🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good morning. The men’s basketball team has back-to-back wins and is about to face a big team tomorrow— Kansas. Before we can even think about Kansas, scroll down to see highlights of their win over Texas A&M-Commerce.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

🏀 The men beat Texas A&M-Commerce
🏐 Volleyball takes down Georgia
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP 

🔼 Never Back Down. The men’s basketball team faced Texas A&M-Commerce and had to fight a little more for this game compared to its season-opener win over New Mexico State. The team was down 19-6, and the men bounced back right away with an 19-5 run to take the lead back and increase it even more to a 38-30 score going into halftime.

The Wildcats didn’t stop there and put up 43 points in the second half to win 81-61. Antonio Reeves led with 21 points, and Tre Mitchell was right behind with 18. In total, five guys scored in the double digits. 📆 aaa

🏀 Read more about the game here.

🔼 Polished Floor. The women swept Georgia 3-0 in yesterday’s matchup. Erin Lamb led the Cats with 14 kills, which is a season-high for her. The team collected its sixth top-50 RPI win, with 3,900 wonderful fans in the stadium to cheer the Wildcats on. Kentucky is now one match ahead of No. 9 Arkansas in the SEC and stands 13-1 in the conference. 

🏐 Read more about the match here.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Guess That Player. One man was just named captain of men’s tennis. This athlete is a fifth-year transfer from Wake Forest. This is his second season with the team. He was named All-SEC Second Team in 2023.

(Hint: his initials are T. B.)

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🔵 ONE BIG THING

Handful of dubs. The rifle team now has five straight wins after defeating Memphis 4723-4705 this past weekend. The team almost matched its season-high score of 4727 but shot its second-highest just four points below. You’ll never guess who led the team again. Sofia Ceccarello scored 584 in smallbore and 598 in air rifle. Emmie Sellers and Braden Peiser both hit career highs, too.

🎯 See more about how rifle beat Memphis here.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Tuesday, November 14

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs Austin Peay @ 6pm ET | Georgetown, Ky. Davis-Reid Alumni Gym
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs Kansas @ 9:30pm ET

Wednesday, November 15

🏊 Swim & Dive Tennessee Invite

Thursday, November 16

🏊 Swim & Dive Tennessee Invite
🏐 Volleyball vs Texas A&M @ 7pm ET | Tickets

Friday, November 17

🏊 Swim & Dive Tennessee Invite
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs Stonehill @ 7pm ET

Saturday, November 18

🎯 Rifle vs Akron | Scorecard | Live Targets
🏈 Football at South Carolina @ 7:30pm ET

Sunday, November 19

🎯 Rifle at Alaska & Akron | Scorecard | Live Targets
🏐 Volleyball vs Missouri @ 1:30pm ET | Tickets
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Florida Gulf Coast @ 2pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Taha Baadi!

🔵 Have a great Monday!