th Overall Seasons: 26th Gaining reputation as a late-game shot maker, including game-winning 3s vs. 5 -/- -/- VANDERBILT* SEC W, 77-74 Vanderbilt and Auburn | Leads team with 43 3-pointers | Made multiple 3s in at Kentucky: 12th at Ole Miss: 3rd 9 -/- RV/RV at Florida* ESPN W, 76-58 eight of last nine games | Led UK in scoring a team-high nine times *on-court record 12 -/- RV/24 ALABAMA* ESPN L, 85-65 BRANDON BOSTON JR. 16 -/- -/- at Auburn* ESPN L, 66-59 BY THE NUMBERS 6-7 • 185 • GUARD • FRESHMAN 3 NORCROSS, GA. | SIERRA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL -/- -/- 20 at Georgia* SEC L, 63-62 Averaging team-high 12.0 points | Made 42.4% from 3 (14 of 33) over the last All-time wins, NCAA 23 -/- RV/RV LSU* ESPN W, 82-69 2,325 leader six games | Leads the team in steals with 31 | Team-high 16 double-figure scoring games | Scored 17 or more points in five games 26 -/- 9/8 at Alabama* ESPN L, 70-59 SEC regular-season titles FEBRUARY 49 in program history ISAIAH JACKSON 6-10 • 206 • FORWARD • FRESHMAN 3 -/- 18/17 at Missouri* ESPN2 L, 75-70 23 PONTIAC, MICH. | WATERFORD MOTT HIGH SCHOOL Kentucky's FT percentage 6 -/- 11/10 TENNESSEE* ESPN L, 82-71 .811 over the last six games Named SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. 22 | Averaging team-high 6.8 rebounds, team-high 2.7 blocks | Ranks 12th nationally in blocks per game, 9 -/- RV/RV ARKANSAS* ESPN L, 81-80 Mintz's points per game fourth in block percentage | Averaging 15.0 points, 8.0 boards over last four 13 -/- -/- AUBURN* CBS W, 82-80 11.3 vs. SEC opponents OLIVIER SARR 17 -/- -/- at Vanderbilt* SEC W, 82-78 7-0 • 237 • FORWARD • SENIOR TALE OF THE TAPE 20 -/- 19/20 at Tennessee* CBS W, 70-55 30 BORDEAUX, FRANCE | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY UK STATISTIC OM Leads the team with three double-doubles | Scored in double figures in six 27 -/- -/- FLORIDA* CBS L, 71-67 of the last nine games | Made a 3-pointer in four of the last six games | Had 69.7 Points Per Game 69.2 career-high four blocks in wins over Auburn and Vanderbilt MARCH 70.3 Opp. Points PG 63.9 STAT LEADERS NEED TO KNOW 2 -/- -/- at Ole Miss* ESPN 9 p.m. 38.5 Rebounds PG 36.0 6 -/- -/- SOUTH CAROLINA* ESPN Noon POINTS PER GAME +3.0 Rebound Margin +3.8 Davion Mintz has hit multiple 10 -/- -/- SEC Tournament6 TBD TBD 11.9 Assists PG 12.3 UK Brandon Boston Jr. 12.0 3-pointers in eight of his last nine OM Devontae Shuler 16.0 games and has made a combined 16 All times Eastern | *SEC conference game | HOME GAMES IN CAPS 6.2 Blocks PG 3.8 1 REBOUNDS PER GAME of them over the last five Bluegrass Showcase (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) 6.4 Steals PG 8.1 2Champions Classic (Bankers Life Fieldhouse | Indianapolis) UK Isaiah Jackson 6.8 .415 FG Pct. .442 The Wildcats have scored at least 1.00 3Holiday Hoopsgiving (State Farm Arena | Atlanta) OM Luis Rodriguez 6.0 .409 Opp. FG Pct. .426 points per possession in each of their 4CBS Sports Classic (Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse | Cleveland) ASSISTS PER GAME last five games, a season-best streak 5SEC/Big 12 Challenge (Rupp Arena | Lexington, Ky.) .326 3-Pt. FG Pct. .285 UK Devin Askew 3.2 6SEC Tournament (Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, Tenn.) .312 Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct. .370 UK, led by Isaiah Jackson, ranks first OM Devontae Shuler 3.3 nationally with 6.2 blocked shots per .742 FT Pct. .690 STEALS PER GAME game. Jackson is 12th in the country UK Brandon Boston Jr. 1.4 with 2.7 per game and is fourth in A UK WIN WOULD ... OM Luis Rodriguez 1.7 block percentage at 13.5% BLOCKS PER GAME • Be Kentucky's third straight on the Jackson has scored in double-figures BROADCAST INFO road UK Isaiah Jackson 2.7 in four straight and is averaging 15.0 • Get the Wildcats back to .500 in SEC OM Romello White 1.2 points per game and shooting 66.7% TELEVISION play 3-POINTERS from the field during