Postgame notes and stats from Kentucky's impressive win vs. Georgia

Kentucky got back in the win column in conference play, defeating Georgia by a final score of 92-77 to move to 12-3 on the year and 2-1 in the SEC.

How did the impressive performance come to fruition? The game notes and statistics from the win tell the story. Check those out below, courtesy of UK Athletics.

Team Records, Series Notes, Etc.

• Kentucky got back on the winning track with Saturday’s victory to improve to 12-3 this season and 2-1 in the Southeastern Conference. Georgia fell to 5-10 and 0-2 in the league.
• The Wildcats are now 130-27 all-time vs. the Bulldogs, including 63-5 in games played in Lexington, Kentucky.
  • UK has won 10 straight vs. Georgia in Rupp Arena.
• The Wildcats moved to 11-0 in games at Rupp Arena this season and have a 12-game winning streak at home dating back to last season.
• Next up: Kentucky goes back on the road Tuesday to play Vanderbilt. That game will tip at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT in Nashville, Tennessee) on SEC Network.

Team Notes

• All 12 of Kentucky’s wins this season have been by double figures.
• This was Kentucky’s fourth 90-point game of the season. It is the first time UK has scored at least 90 points four times in one season since 2017-18.
• UK shot 57.1% (40 of 70), the team’s seventh game making at least half of its shots this season. The Wildcats are 7-0 in those games.
• Kentucky led by as many as 22 points. The Wildcats are 298-12 under Calipari when leading by at least 10 points during the game.
• UK had 23 assists tonight, the sixth game this season with at least 20 dimes. The Wildcats are 8-0 this season when accumulating at least 16.

Player Notes  

• TyTy Washington Jr. set the single-game school record with 17 assists. He eclipsed John Wall’s previous record of 16 set vs. Hartford on Dec. 29, 2009. It ties for the seventh most in SEC history.
  • Washington tied the record with an offensive rebound and pass to Keion Brooks Jr.  for a dunk with 59 seconds to play.
  • On the game’s last basket, with 25 seconds to play, Washington fed Oscar Tshiebwe for a basket to break the record.
  • Adding 17 points, Washington notched the second double-double of his career and his first of the points-assists variety.
    • He is the first Wildcat since Ashton Hagans in the 2018-19 season to post a double-double with points and assists and points and rebounds in the same season.
  • The freshman guard has recorded at least five assists in five of the last eight games and has a combined 52 dimes over the last eight contests.
• Oscar Tshiebwe notched his 11th double-double – by halftime, no less – with a career-high 29 points and 17 rebounds.
  • His 29 points are the most by a Wildcat this season and the most since Immanuel Quickley scored 30 points at Texas A&M on Feb. 25, 2020.
  • He is the first player with at least 29 points and at least 17 rebounds in a game since Jamal Mashburn totaled 38 points and 19 boards vs. Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 8, 1992.
  • He remains second nationally in double-doubles.
  • The nation’s leading rebounder has grabbed double-figure boards in all but two games this season.
  • He is the first UK player with three games of at least 20 points and at least 15 rebounds since Kenny Walker did it five times in the 1984-85 season.
  • He is the first Wildcat with four games of at least 20 points and at least 10 rebounds since PJ Washington did it four times during the 2018-19 season.
• Davion Mintz, who reached the 1,000-point mark last game at LSU, followed up a season-high 16 points in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with 19 on Saturday.
  • It was Mintz’s third straight game in double figures. He is averaging 15 over that stretch.
• Keion Brooks Jr. reached double-figure scoring for the eighth time this season with 14 points, making 6 of 8 from the field.
• Sahvir Wheeler, who entered Saturday ranked third nationally in assists per game, was unavailable vs. the Bulldogs with a neck injury he suffered Tuesday at LSU.
  • Wheeler transferred from Georgia after last season after setting the program’s single-season assists record and leading the conference in assists in 2020-21.

Coach Calipari

• John Calipari is now 351-96 at UK.
• Calipari is now four wins short of career win No. 800 and has a 796-236 all-time on-court record. 
• UK is 287-56 under Calipari vs. opponents ranked outside the Associated Press Top 25.
• Calipari is now 20-3 all-time vs. Georgia.
• Calipari has tallied a 369-117 all-time record within conference play as a head coach and owns a 161-51 record since joining the SEC.
• Calipari is 199-17 all-time in the venue as Kentucky head coach.
  • UK is 177-11 vs. AP unranked teams in Rupp Arena under Calipari.

In the First Half

• With Sahvir Wheeler unavailable due to a neck injury suffered Tuesday at LSU, Kentucky started TyTy Washington Jr., Kellan Grady, Jacob Toppin, Keion Brooks Jr. and Oscar Tshiebwe for the first time this season.   
• For the third straight game, Washington opened the contest with a bucket – this time a pull-up jumper.
• Georgia went on an early 7-0 run to take a 7-2 lead.
• John Calipari wasted little time trying to shake things up by going to Davion Mintz as the first sub at the 16:20 mark. He capitalized with a bucket on his first offensive possession to end the Georgia run.
• UK roared in front 13-12 with a 7-0 burst in less than a minute, punctuated by a Grady steal and dunk in the open court.
• The Wildcats went up 20-15 on the shoulders of a 14-3 run, but the Bulldogs answered with a 6-0 run.
• Up 31-27, Kentucky surrendered another 6-0 run as Georgia went in front 33-31 with 4:15 left in the half.
• UK held Georgia without a point for the final 3:09 of the first half to take a 40-37 lead into the halftime locker room.
• Tshiebwe notched a double-double by halftime with 12 points and 10 rebounds
• Washington posted nine points and six assists, Mintz scored eight points and Grady chipped in with seven points.
• UK shot 51.4% in the first half, but Georgia countered with 52.0% shooting and was 4 of 9 from long range and 7 for 7 from the free-throw line.

In the Second Half

• Kentucky began the second half with Washington, Mintz, Grady, Brooks and Tshiebwe.
• Scoring the last four points of the first half and the first four of the second half, Kentucky went on an 8-0 run to go up 44-37, its biggest lead to that point.
• A 12-3 run, ending with a Mintz triple from the right corner, provided a double-figure lead for the Wildcats for the first time Saturday at 57-45 with 15:28 to go.
• Up 60-52, Kentucky began to put some separation between itself and Georgia with a 15-6 stretch to take a commanding 75-58 lead with 8:45 left.
• UK stretched the lead to 22 points, 84-62, with 5:01 to go before coasting to victory.
• Tshiebwe led the Cats in the second half with 17 points, while 11 of Washington’s assists came in the second stanza.