10 Facts to Know from UK’s 78-66 Win Over No. 22 St. John’s

The Cats registered a dominant second half.

ATLANTA – December 20, 2025 – Bradley Charles

It was a great day for BBN. The Cats finally played a half with their full repertoire of players available, which resulted in a dominant performance for UK.

The Cats outscored No. 22 St. John’s by 19 points in the second half to win the game 78-66.

10 Facts to Know from Saturday’s Game:

• Following Saturday’s win, UK is now 73-33 all-time in the Atlanta metro area. That includes a 2-0 record in the CBS Sports Classic.
• For the first time in UK history, the CATS overcame a halftime deficit of at least seven points in consecutive games to win. They won each game by 12 points.
• This marks the ninth win for Mark Pope against an AP Top 25 team as UK’s head coach.
• Kentucky is now 15-0 under Pope when holding the opponent to 66 points or less.
• UK won the rebounding battle 39-28, which makes Kentucky 7-1 this season when outrebounding the opponent.
• The Cats are now 13-6 against Rick Pitino.
• UK outscored St. John’s by 16 points in the 11 minutes that Lowe and Quaintance were on the court at the same time.
• Kentucky outscored St. John’s by 20 minutes in the 15 minutes that Jaland Lowe was on the floor.
• Otega Oweh registered his second 20-point performance of the past three games, which continues his streak of scoring in double figures in all 12 games this season.
• UK outscored St. John’s by 18 points in the 17 minutes that Jayden Quaintance was on the floor.

The Cats are now 8-4 this season, while St John’s is 7-4. Up next for UK is a home game against Bellarmine on Tuesday, December 23, at 1:00 p.m., which will be shown on SECN+.