Box Score LEXINGTON, KY— Winthrop placed five players in double-figures in an 87-74 loss at 10
th-ranked Kentucky, Wednesday afternoon at Rupp Arena.
WINTHROP (2-3, 0-0 BIG SOUTH)
SCORING LEADERS
KENTUCKY (4-1, 0-0 SEC)
SCORING LEADERS
- P.J. Washington (19 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 3 steals)
- Tyler Herro (15 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists)
- Keldon Johnson (13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal)
FIRST HALF
- Eagles led in the early going as Josh Ferguson drilled a three for a 3-2 lead
- Trailing 9-5 Ferguson hit his second three to make it a one-point game with 16:09 left
- Back-to-back triples by Quade Green and Immanuel Quickley to put the Wildcats ahead 22-10
- Winthrop's Charles Falden answered with a four-point play as he drained a three while getting fouled and completed the play knocking down the free throw with 13:05 left in the half
- UK responded with a 6-0 spurt for a 14-point lead with just under 11 minutes left but Falden answered again with his second three of the game
- The lead stretched to 17 points by the Wildcats with another 6-0 spurt that ended with a Jermaine Ukaegbu dunk as Kentucky led 36-23
- With just under just under five left in the half, Bjorn Broman hit back-to-back threes to make it a 10-point game (42-32) with 4:29 left
- Another 6-0 run by UK late in the half pushed the lead to 16 points with 1:16 left and led 51-37 at the half
- Kentucky shot 60 percent from the floor in the first half while the Eagles were 42 percent
- At the half Kentucky held a 25-11 advantage on the boards and 22-12 with points in the paint
- Key part of the Wildcats 14-point halftime lead came at the foul line (11-for-16)
SECOND HALF
- Kentucky opened the second half with an 11-0 run that was halted by a corner three from Josh Ferguson, his third triple of the game
- That early run for Kentucky helped open up the game a bit as it led by 25 with 16:39 to play and then held its largest lead of 26 with just over 12 left in the half
- Kyle Zunic had an 8-0 by himself for the Eagles beginning with 6:40 to play as he hit back-to-back threes and then scored on a drive to make it a 17-point game
- After UK scored inside Zunic scored again, his 7th straight point as he scored on a drive to the basket which cut the deficit to 81-66
- Winthrop finished the game outscoring the Wildcats 6-2 to make it a 13-point game in the end
- The Eagles outscored Kentucky 37-36 in the second half as they shot 54 percent from the floor and were 6-of-11 from three
- The Wildcats shot 52 percent in the second half
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Winthrop had five players in double-figures led by Josh Ferguson, Austin Awad and Charles Falden with 11 points while Kyle Zunic and Adam Pickett added 10 points
- For the game Kentucky shot 56 percent from the floor while the Eagles shot 48 percent
- Winthrop finished the game 13-for-28 behind the arc
- Kentucky finished the game 18-for-24 at the foul line while the Eagles were just 5-of-8
- Both teams finished with 19 turnovers in the contest as Winthrop finished with a 27-22 edge in points off turnovers
- Kentucky finished with a 42-24 advantage in the paint
- 53 percent of the scoring for the Eagles came from the bench
NOTABLES
- Winthrop dropped its second straight contest and its seventh straight against SEC opponents
- The Eagles hit 10-plus threes for the third time this season and third time in the last four games
UP NEXT
The Eagles are off for a couple of days before returning to action on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. when they host Warren Wilson.
