Kentucky vs Lipscomb score: Live updates, highlights from UK basketball game at Rupp Arena

Posted by Admin November 19, 2024 Basketball

LEXINGTON — Kentucky basketball is off to its first 3-0 start since the 2016-17 season. And the Wildcats are now up to No. 11 in the latest USA TODAY Coaches Poll. As UK prepares to host Lipscomb in a nonconference clash tonight at Rupp Arena, Kentucky coach Mark Pope said there’s “a lot he’s really proud of” so far.

But there’s still so much work left to do.

“Our defensive punches, which is all the different ways that we can kind of change up the texture of the game schematically at a moment’s notice; we’d like to make some progress there,” Pope said. “We’d like to continue growing on the glass on both sides. That’s a real big deal for us. (And) offensively, we’d like to continue to get in a space where our guys are able to pay attention — it becomes part of their DNA — where they’re paying attention to how they’re being guarded and responding accordingly, where it becomes second nature.”

Tonight will be the third meeting between UK and Lipscomb, all since the turn of the millennium. The Wildcats lead the series 2-0. Kentucky won the first matchup, 67-49, on Nov. 14, 2005. In the most recent tilt, UK cruised to an 88-50 win on Dec. 15, 2012.

Follow along below with live updates from Rupp Arena:

The contest between the Wildcats and Bisons will not air on a traditional TV channel.

Instead, it will stream live on SEC Network+. Andrew Kappes (play by play) and Travis Ford (analyst) will have the call.

Authenticated subscribers to SEC Network+ can watch the contest on WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN app or ESPN+.

Those without access to SEC Network+ can access coverage via a subscription to ESPN+. (To sign up for ESPN+, click here.)

Tom Leach (play-by-play) and Jack Givens (analyst) will have the UK radio network call on 840 AM in Louisville and both 630 AM and 98.1 FM in Lexington.

You can also listen online via UKAthletics.com.

Betting odds: Kentucky is a 21.5-point home favorite (-110) on BetMGM, which set the over-under at158.5 points (-110). The money line odds areUK -5000, Lipscomb +1500.

Oct. 23: exhibition vs. Kentucky Wesleyan ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 123, Kentucky Wesleyan 52
Oct. 29: exhibition vs. Minnesota State Mankato ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 98, Minnesota State Mankato 67
Nov. 4: vs. Wright State (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 103, Wright State 62
Nov. 9: vs. Bucknell (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 100, Bucknell 72
Nov. 12: vs. Duke (Champions Classic; State Farm Arena, Atlanta) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 77, Duke 72
Nov. 19: vs. Lipscomb, (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network+
Nov. 22: vs. Jackson State (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network+
Nov. 26: vs. Western Kentucky (Rupp Arena), 6:30 p.m., ESPNU
Nov. 29: vs. Georgia State (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network
Dec. 3: at Clemson (ACC/SEC Challenge), 9:30 p.m., ESPN
Dec. 7: vs. Gonzaga (Climate Pledge Arena; Seattle), Time TBA
Dec. 11: vs. Colgate (Rupp Arena), 8 p.m., ESPN2
Dec. 14: vs. Louisville (Rupp Arena), 5:15 p.m., ESPN
Dec. 21: vs. Ohio State (CBS Sports Classic; Madison Square Garden, New York), 5:30 p.m., CBS
Dec. 31: vs. Brown (Rupp Arena), 2 p.m., ESPNU
Jan. 4: vs. Florida (Rupp Arena), 11 a.m., ESPN
Jan. 7: at Georgia, 7 p.m., SEC Network
Jan. 11: at Mississippi State, 8:30 p.m., SEC Network
Jan. 14: vs. Texas A&M (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU
Jan. 18: vs. Alabama (Rupp Arena), noon, ESPN
Jan. 25: at Vanderbilt, 2:30 p.m., ESPN/2
Jan. 28: at Tennessee, 7 p.m., ESPN
Feb. 1: vs. Arkansas (Rupp Arena), 9 p.m., ESPN
Feb. 4: at Ole Miss, 7 p.m., ESPN
Feb. 8: vs. South Carolina (Rupp Arena), noon, ESPN/ESPN2
Feb. 11: vs. Tennessee (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., ESPN
Feb. 15: at Texas, 8 p.m., ESPN
Feb. 19: vs. Vanderbilt (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., SEC Network
Feb. 22: at Alabama, 6 p.m., ESPN
Feb. 26: at Oklahoma, 9 p.m., SEC Network
March 1: vs. Auburn (Rupp Arena), 1/4 p.m., ABC/ESPN
March 4: vs. LSU (Rupp Arena), 7/9 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU
March 8: at Missouri, noon, ESPN/SEC Network

Record: 1-0

Ansley Almonor (forward, senior)
Koby Brea (guard, graduate)
Lamont Butler (guard, graduate)
Andrew Carr (forward, graduate)
Collin Chandler (guard, freshman)
Grant Darbyshire (guard, junior)
Brandon Garrison (forward, sophomore)
Walker Horn (guard, junior)
Kerr Kriisa (guard, senior)
Trent Noah (forward, freshman)
Otega Oweh (guard, junior)
Travis Perry (guard, freshman)
Jaxson Robinson (guard, graduate)
Zach Tow (forward, junior)
Amari Williams (center, graduate)

Lipscomb went 20-12 overall last season, posting a 11-5 mark in Atlantic Sun Conference play. Its season ended in a 77-75 loss to North Alabama in the quarterfinals of the league tournament.

The Bisons are 2-3 this season, with losses at Arkansas, Western Kentucky and a one-point home setback to city rival Belmont. Lipscomb’s two wins are at the expense of Duquesne and Wofford, respectively.

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