Match summary — NCAA 2025-2026
KENTUCKY defeated TENNESSEE 74-71 on in the NCAA 2025-2026. KENTUCKY won by a 3-point margin. Nate Ament led all scorers with 29 points. KENTUCKY shot 50.0% from the field while TENNESSEE managed 37.1%. KENTUCKY collected 27 rebounds and TENNESSEE grabbed 45. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
KENTUCKY
74 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | * Otega Oweh | 37:00 | 21 | 10/17 | 10/16 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | * Denzel Aberdeen | 30:00 | 16 | 5/11 | 3/4 | 2/7 | 4/4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | * Collin Chandler | 27:00 | 9 | 3/8 | 0/2 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 24 | * Malachi Moreno | 27:00 | 10 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | * Andrija Jelavic | 20:00 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Brandon Garrison | 18:00 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 23 | Mouhamed Dioubate | 15:00 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Trent Noah | 15:00 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Jasper Johnson | 11:00 | 4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 74 | 28/56 | 23/37 | 5/19 | 13/22 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 83 | |
TENNESSEE
71 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | * Ja'Kobi Gillespie | 36:00 | 15 | 5/15 | 1/4 | 4/11 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | * Nate Ament | 35:00 | 29 | 10/17 | 6/11 | 4/6 | 5/6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| 3 | * Bishop Boswell | 33:00 | 10 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 6/6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | * J.p. Estrella | 25:00 | 11 | 4/13 | 4/13 | 0/0 | 3/7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | * Dewayne Brown Ii | 24:00 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 23 | Jaylen Carey | 20:00 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Amari Evans | 14:00 | 1 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Felix Okpara | 11:00 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Troy Henderson | 02:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 71 | 23/62 | 15/41 | 8/21 | 17/25 | 26 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 86 | |