that stretch Play-by play: Karl Ravech • Improve UK's record to 1,020-292 UK Davion Mintz 43 Analyst: Jimmy Dykes Devin Askew leads the team with 71 against league foes OM Devontae Shuler 47 assists. He has dished out three or HOME RADIO • Be Kentucky's fifth straight at Ole FIELD-GOAL PERCENTAGE more in a season-long seven straight Play-by play: Tom Leach Miss UK Isaiah Jackson .530 games Analyst: Mike Pratt • Improve UK to 275-53 against non- OM Romello White .662 In SEC games, UK is shooting 77.6% SATELLITE RADIO ranked foes under Calipari FREE-THROW PERCENTAGE • Increase Calipari's all-time record in from the free-throw line. Seven play- XM: 380 UK Brandon Boston Jr. .806 SiriusXM: 970 March and April to 165-48 ers are shooting 71.4% or better OM Jarkel Joiner .840 2020-21 Kentucky Men’s Basketball @KentuckyMBB TV CHART 0 JACOB 2 DEVIN 3 BRANDON 5 TERRENCE 10 DAVION 11 DONTAIE 12 KEION 13 RILEY TOPPIN ASKEW BOSTON JR. CLARKE MINTZ ALLEN BROOKS JR. WELCH Sophomore Freshman | Guard Freshman | Guard Freshman | Guard Graduate | Guard R-Freshman Sophomore Senior | Guard Forward 6-3 | 198 6-7 | 185 6-7 | 194 6-3 | 196 Guard Forward 6-0 | 185 6-9 | 194 Sacramento, Calif. Norcross, Ga. Boston Charlotte, N.C. 6-6 | 198 6-7 | 205 Littleton, Colo. Brooklyn, N.Y. Mater Dei Sierra Canyon Brewster Academy Creighton Falmouth, Ky. Fort Wayne, Ind. College of the Desert Rhode Island @babydev5 @bboston_ @terrenceclarke_ @deemintz1 Pendleton County La Lumiere School @Riley__Welch @Jtoppin0 @babydev @brandonboston @tclarke @davion @DontaieAllen11 @KeionB_12 @riley__welch @jtoppin_0 (DAY-vee-on) @dontaieallen11 @klbj.xii @Riley.Welch13 (TOPP-in) (ASK-you) (mints) (DON-tay) (KEY-on) 14 BRENNAN 20 ZAN 21 CAM'RON 23 ISAIAH 25 KAREEM 30 OLIVIER 34 OSCAR 55 LANCE CANADA PAYNE FLETCHER JACKSON WATKINS SARR TSHIEBWE WARE Sophomore R-Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman | Guard Senior | Forward Sophomore Freshman Forward Guard/Forward Forward Forward 5-8 | 145 7-0 | 237 Forward Forward 6-6 | 198 6-4 | 215 6-6 | 215 6-10 | 206 Camden, N.J. Bordeaux, France 6-9 | 260 6-9 | 223 Lexington, Ky. St. Louis Pontiac, Mich. Kingsway Regional Wake Forest Lubumbashi, Democratic Camden, N.J. Mount Sterling, Ky. Republic of the Congo George Rogers Clark Lexington Catholic Vashon Waterford Mott @stink_cvp @sarr_olivier West Virginia Camden @brennanc14 @young_payne2321 @CamRonFletcher1 @IJackson22 @olivier_sarr @Oscartshiebwe34 @lanceware12 @brennanc14 @alexander.payne23 @camron @isaiahjackson22 @oscar_tshiebwe @lance.ware (CAM-run) (oh-LIV-ee-ay) (SHEE-bway) JOHN CALIPARI TONY BARBEE BRUISER FLINT JOEL JUSTUS JAI LUCAS JOHN ROBIC Head Coach Assoc. to the HC Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach/ Special Asst. to the 12th Season Seventh season at UK First season at UK Seventh season at UK Recruiting Coord. HC/Basketball Ops. @UKCoachCalipari First season as assoc. to HC First season as assistant Fifth season as assistant First season at UK 12th season at UK @ukcoachcalipari @CoachTonyBarbee @bruflint14 @UKCoachJustus First season as assistant Fifth season as special asst. @UKCoachCalipari @abarbee2250 @ukcoachjustus @CoachJLuc (cal-uh-PEAR-ee) @jai.luc (jay) Alphabetical Roster On the Bench No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown (Previous School) Head Coach: John Calipari (Clarion, 1982) 11 Dontaie Allen G 6-6 198 R-Fr. Falmouth, Ky. (Pendleton County) Associate to the Head Coach: Tony Barbee (UMass, 1993) 2 Devin Askew G 6-3 198 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. (Mater Dei) 3 Brandon Boston Jr. G 6-7 185 Fr. Norcross, Ga. (Sierra Canyon) Assistant Coaches: James "Bruiser" Flint (St. Joseph's, 1987) 12 Keion Brooks Jr. F 6-7 205 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (La Lumiere) Joel Justus (UNC Wilmington, 2004) 14 Brennan Canada F 6-6 198 So. Mount Sterling, Ky. (George Rogers Clark) Jai Lucas (Texas, 2011) 5 Terrence Clarke G 6-7 194 Fr.