National Basketball Association
Missouri 89, Kentucky 75
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Where: Mizzou Arena, Columbia, Missouri
Officials:
# Rob Rorke, # Tony Green, # Keith Kimble
Attendance:
15061
By Field Level Media
Kobe Brown scored 30 points as Missouri upset No. 19 Kentucky 89-75 Wednesday night in Columbia, Mo., in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.
Brown, who earned SEC Player of the Week honors after scoring 31 points in a victory over then-No. 16 Illinois on Dec. 22, also had six rebounds against the Wildcats.
D'Moi Hodge scored 15 points and Sean East II and DeAndre Gholston added 12 each as the Tigers (12-1, 1-0 SEC) won for just the third time in 17 games against Kentucky.
Oscar Tshiebwe scored 23 points and grabbed 19 rebounds for the Wildcats (8-4, 0-1). Cason Wallace scored 19 points and Sahvir Wheeler had 12 points and eight assists.
Kentucky led only once in the game, 3-2. The Wildcats missed 15 of 23 shots from 3-point range, and their bench was outscored 33-13.
Missouri pushed the tempo from the opening tip and broke out to a 15-5 lead with Brown and Tre Gomillion scoring five points each.
The Wildcats missed 9 of 10 shots from 3-point range to start the game, but Tshiebwe kept them in the game with his offensive rebounding.
Kentucky cut the Missouri lead to 17-13 before East scored seven unanswered points for the Tigers.
Hodge hit a 3-pointer to extend Missouri's lead to 27-14 with 6:39 left in the first half. Kentucky responded with a 10-5 run, capped by Tshiebwe's three-point play, to trim the deficit to 32-24. But the Tigers pushed the lead to 42-30 at the half with Brown and East knocking down 3-point jumpers.
Brown scored the first five points of the second half as Missouri built a 47-30 advantage.
Adou Thiero came off the Kentucky bench to hit a 3-pointer and trigger a 10-2 surge that cut the Wildcats' deficit to 54-44. Missouri answered with a 10-3 run as Hodge and Brown hit 3-pointers to re-establish control for good.
The Tigers kept the Wildcats out of sync with an effective zone defense and led by as many as 21 points late in the second half.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Kentucky |
|
Missouri |
|
Oscar Tshiebwe 23 |
Scoring |
Kobe Brown 30 |
|
Sahvir Wheeler 8 |
Assists |
Nick Honor 7 |
|
Oscar Tshiebwe 19 |
Rebounds |
Kobe Brown 6 |
|
Oscar Tshiebwe 11 |
Free Throws Made |
DeAndre Gholston 7 |
|
Oscar Tshiebwe 2 |
Steals |
Kobe Brown 2 |
|
Cason Wallace 1 |
Blocks |
Ronnie DeGray III 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Kentucky
|
75 |
46.4 |
8-23 |
15-24 |
15 |
36 |
1 |
5 |
14 |
| Missouri
|
89 |
49.1 |
10-25 |
23-28 |
19 |
22 |
4 |
9 |
8 |
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