In a college basketball game, Kentucky defeats Louisville with a final score of 95-76. Antonio Reeves leads the scoring for Kentucky with 30 points. Reed Sheppard impresses with 11 assists for Kentucky. Kenny Payne, the Louisville coach, faces speculation about his job status but is confirmed to remain as head coach for now.
My column on Kentucky basketball's win over Louisville. https://t.co/8StHopqVsq
John Calipari tackled a lot of topics in his postgame presser Thursday night after a road win at Louisville: - Justin Edwards' breakthrough - Zvonimir Ivisic update - Kenny Payne's Louisville tenure Here's everything Calipari said ⬇️ https://t.co/XzibTqWo9Z
ANNOUNCEMENT - Last Night's Ass Kicking And One Specific Moment Officially Ended The Kentucky/Louisville Rivalry https://t.co/N0xBtm7UZy https://t.co/CiWOFyg9BA
JUST IN: Louisville says Kenny Payne will remain as head coach "into the new year." https://t.co/Ieds2QSGgo
Louisville AD Josh Heird says he is sticking with Kenny Payne as the Cardinals head coach as we move into the new year. https://t.co/7fIvBanmRW
Can confirm through UofL: Kenny Payne will be the Cards head coach into the New Year…. Josh Heird will continue to evaluate the program moving forward like all programs. @ericcrawford had it first.
Louisville AD Josh Heird has made the call. Kenny Payne will remain the head men’s basketball coach at U of L. For now. Last night’s scene in Louisville painted a less-than-inspiring outlook for the embattled 2nd-year head coach ⬇️ https://t.co/OpSATF40tr
John Calipari urges Louisville fans to have patience with Kenny Payne | Zagsblog https://t.co/qP0NEXWMWD
STORY: Amid all the rumors, Kenny Payne will remain the Louisville coach per a report by @ericcrawford https://t.co/mDWVGST00A
BREAKING | Amid struggles, Louisville AD Josh Heird says Kenny Payne will remain as basketball coach https://t.co/rQtX5LJWle https://t.co/qdEcxEc4Vj
CRAWFORD | Amid struggles, Louisville AD Heird says Payne will continue as coach https://t.co/Yjj8Kggbfs via @WDRBNews
Despite the constant speculation about his job status, Kenny Payne spoke about the future Thursday night. He discussed how to keep improving this 2023-24 Louisville team, while also addressing his transfer portal hopes for the offseason. ⬇️ https://t.co/BfCOUvuCc5
Reed Sheppard a deadeye shooter (58% from 3) who also just had an 11-assist game and is on pace to break Rondo’s single-season UK steals record. https://t.co/XvMhUvDAYu
John Calipari Urges Louisville to “stay with” Kenny Payne: https://t.co/XI9vfbZQDS @UKCoachCalipari @BobAllenMotrMal @LouisvilleMBB @WTDistillery @tsnmike @lees_ofdanville @DeniseTerry94
Career-high 19 points for Omar Stanley and counting... Boise State leads 52-50 with 5:55 to go.
Omar Stanley is so physical on the interior. He's already got 8 points, 4 rebounds and a huge block. Broncos trail 24-22 with 3:16 left in the half.
NEW: Kenny Payne saw a lot of good Kentucky basketball teams in his 10 years on the UK sidelines. And he saw the makings of another one tonight in Louisville. "They’re a machine. They keep coming at you and at you and at you." Story: https://t.co/6epbiuBJnm
Was tonight the last game for Kenny Payne at Louisville? @John_Fanta, @THANS50 and @r22childress talk about it NOW! AFTER DARK: https://t.co/iTjGzQKPyg https://t.co/iTjGzQKPyg
Is it finally time to start looking at this Kentucky team as a National title favorite? Breaking down the Wildcats win over Louisville! AFTER DARK: https://t.co/iTjGzQKPyg https://t.co/BDQRmE66Cm
Trey Galloway dished out a career-high 9 assists tonight in @IndianaMBB’s win over North Alabama. 😮💨 https://t.co/5LtusaLnqD
Final score from KC: Kansas State 69, Wichita State 60. Good second half from the Wildcats, who are now 9-3 heading into their holiday break. Tylor Perry led all scorers with 17 points. Four different K-State players reached double figures.
