By The Numbers: Key Stats From Kentucky's Win In Fayetteville
Before your Saturday night celebration gets too crazy, read some of the statistics behind Kentucky Basketball‘s surprise win at Arkansas in the regular season finale:
37 – Obviously, the most popular statistic on the box score is Antonio Reeves‘ career-high in scoring with 37 points in the win. Needing to step up in a wounded backcourt, Reeves hit 12 of 17 shots and all 11 of his free throws for the career day.
21 – Though Reeves is the star, Jacob Toppin deserves equal love for his 21-point effort, including the two stepback daggers in the second half. Toppin also helped get the ball up the floor as Kentucky managed to survive without a point guard available for the game.
24 – Adou Thiero got called up to fill in at point guard and the true freshman who is definitely not a true point guard gave Kentucky a career-high 24 minutes off the bench. With CJ Fredrick still slow in his comeback, Thiero scored seven points with five total rebounds, three offensive rebounds, a couple of assists, a steal, and only two turnovers. He held his own against Arkansas’ talent. This dunk was nice:
78.8 – The importance of making free throws was stressed before the game and Kentucky followed through with a 78.8 percentage as a team on 33 attempts (26-33). Reeves’ perfect 11-for-11 carried the numbers, along with Toppin’s 7-for-8 day.
41 – On the glass, Kentucky outrebounded Arkansas, 41-35, powered by Oscar Tshiebwe‘s 13 rebounds. Chris Livingston couldn’t get anything to go in, but he contributed nine rebounds to add value when his shot wasn’t falling. John Calipari loves that.
2-20 – The Razorbacks could not finish anything at the rim, going a hideous 2-for-20 on layups. If I’m Arkansas, my disappointment and finger-pointing begin with the inability to make anything from point-blank range.
20 – Davonte Davis playing only 20 minutes before he was ejected for two technical fouls really hampered his team’s comeback attempt in the second half. Before his exit with 18 minutes to go, he scored eight points with two made three-pointers.
88 – Kentucky’s 88 points are the most scored since Kentucky hung 88 on Florida A&M in the non-conference slate.
35:30 – Kentucky played 35 minutes and 30 seconds with the lead in Fayetteville.
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