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Reed Sheppard scores 25 to lead No. 17 Kentucky in 101-67 rout of Stonehill

Kentucky scored a season-high 58 points in the opening half.
Credit: AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley
Kentucky guard Rob Dillingham shoots during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Stonehill in Lexington. | Nov. 17, 2023

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Freshman Reed Sheppard scored 25 points to lead No. 16 Kentucky to a 101-67 win over Stonehill on Friday night.

Sheppard added seven assists and three steals to lead four players in double figures. Kentucky (3-1) made 17 3-pointers, including 10 in the first half. Sheppard led the team with seven.

Rob Dillingham, also a freshman, scored 20 points for Kentucky, and Antonio Reeves and Tre Mitchell added 15 each.

Coming off an 89-84 loss to No. 1 Kansas in the Champions Classic, the Wildcats showed no signs of a letdown and put the game beyond reach after the Skyhawks scored the first five points.

Trailing 10-5 three minutes into the contest, the Wildcats responded with a 25-5 run, capped with a 14-0 spurt for a 30-15 lead.

Kentucky scored a season-high 58 points in the opening half.

Max Zegarowski and Tony Felder led Stonehill (1-4) with 15 points each, followed by Jackson Benigni with 11.

BIG PICTURE

The Wildcats began a four-game homestand. Kentucky is poised to make a jump in the Top 25 following the loss to Kansas in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night. 

Kentucky has proven to be a threat behind the arc and has made 39 3-pointers in the past two games.

UP NEXT

Kentucky will host Saint Joseph’s on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023.

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