"The gap is closing." Everything Kenny Payne said after another disastrous night for Louisville men's basketball ⬇️ https://t.co/BfCOUvu4mx
Kentucky’s depth on display in easy win at Louisville: ‘They keep coming at you’ https://t.co/XlLViaVmQW
BOZICH | Louisville outrun by Kentucky, 95-76, but Cards impress Calipari https://t.co/MB0Mkmncrt via @WDRBNews
Trey Galloway has a career-high eight assists with 11:35 to play against North Alabama. His previous high was six - Wright State and Maryland this year.
Fourth game this year Kentucky has shot 48 percent or better from three-point range with more than 20 attempts: Stonehill - 17-of-32 for 53.1 St. Joe's - 12-of-25 for 48.0 Marshall - 16-of-27 for 59.3 Louisville - 12-of-25 for 48.0 #BBN #ukbasketball
Here's Kenny Payne on where Louisville is right now... and where Louisville is headed in the near future. @WHAS11 https://t.co/FX9gIzUu20
Three takeaways from Kentucky's win over Louisville. #BBN #ukbasketball https://t.co/fzzQigmSAe
Kentucky senior guard Antonio Reeves here. "There are a lot of scoring threats out there with us. As coach says, everyone can pass, dribble, shoot."
Louisville coach Kenny Payne on where his program is as opposed to Kentucky, using last season's loss to UK as a comparison for tonight's defeat: "I see segments where the gap is closing. I don't know if fans see it. I don't know if you media guys see it. But the gap is closing."
Going to bet that Calipari’s campaign for Louisville to keep Kenny Payne will not change any minds https://t.co/bLve5uVcyc
Wichita State has scored all of its early points in the paint. The more K-State can force the Shockers to shoot from the outside, the better.
Louisville coach Kenny Payne on Kentucky: "They're a lot better than (No.) 9. And the reason for that is they share the ball. They defend. ... They're a machine. They kept coming at you."
Calipari now putting in some good words for Louisville coach Kenny Payne. Points out that Cards outscored UK by 1 point in the second half. Says Louisville lost some tough games. "My guess is within a year he'll have this program where you want it to be." #BBN #ukbasketball
Calipari predictably using his postgame presser to lecture everyone on Louisville and how much the players love Kenny.
John Calipari on Kenny Payne: “He’s got a really young team, and you have to let him do what he does… people get mean and nasty” #GoCards x #BBN @WHAS11
John Calipari pointing out close losses Louisville has had this season as he defends former assistant Kenny Payne. "He's got a really young team and you've got to let him go do what he does."
Kentucky coach John Calipari: "The whole team is a work in progress." Points out Louisville won the second half by a point, 43-42.
John Calipari after win over Louisville: "The whole team is a work in progress. We're still trying to figure things out." Says he thought Theiro was great. Said Antonio Reeves was the difference at the end of the first half. #BBN #ukbasketball
Final: Kentucky 95, Louisville 76 Now the Kenny Payne Watch Begins.
Antonio Reeves, set to face former school, has bounce-back showing for Kentucky basketball https://t.co/7IPoGwX3kL via @courierjournal
Kentucky BLOWS OUT rival Louisville! https://t.co/qhLo0kfXDp
How long after this does Louisville give Kenny Payne his pink slip? https://t.co/GJZYw7JQcR
Kentucky BLOWS OUT rival Louisville https://t.co/8FJV2gHsKX
Kentucky blows out rival Louisville! https://t.co/9ic3q9bmrA
Kentucky runs past Louisville, 95-76, at the Yum despite fact dj Wagner scores just two points. cats have a lot of weapons. reeves had 30. five guys in doubles. 51 percent, 12 of 25 threes. this team is fun to watch.
NEW: Kentucky 95, Louisville 76. Antonio Reeves scored 30 points. Reed Sheppard had 11 assists. and UK delivered another lopsided loss to Kenny Payne and the Cards. Story: https://t.co/oMO1cnSltV
Final: Kentucky 95, Louisville 76 Here's the final box: https://t.co/eCrDxX2vzR
FINAL: Kentucky 95, Louisville 76. Wildcats improve to 9-2 while Cardinals fall to 5-7. Antonio Reeves has 30 points; 18 points and 12 rebounds for Tre Mitchell. UK has more than a week off before hosting Illinois State at 7 p.m. Dec. 29.
