{"id":579627,"date":"2026-02-03T14:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/579627\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:04:23","slug":"4-risers-in-kentuckys-impressive-bounce-back-win-at-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/579627\/","title":{"rendered":"4 risers in Kentucky\u2019s impressive bounce-back win at Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a few days after getting trounced in Nashville by the Vanderbilt Commodores 80-55, the Kentucky Wildcats<\/a> bounced back in major fashion as they went to Bud Walton Arena and handed John Calipari and the No. 15 Arkansas Razorbacks their first home loss of the season, 85-77.<\/p>\n

In what was a very chippy contest from start to finish, Kentucky could\u2019ve easily folded after two ridiculous back-to-back technicals in the 2nd half that immediately handed over the momentum in favor of the Hogs, but the Wildcats grit and determination propelled them to victory when it was all said and done. Otega Oweh was completely unstoppable in the Cats\u2019 upset victory over the Razorbacks as he went for 24 points and 8 rebounds.<\/p>\n

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The Cats are back at home for the next two games as they welcome the Oklahoma Sooners Wednesday night at 9:00 and have another showdown with the No. 25 Tennessee Volunteers Saturday night at 8:30.<\/p>\n

Here are the risers in the Wildcats\u2019 win over the Hogs this past Saturday:<\/p>\n

Trent Noah<\/p>\n

Sophomore forward Trent Noah came up huge in Saturday night\u2019s game against the Hogs as he finished the game with 9 points and 7 rebounds in his 19 minutes off the bench. In a game that had a lot riding on the Wildcats season, the Kentucky native who\u2019d recently been cut out of the rotation stepped up big in a hostile environment to help the Cats prevail over the Razorbacks. With Kam Williams out indefinitely, Trent Noah\u2019s going to have a lot more opportunities to play a huge role for the Wildcats off the bench.<\/p>\n

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Collin Chandler<\/p>\n

Another individual who played a huge role in the Cats\u2019 win was sophomore guard Collin Chandler. Chandler finished Saturday night\u2019s outing with 13 points and also shot 2\/4 from 3. He also hit arguably the two most important shots of the night: one came midway through the 2nd, when it seemed like Kentucky had lost all momentum, and he stepped up and hit a long 3, which shifted the momentum back in the Cats\u2019 favor.<\/p>\n

Then, with a little over a minute left and the shot clock winding down, he hit a fadeaway that all but sealed the victory for the Wildcats. Collin Chandler has continued to be one of Kentucky\u2019s go-to guys for a needed basket down the stretch as of late.<\/p>\n

Malachi Moreno<\/p>\n

Freshman center Malachi Moreno was also huge for the Cats this past Saturday as he consistently grabbed rebound after rebound throughout the game. Moreno finished Saturday night\u2019s outing with 11 points and 7 rebounds (5 OREB). While he won\u2019t get a lot of credit for it, Moreno also hit some very much needed free throws in several instances when the Cats needed them the most.<\/p>\n

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Otega Oweh<\/p>\n

By far the best player on the court out of both teams in Saturday night\u2019s win in Fayetteville, senior guard Otega Oweh came out with lots of urgency from start to finish as he ended with a season-high 24 points, 8 rebounds, and dished out three assists. The Hogs simply had no answer for him this past Saturday night as he continuously got to his spots and got downhill whenever he wanted all game. Oweh is now averaging a little over 20 ppg in nine games of conference play for the Wildcats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just a few days after getting trounced in Nashville by the Vanderbilt Commodores 80-55, the Kentucky Wildcats bounced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[593,598,7,43071,217,3075,12713,231,772,1544,78250,3272,16482,69258,12453,11514],"class_list":["post-579627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-arkansas","tag-arkansas-razorbacks","tag-basketball","tag-bud-walton-arena","tag-college-basketball","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-malachi-moreno","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-nelson-chenault-imagn","tag-otega-oweh","tag-saturday-night","tag-the-cats","tag-the-razorbacks","tag-trent-noah"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116007080216808183","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}