STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Freshman Dontaie Allen scored a career-high 23 points with seven 3-pointers and Kentucky ended its six-game skid beating Mississippi State 78-73 in double overtime Saturday night. Allen finished 7-for-11 shooting from beyond the arc and 8-for-14 overall.…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UK Athletics) – Asim Rose rushed for 148 yards on 12 carries and Kentucky rushed for 281 yards as a team as the Cats topped No. 23 N.C. State 23-21 in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Saturday at TIAA…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Two Kentucky women’s basketball games – Jan. 28 vs. Alabama and Feb. 11 vs. Tennessee – are moving downtown to historic Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center to help relieve a crowded Memorial Coliseum event…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – After the postponement of Sunday’s Kentucky-Tennessee women’s basketball game due to the combination of a positive test, contact tracing and quarantining of members of the UT program, the Southeastern Conference has adjusted its schedule and…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Due to the combination of a positive test, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Tennessee women's basketball program, the Tennessee and Kentucky women's basketball game on January 3 has been postponed, consistent…
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Junior offensive tackle Darian Kinnard has earned third-team All-America honors by the Associated Press, it was announced Monday. Kinnard, who hails from Knoxville, Tennessee, has played in 32 career games with 25 consecutive starts at tackle. He…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Carlik Jones made two free throws with 5.1 seconds remaining for 20 points, David Johnson added 17 points and Louisville held off rival Kentucky 62-59 on Saturday. The Cardinals (6-1) led 56-49 late in the half…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Four University of Kentucky football players earned a spot on the Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference teams announced Wednesday in a vote of media members. Junior offensive tackle Darian Kinnard was named to the first team,…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Kentucky men’s basketball’s game vs. South Carolina on Dec. 29 in Rupp Arena has been postponed due to a combination of positive tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the South Carolina men’s…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Four University of Kentucky football players earned a spot on the Coaches All-Southeastern Conference teams announced Tuesday by the league office. Senior offensive tackle Landon Young was named to the first team, while senior center…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UK Athletics) – The Kentucky men’s basketball game at Louisville on Saturday has been moved to a 1 p.m. tip on ESPN. The game was previously scheduled for a noon start on ESPN2. The Wildcats will enter the…
LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ) - In what has already been a mess of a season, the Kentucky basketball season somehow took another turn for the worse. Coach John Calipari announced freshman forward Cam’Ron Fletcher would be stepping away from the team.…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Kentucky Football is headed to warmer temperatures for its fifth straight postseason trip. The Wildcats have accepted a bid to play in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl and will face NC State Jan. 2 in Jacksonville,…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics)– Dre'una Edwards scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while Rhyne Howard had 18 points, four rebounds and four assists as the ninth-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team cruised past Wofford 98-37 on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Coliseum. Chasity Patterson had…
CLEVELAND (AP) - Armando Bacot scored 11 of his team-high 14 points in the second half Saturday, rallying No. 22 North Carolina from a double-digit deficit to beat Kentucky 75-63 at the CBS Sports Classic. Kentucky (1-5) has lost five…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops has named Eric Wolford the new offensive line coach, he announced Thursday. Wolford, who was at South Carolina the previous four seasons as the offensive line coach, comes to the…
LEXINGTON, KY (UK Athletics) - While Christmas won't be celebrated until next week, UK football head coach Mark Stoops and his staff got some early gifts on Wednesday. Stoops welcomed 18 signees to the UK program, a haul that includes…
CLEVELAND (UK Athletics) – The Kentucky men’s basketball team will play North Carolina on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic in place of the originally scheduled matchup with UCLA. The game will remain at 2 p.m. at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Former University of Kentucky offensive line coach John Schlarman has been given posthumously the Broyles Lifetime Achievement Award, it was announced today by the Frank & Barbara Broyles Foundation. In the summer of 2018, Schlarman…
UPDATE 2:26 PM: UK Athletics has confirmed Mark Stoops has hired Liam Coen as Kentucky’s new Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach. A quote from Mark Stoops and Liam Coen. LEXINGTON, KY (WTVQ) - It looks like the Mark Stoops and…
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics)– University of Kentucky director of athletics Mitch Barnhart has removed the interim tag and officially named Kyra Elzy, a Kentucky native who has spent nearly a decade on the UK staff, as the program's eighth head…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (UK Athletics) – Chasity Patterson scored 16 points to lead a balanced scoring effort as the ninth-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team blasted Samford 88-54 on Sunday afternoon at Memorial Coliseum. In addition to Patterson's 16 points, Kentucky got double-figure…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Notre Dame made history Saturday. Nate Laszewski scored 21 points as Notre Dame put Kentucky into a historic first-half deficit, and the Irish held on for their first-ever victory in Lexington, beating the Wildcats 64-63. "We…