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Visit UKathletics.com/ UKSportsNetwork for radio and TV affiliates in your area.12 @UKFootball12 @KentuckyMBB PRESENTED BY 14 @KentuckyMBB Around the SEC Around the Country 2019-20 SEC Standings Team SEC Overall Home Road Arkansas 0-0 8-0 7-0 1-0 Auburn 0-0 7-0 3-0 1-0 Tennessee 0-0 7-1 5-0 0-0 Kentucky 0-0 6-1 5-1 0-0 Mississippi State 0-0 6-1 4-0 1-0 Georgia 0-0 6-2 5-0 1-0 LSU 0-0 6-2 5-0 0-1 Vanderbilt 0-0 6-2 6-1 0-1 Florida 0-0 6-2 3-1 0-1 South Carolina 0-0 6-3 5-1 1-0 Ole Miss 0-0 5-3 4-1 0-1 Missouri 0-0 4-4 4-1 0-1 Alabama 0-0 3-4 2-1 0-1 Texas A&M 0-0 3-4 3-1 0-0 Scoring Player-Team ...................................................................PPG Aaron Nesmith, VANDY ................................................22.8 Anthony Edwards, UGA.................................................20.6 Samir Doughty, AUB......................................................19.3 Kira Lewis Jr., ALA .........................................................19.1 Mason Jones, ARK .........................................................18.1 Rebounding Player-Team ...................................................................RPG Rayshaun Hammonds, UGA ............................................8.9 Kerry Blackshear Jr., FLA ..................................................8.9 Reggie Perry, MSU ...........................................................8.9 Austin Wiley, AUB ...........................................................8.6 Darius Days, LSU ............................................................8.5 Assists Player-Team ...................................................................APG Lamonte Turner, UT .........................................................7.6 J'Von McCormick, AUB ...................................................6.7 Ashton Hagans, UK .........................................................6.4 Saben Lee, VANDY ..........................................................6.3 Javonte Smart, LSU ..........................................................5.3 Steals Player-Team ................................................................... SPG Mason Jones, ARK ...........................................................2.3 Anthony Edwards, UGA...................................................2.3 Skylar Mays, LSU .............................................................2.3 Tyson Carter, MSU ...........................................................2.1 KJ Buffen, MISS ................................................................2.1 Blocks Player-Team ...................................................................BPG Yves Pons, UT .................................................................2.4 Josh Nebo, TAMU ............................................................2.3 Nick Richards, UK ...........................................................2.3 Clevon Brown, VANDY ....................................................1.9 Scottie Lewis, FLA ...........................................................1.8 2019-20 Associated Press Rankings (Week 5) Team Record Points 1 Louisville (48) 7-0 1599 2 Kansas (3) 6-1 1497 3 Maryland 8-0 1446 4 Michigan (9) 7-0 1429 5 Virginia (5) 7-0 1424 6 Ohio State 7-0 1244 7 North Carolina 6-1 1162 8 Kentucky 6-1 1096 9 Gonzaga 8-1 1095 10 Duke 7-1 1083 11 Michigan State 5-2 964 12 Arizona 9-0 875 13 Oregon 6-2 785 14 Auburn 7-0 698 15 Memphis 6-1 652 16 Seton Hall 6-2 629 17 Florida State 7-1 562 18 Baylor 5-1 466 19 Dayton 5-1 386 20 Colorado 6-0 371 21 Tennessee 6-1 331 22 Washington 5-1 222 23 Villanova 5-2 192 24 Butler 7-0 165 25 Utah State 7-1 112Home Sweet Home: Cats Approaching Win No. 600 in Rupp Arena Kentucky enters Saturday's matchup with Fairleigh Dickinson with a 599-70 all-time record in Rupp Arena and just one win shy of No. 600 in the building. It would mark the fastest to 600 wins for a program in one ven- ue in NCAA history. Already owning an impressive .895 win- ning percentage, Kentucky's dominance in Rupp is daunting. UCLA currently owns the fastest pace to get to 600 wins in Pauley Pa- vilion with 689 games needed to reach the mark. Should UK win on Saturday, the Wild- cats will achieve the standard in 19 fewer games than the Bruins. Only one other team, Kansas, achieved win No. 600 in fewer than 700 games. The Jayhawks reached the