And breaks it on a driving scoop shot by DJ Wagner. Kentucky's 95 points with 52 seconds to go are the most ever scored by a Louisville opponent at KFC Yum! Center. Welp. https://t.co/c8u5rcPB5M
And Kentucky ties the opponent Yum! Center scoring record (93 points) with a windmill dunk by Rob Dillingham.
Sheppard rips a corner 3 through the net, now a rivalry debut double-double: 11 points, 10 assists. Kentucky leads 91-69, 2:17 to go. I *think* UK could break the opponent scoring record at Yum! here. https://t.co/aJooRjNAdl
And that Reed Sheppard trey gives him 11 points & his first college double-double with 10 assists as well
Reed Sheppard with 8 points, 10 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 turnovers in his first rivalry game. That'll do.
reed Sheppard makes the right play almost 100 percent of the time. precocious Kentucky freshman has 10 assists.
Points from 3-pointers: Kentucky 33, Louisville 9.
Kentucky 75, Louisville 56 with 7:45 left. As expected, this one has been over for awhile. #BBN #ukbasketball
Little shot of espresso for the folks who might've nodded off here: Tre Mitchell steal, Reed Sheppard lob, Antonio Reeves and-one dunk. Kentucky 71, Louisville 47, 10 minutes to go.
Kentucky went cold, Louisville made a little push, and Rob Dillingham decided to go get buckets, as Dilly does. Three straight makes, the last one a pull-up in transition, bottoms. Six points in 109 seconds. Kentucky 68, Louisville 47, 12:04 2H.
Kentucky just toying with Louisville now. Mitchell to Bradshaw for a too-easy dunk to make 62-36 with 17 minutes to go. Welp.
Just now kind of sunk in: Louisville trailed Kentucky by eight with under three minutes to go in the first half. Then down 20 at halftime. That's incredible.
Certainly no shock that @KentuckyMBB is up 20 at the half vs @LouisvilleMBB - so sad when u see what has happened to Cards basketball . I was hoping after the way they competed vs Texas & Indiana that they were making strides to being competitive. It has not happened!
It was 39-31 at the 3:28 mark. Manage the rest of the half, go into halftime with the outcome at least in some doubt, maybe even cut that lead by a bucket and make Kentucky feel some pressure. Now the game is over. What is Louisville doing man
Kentucky is lethal when cats push the ball in the open floor. cats score so quickly, lead the ville, 53--33, at half at the Yum. Antonio reeves has 22. lot of blue in the stands.
Kentucky missed its first five shots of the game. Cats are 18 of 29 since. They've hit 7 of 14 3s. On a 100-point pace. It's 50-33 in the final minute of the half.
Antonio Reeves already with 19 points in the first half. On pace for his best game since exploding for 37 points in the regular-season finale at Arkansas last season.
Have a night, Antonio Reeves. Louisville cut it to eight, with the ball, and Reeves picked a pocket, slammed it on the other end. Reeves 7 of 8 FG, 16 points in 16 minutes.
Credit to Louisville. Not withering. John Calipari wants to talk it over as the Cards get within 39-30, 4:09 1H. Kentucky offense is rolling now, but not defending particularly well. U of L shooting 55%.
Kentucky 39, Louisville 30 and Calipari calls time at the 4:09 mark. Cards have scored on 6 straight possessions.
Louisville making a little push, Reed Sheppard shakes his man and sticks a 3. Kentucky by 13 again, pushing a 90-point pace again.
Lotta love and hype (deserved) for Kentucky's terrific freshmen this season. But after a shaky start on the road against a rival, it's the vets carrying UK tonight. Mitchell 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks. Reeves 14 points on 6-7 FG. Adou Thiero plus-14 in 7 minutes.
Kentucky has made 7 straight shots: 2 threes, a layup and 4 midrange jumpers (one a floater by Reeves). Louisville has gone 0-4 from the field since leading 17-16. Kentucky is on a 15-1 run.
Kentucky hoops Kentucky football 🤝 Crushing Louisville https://t.co/4JJ01eIYIp
Kentucky can put up points so quickly…that was a great run Louisville right now can’t guard anybody
With Kentucky on a 10-0 run, Kenny Payne calls a timeout. Kentucky's sizable contingent here roars in approval. Wildcats up 31-18 at the 8:20 mark of the half.
Kentucky on an 8-0 run in the last 1:05, pushing its lead over Louisville to 29-18 with 8:41 to play in the half.
