Nicholls Colonels @ Kentucky Wildcats

0-1, 0-1 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Nicholls NICH	15	36	51
Kentucky UK	28	49	77

Kentucky WildcatsKentuckyUK

1-0, 1-0 Home

Nicholls Colonels

starters
Sincere MaloneS. Malone#5
Jalik DunkleyJ. Dunkley#22
Jaylen SearlesJ. Searles#3
Nick KrassN. Krass#21
Trae EnglishT. English#1
bench
Domanic BetancourtD. Betancourt#25
Grant SandersG. Sanders#7
Zaiden CrossZ. Cross#9
Jordan MatthewsJ. Matthews#6
Kevin PazminoK. Pazmino#8
Jalin RiceJ. Rice#0
Christian WinborneC. Winborne#13
Zee HamodaZ. Hamoda#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
32	8	2-6	0-3	4-4	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	4
23	10	3-9	0-2	4-7	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	4
12	2	1-5	0-2	0-2	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	2
25	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3
32	8	1-9	0-4	6-7	1	4	3	1	0	0	1	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	6	2	0	2	0	1	5	1
15	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	13	5-6	2-2	1-2	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	2
3	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	6	2-7	2-6	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1
	51	16-53	4-24	15-22	30	9	11	8	1	5	25	18
		30%	17%	68%

Kentucky Wildcats

starters
Trent NoahT. Noah#9
Mouhamed DioubateM. Dioubate#23
Brandon GarrisonB. Garrison#10
Collin ChandlerC. Chandler#5
Otega OwehO. Oweh#00
bench
Andrija JelavicA. Jelavić#4
Zach TowZ. Tow#20
Malachi MorenoM. Moreno#24
Denzel AberdeenD. Aberdeen#1
Walker HornW. Horn#11
Jasper JohnsonJ. Johnson#2
Kam WilliamsK. Williams#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
9	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
21	7	3-5	0-1	1-3	7	4	2	1	0	2	5	0
23	8	4-6	0-1	0-0	5	1	1	1	0	1	4	3
24	15	5-8	4-7	1-2	2	4	2	2	1	1	1	2
21	13	4-9	1-2	4-5	3	0	3	1	0	1	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
19	6	3-8	0-3	0-0	5	0	1	0	0	0	5	2
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	5	2-5	0-0	1-6	9	1	1	0	0	4	5	0
23	10	4-9	1-5	1-1	5	6	0	0	0	0	5	3
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	11	3-7	1-4	4-5	1	4	2	1	1	1	0	3
18	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	2
	77	29-62	7-27	12-22	51	21	13	7	3	15	36	17
		47%	26%	55%

Nicholls Colonels vs. Kentucky Wildcats: Game Highlights

1:19

Highlight: No. 9 UK kicks off season with 26-point win vs. Nicholls

0:45

Kentucky's Collin Chandler stares down defender after vicious poster

0:30

Game Information

Lexington, KY

Referee:Byron Jarrett

Referee:K.B. Burdett

Referee:Erroll Lewis

NCAA Division I

Southland Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Stephen F. Austin	20-2	-	28-6
McNeese	19-3	1	28-6
UT Rio Grande Valley	14-8	6	19-14
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	13-9	7	18-15
New Orleans	12-10	8	15-18
Nicholls	12-10	8	14-19
Houston Christian	8-14	12	12-20
Northwestern State	8-14	12	10-22
Incarnate Word	7-15	13	12-19
Lamar	7-15	13	12-19
East Texas A&M	6-16	14	11-21
SE Louisiana	6-16	14	9-22

Southeastern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Florida	16-2	-	27-8
Arkansas	13-5	3	28-9
Alabama	13-5	3	25-10
Vanderbilt	11-7	5	27-9
Tennessee	11-7	5	25-12
Texas A&M	11-7	5	22-12
Georgia	10-8	6	22-11
Kentucky	10-8	6	22-14
Missouri	10-8	6	20-13
Texas	9-9	7	21-15
Auburn	7-11	9	22-16
Oklahoma	7-11	9	21-16
Mississippi State	5-13	11	13-19
Ole Miss	4-14	12	15-20
South Carolina	4-14	12	13-19
LSU	3-15	13	15-17

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