significant win in their 699th game. Other notable numbers involving Rupp Arena: • UK has gone undefeated 13 times in the 44-year history of the building, most recently in 2015-16 • The most wins in one season is 19, set in 2014-15 • John Calipari is the venue's all-time winningest coach with 172 wins. He reached win No. 100 in the venue in just 104 games, the fastest of any UK coach • Under Calipari, the Wildcats are 152-5 against unranked foes and 91-4 against non- conference opponents • Calipari began his career with a 54- game winning streak - the longest such win- ning streak in the venue's history Wildcats Banged Up Kentucky's depth has been tested by a number of injuries this season with Nate Ses- tina's recent left wrist fracture continuing a rash of misfortune. Eight Wildcats this season have dealt with injuries or are still rehabbing old ones. The Wildcats have only had nine full- time basketball scholarship players available in three games thus far. Against Utah Val- ley, with EJ Montgomery (right ankle) and Immanuel Quickley (chest) out, just seven full-time basketball scholarship players were available. That included Ashton Hagans, who was dealing with right leg soreness. • Dontaie Allen (left knee) - return: unde- termined | Torn ACL from his senior season of high school; participated in strength and conditioning programs over the summer and continues to progress with rehabilitation program, including partici- pating in his first practice this past week • Ashton Hagans (lower right leg) - available | Dealing with a lower right leg injury but has not missed a game; Calipari said prior to the Utah Valley game that Hagans was feeling "healthier" • EJ Montgomery (right ankle) - available | Sustained a right ankle injury in the first half of the Michigan State game; missed the next three games and returned vs. Mount St. Mary's • Zan Payne (right knee) - return: undetermined | Con- tinuing to rehab from a knee injury from his senior season of high school; underwent a rigorous rehab program over the summer and partici- pated in his first practice this past week • Nick Richards (left ankle) - status: avail- able | Sprained his left ankle during the Georgetown College exhibition games and missed the final exhibition vs. Kentucky State • Nate Sestina (left wrist) - out approxi- mately four weeks from injury | Fractured his left wrist on Nov. 26 and underwent surgery on Nov. 27 • Immanuel Quickley (chest contusion) - available | Suffered a chest contusion in practice prior to the Utah Valley game and did not play vs. the Wolverines. Returned the following game • Kahlil Whitney (left hand) - available | Dislocated his left pinky finger near the end of the Utah Valley game but has not missed a game UK-Michigan Agree to Three-Year Series Beginning in London Kentucky has signed a three-year deal with Michigan that will take the Wildcats to London next season and add a marquee home-and-home series for the following two years. Beginning with a trip to O2 Arena in Lon- don in December of 2020 – exact date to be announced at a later time – the Wildcats and Wolverines will play three consecutive sea- sons. UK will travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the Dec. 4, 2021 game, and Kentucky will host Michigan in Rupp Arena on Dec. 3, 2022. The neutral-site game between the two schools will be hosted by the Naismith Me- morial Basketball Hall of Fame and serve as a fundraiser for the Hall. It will be the first NCAA Division I college basketball game to be played in one of the world's most popu- lar venues. All further details on play date, game time, television partner, ticket pricing, ancillary events and ticket on-sale will be an- nounced in January of 2020. UK has played internationally on a num- ber of occasions for foreign exhibition tours, but the game in London will mark Kentucky's third regular-season trip outside the U.S. and first in Europe. London played host to the 1948 U.S. Olympic team that consisted of a handful of Wildcats. After winning the 1948 national championship – UK's first NCAA title – five Wildcats represented the U.S. in the 1948 Olympics in London. The Kentucky-led team won all eight of its games to win the gold medal. UK leads the all-time series with Michi- gan 5-2. From Press Row 16 @KentuckyMBB 90785_BHLX_Cyberknife_8_375x10_875c.indd 110/13/16 1:17 PMNext >