🔵 The Official Daily Newsletter For Kentucky Athletics

Good morning. The men’s basketball team takes on Mississippi State tonight, but before that, let’s talk about Antonio Reeves.

What else are we mixing into today’s Brew?

⚾️ 2 wins
🏀 Edwards earns SEC honor
🔵 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Swinging Bats. Baseball competed at the Karback Round Rock Classic, where they beat Texas State 11-5, lost to Washington State 4-6 and beat Kansas 8-5. Mitchell Daly had a career-high six RBIs against Texas State. Émilien Pitre hit a three-run home run against Kansas and had his third multi-hit game of the season.

🔼 New Honoree. The SEC named Justin Edwards the Co-Freshman of the Week after an exploding performance against Alabama and LSU. He averaged 18.5 points per game and shot 92.9% from the field. Edwards got a career-high 28 points and went a perfect 10-10 from the field against Alabama. He is the fifth different Wildcat to earn the honor this season.

🏀 Here’s more about Edwards.

🔼 Rally On. The stunt team faced both Davenport and Michigan State this past weekend. The team beat Michigan State 23-7 but fell to Davenport 20-11 and 20-13. 

🔼 On the Road. The gymnastics team fell to Arkansas on the road 197.400-197.150. See each of the gymnast’s scores here.

🔼 Petty Leads. The women’s basketball team lost against South Carolina 103-55 on Sunday. Ajae Petty led the team with 16 points and eight rebounds, and Saniah Tyler was right behind with 15 points.

🤔 BIG BLUE TRIVIA

Football Time. The Cats are back in action on the gridiron this spring. The football team will host its Blue-White Spring Game in April.

What day is the Spring Game?

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

🔵 ONE BIG THING

He’s Golden. The rifle team competed at the Great America Rifle Conference Championships, and freshman Braden Peiser finished with a gold medal. Peiser earned the GARC Air Rifle Individual Gold with a score of 253.4. Overall, the team finished in second place with an aggregate of 4737.

🎯 See what scores the other athletes got here.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD 

Tuesday, February 27

⚾️ Baseball vs. Western Kentucky @ 4pm ET | Watch 
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Mississippi State @ 7pm ET

Thursday, February 29

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Ole Miss @ 7pm ET | Tickets

Friday, March 1

🏊 Swim and Dive Last Chance Meet
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Vanderbilt @ 2pm
🥎 Softball vs. Fordham/Charlotte @ 3pm/6pm ET | Designated Players Club
⚾️ Baseball vs. Lipscomb @ 4pm ET | Watch 
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Auburn @ 4pm ET

Saturday, March 2

🏊 Swim and Dive Last Chance Meet
🥎 Softball vs. Minnesota/Charlotte @ 12:30pm/3pm ET | Designated Players Club
⚾️ Baseball vs. Lipsomb @ 1pm ET | Watch 
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Arkansas @ 1:30pm ET | Live Stats | Tickets
⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Lexington SC @ 6pm

Sunday, March 3

⚾️ Baseball vs. Lipsomb @ 1pm ET
🏀 Women’s Basketball at LSU @ 2pm ET
🤸 Gymnastics vs. Florida @ 2pm ET | Tickets
🥎 Softball vs. Fordham @ 10am ET | Designated Players Club
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Alabama @ 1pm ET | Watch | Live Stats
🎾 Women’s Tennis at Alabama @ 2pm ET

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Saturday, April 13 @ 1 p.m.!

🔵 Have a great Tuesday!