🔵The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good Morning, Wildcats. Multiple athletes from multiple different sports earned weekly honors. The Cats are top tier!

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew?

🏀  Men beat Nicholls
🏈 3 weekly honors
🔵 And much, much more!

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📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Opening Dub. The men’s basketball team won its first game of the 2025-26 regular season. The No. 9 Cats beat Nicholls 77-51. Collin Chandler led the game with 15 points. Otega Oweh was right behind with 13. Kentucky shot 46.8% from the field and led in fast break points (20-6), assists (21-9) and rebounds (51-30).

🏀 Read more about the win.

🔼 Weekly Honors. The football team had two players named to SEC weekly awards. Quarterback Cutter Boley was named the Co-Freshman of the Week. Jalen Farmer was named the Co-Offensive Lineman of the Week. Boley completed 18 of 29 passes for 161 passing yards and a touchdown. Farmer played all 64 offensive plays and had seven blocks at the point of attack. Aidan Laros was named to a national honor. He earned a spot on the Ray Guy Award Ray’s 8 weekly list. Laros punted six times for a 44.8-yard average.

🔼 Finale. The men’s soccer team tied Old Dominion 1-1 in the regular season finale. Isaiah Chisolm scored for Kentucky. The Cats had eight shots, and five were on goal. Goalkeeper Sebastian Conlon had five saves. The men wrap up the regular season 10-2-3 overall and 7-1 in conference play. Kentucky starts postseason play on Sunday.

⚽️ Here’s more about the draw.

🔼 Shootout. The women’s soccer team tied No. 17 Georgia 1-1 in the SEC quarterfinal match. The teams then went into a shootout where the Cats fell 5-4. Kentucky had 12 shots, and six were on goal. Catherine Rapp scored the lone goal for the Cats during regulation time. Goalkeeper Megan Holland had one save. The women finish their season 12-4-4 overall and 5-2-3 in conference play.

⚽️ Read more about the game.

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🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Season Awards.

The cross country team had # athletes named to 2025 All-SEC Teams.

Got a guess? Check below for the answer!

🔵 ONE BIG THING

Top Players. Men’s basketball players Jaland Lowe and Otega Oweh were named Naismith Trophy Men’s Player of the Year preseason candidates. Lowe is one of eight players in the nation to average at least 16.5 points, 4.0 boards and 5.5 dimes a season ago. Oweh led the Cats in scoring at 16.2 points per game last season.

🏀 Learn more about the award and players.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, November 6

🎾 Men’s Tennis ITA South Sectional Championships
🎾 Women’s Tennis ITA Sectional Championships/ITA Conference Masters
🏊 Swim & Dive at Louisville @ 4pm ET
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Monmouth @ 6:30pm ET | Tickets
🏐 Volleyball at Missouri @ 7pm ET

Friday, November 7

🎾 Women’s Tennis Vanderbilt Invite
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Valparaiso @ 7pm ET | Tickets

Saturday, November 8

🎯 Rifle vs. Memphis @ 8am ET | Live Targets | NCAA Scorecard | Free Breakfast!
🏈 Football vs. Florida @ 7:30pm ET | Tickets | Purchase Tailgate

Sunday, November 9

🏀 Women’s Basketball at Buffalo @ 2pm ET
⚽️ Men’s Soccer vs. Coastal Carolina @ 3pm ET | Sun Belt Tournament
🏐 Volleyball vs. Tennessee @ 5pm ET | Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 5!

🔵 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!