Skyy Clark, woof. Former Kentucky pledge is now 2 of 7 at the free-throw line in this game. Antonio Reeves having no such problems. Now 5 of 6 from the field and his second 3-pointer makes it 24-18 UK. already 12 points for Reeves.
Skyy Clark getting to the line. Not been a good thing for Louisville today. Kentucky bigs making threes is something Payne will likely just have to concede. As Kentucky heats up from outside, Louisville will have to resist the temptation to throw up bad threes.
At the under-12 timeout, Kentucky and Louisville are knotted at 14-all. Wildcats are just 5 of 14 (35.7%) from the field while the Cardinals are 6 for 11 (54.5%). Three players have scored for UK: Tre Mitchell and Antonio Reeves with 5 points apiece, while Rob Dillingham has 4.
Louisville has outscored Kentucky 8-6 in the paint so far, and here comes Ugonna Onyenso, who blocked three shots in his season debut Saturday against UNC. Kentucky 14, Louisville 14, 11:30 1H.
Tre Mitchell having a very nice game already for Kentucky: 5 points, 3 boards, 2 blocks in 7 minutes. Splashed a 3 there for the lead. Wagner, Dillingham, Sheppard, Thiero, Mitchell lineup now? Like that a lot.
Louisville off to a good start, up 12-11 on Kentucky at the 13:46 1H TV time. Cats missed their first 5 shots. #BBN #ukbasketball #UKvsUofL
Early observations — the more patience Louisville plays with offensively, the better off it will be. Tre White drove once without ball movement, got the ball slapped away and stolen. Kentucky missed its first 5 shots. Payne has yet to sub.
Timeout on the floor at the 13:46 mark of the half with Kentucky trailing Louisville 12-11. UK started 0 for 5 from the field but have gone 4 of 6 since.
It appears this game means something to Louisville (and former Tennessee) forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, who already has 6 points and 3 boards. That + a (former UK commit) Skyy Clark 3 = Louisville 12, Kentucky 11, 13:46 1H. https://t.co/kdFC823TNE
Can @LouisvilleMBB freeze time? Up 5-0 on Kentucky.
UPSET ALERT: Louisville 5, Kentucky 0
Louisville up 5-0 on Kentucky barely two minutes in, as Wildcats have a turnover and have missed both their shots so far.
LOUISVILLE IS BEATING KENTUCKY RIGHT NOW! An unassailable 5-0 lead!
Go Big Blue chants have already begun in the KFC Yum! Center.
Kentucky-Louisville basketball about to get underway at the Yum Center. "Go Big Blue" chants break out after national anthem. https://t.co/R9qqZqMApE
10 minutes to tip off between #Louisville and #Kentucky. Not maybe on their seats yet, but by far the most people I’ve seen at the Yum for a game so far, and I think we know why #GoCards x #BBN @WHAS11 https://t.co/75ddrHFuBZ
Getting set for Kentucky at Louisville from the KFC Yum! Center, where the mix of red and blue will be very interesting https://t.co/DnPJmU6to0
#Kentucky makes their way into the KFC Yum! Center to a noticeable cheer #BBN @WHAS11 https://t.co/FLGZ6uRG1w
John Calipari to @tomleachKY on pregame radio: "They're good enough to beat us. It's not like they're getting beat by 50 by everybody. ... They're a good team." Says his message to Cats is to play harder than them. If they do that, he says, it'll be "tough" for Louisville.
This is the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. No. 9 Kentucky (8-2) against Louisville (5-6) at 6 p.m. on ESPN. We will likely never see a rivalry game quite like this one again. https://t.co/FYh1Y4oGon
At KFC Yum Center for Kentucky-Louisville basketball. https://t.co/DYStP0cj2Q
Kentucky at Louisville Men’s College Basketball 6 pm ET ESPN @WesDurham (pbp) & @CoachJimmyDykes (analyst) #CBB #MBB
My thoughts on Kentucky at Louisville…see you at 6EST on @ESPN https://t.co/qu4ngpeeJ7
The goal is clear tonight for Kenny Payne and @LouisvilleMBB in their rivalry matchup against Kentucky 👀 https://t.co/34QPRbdm0I
Pitt's offense is coming alive. An 8-0 run has the Panthers ahead 23-8 with 6:13 left in the half. PFW calls a timeout. Guillermo leads all scorers with eight points. He also has five rebounds, a pair of assists and a block.