By the Numbers: Kentucky's comeback win over Georgia

At halftime, Kentucky trailed Georgia by eight, 42-34, bringing back all the bad memories from last Tuesday’s game vs. South Carolina. Thankfully, the Cats came to life, outscoring the Bulldogs 51-29 in the second half to clinch the 85-71 victory. Oscar Tshiebwe was an integral part of that comeback, finishing with a career-high 37 points and 24 rebounds, 23 of those points and 15 of those boards coming in the second half. Jacob Toppin also finished with a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, to go along with 4 assists, 2 blocks, and a steal in 38 minutes.

As we roll out our postgame coverage, here are some more postgame numbers of note:

33.3%: Kentucky’s first-half shooting percentage. The Cats were even worse from the outside, making only 2-7 for 28.6%.

54.5%: Kentucky’s second-half shooting percentage. The Cats only made 2-8 threes in the second half (25%), but still outscored Georgia 51-29. Impressive.

16-4: Kentucky’s edge on the offensive boards. The Cats won the rebounding battle 44-31.

9: Steals by Kentucky, compared to only three for Georgia.

15: Assists to only 7 by Georgia

4-11: Oscar from the floor in the first half

8-9: Oscar from the floor in the second half

1.3393: Points per possession by the “Basketball Benny” lineup of Cason Wallace, Antonio Reeves, CJ Fredrick, Jacob Toppin, and Oscar Tshiebwe. The five played together for 11:47 tonight and outscored Georgia by 13. When Livingston subbed in for Reeves, they had similar results, outscoring the Bulldogs by 11 over 11:52.

+22: Cason Wallace in plus/minus efficiency, a team-high. The other four members of the Basketball Benny lineup and Chris Livingston also finished in the positive: CJ Fredrick (+18), Oscar Tshiebwe (+15), Jacob Toppin (+14), Chris Livingston (+9), Antonio Reeves (+3).

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