Yahoo Sports Live updates: Kentucky at Clemson in college basketball’s SEC/ACC Challenge
In its first true road game of the season, the Kentucky Wildcats play at the Clemson Tigers in the SEC/ACC Challenge on Tuesday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. on ESPN.
Ben Roberts will be at Littlejohn Coliseum. You can follow him on Bluesky at @benrobertshl. On X/Twitter, you can follow Mark Story at @markcstory, Cameron Drummond at @cdrummond97 and yours truly at @johnclayiv.
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Kentucky-Clemson pregame info
Records: Kentucky is 7-0. In its last game, UK defeated Georgia State 105-76. Clemson is 7-1. The Tigers defeated Florida A&M 86-58 in their last game.
Series: Kentucky leads the series 12-4. UK is 3-1 at Clemson. UK won the last meeting 76-61 on Nov. 29, 1997, in the Premier Classic in Phoenix.
Rankings: UK is ranked No. 4 in the latest AP Top 25.
Pomeroy: Kentucky is ranked No. 12 by KenPom in adjusted overall efficiency, No. 12 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 30 in adjusted defensive efficiency. Clemson is No. 25 in adjusted overall efficiency, No. 35 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 24 in adjusted defensive efficiency.
Coaches: Mark Pope is in his first year as the head coach at Kentucky. Including his time at Utah Valley and BYU, Pope is 194-108. Brad Brownell is in his 15th season at Clemson with a record of 271-190. Brownell is 438-275 as a college coach with previous stops at UNC Wilmington and Wright State.
Scoring leaders: Otega Oweh leads Kentucky in scoring at 15.9 points per game. Chase Hunter leads Clemson in scoring at 16.4 points per game.
Rebound leaders: Amari Williams leads UK in rebounding at 10.0 per game. Ian Schieffelin leads Clemson in rebounding at 11.6 per game.
Assist leaders: Kerr Kriisa leads the Cats in assists at 4.3 per game. Schieffelin leads Clemson in assists at 3.6 per game.
Team stats: As a team, Kentucky is shooting 51.6% from the floor, including 38.2% from 3-point range. The Wildcats are making 74.7% of their free throws. Find UK’s full stats here. As a team, Clemson is shooting 47.7% from the floor, including 39.6% from 3-point range. Clemson is shooting 73.0% from the foul line. Find Clemson’s full stats here.
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