PRESS RELEASE: UK ATHLETICS LEXINGTON, Ky. –  After earning a No. 9 ranking the preseason Associated Press (AP) Top 25 earlier this month, the Kentucky men’s basketball team will hold the same preseason ranking in the first edition of the USA Today Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll, announced Wednesday. Kentucky has flaunted a preseason coaches’ poll ranking 60 times dating back to the inaugural poll in 1950. The Cats have made 977 total appearances in the rankings, which are in their 76th season of existence. Purdue, UK’s exhibition opponent on Friday, begins the season as the preseason No. 1 in […]

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Press Release: UK Athletics BIRMINHAM, Ala. – University of Kentucky women’s basketball’s frontcourt duo Clara Strack and Teonni Key were chosen to the Preseason All-Southeastern Conference Second Team by the coaches, it was announced by the league office Wednesday. Strack and Key were responsible for the bulk of the program’s blocks last season, a value that led the nation in the final statistics (7.0 bpg) and set a school record (218 blks). In fact, Strack and Key combined for 4.1 blocks per game at the end of last season, which alone was more than 299 NCAA DI women’s basketball teams […]

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BY ALEX LINDSEY JR. – SPORTS INTERN The University of Pikeville football team improved to 2-4 on the season after a dominant statement win over conference opponent Point University, 62-10. Quarterback Xavier Malone had another terrific outing through the air, completing 25 passes for 415 yards and four touchdowns. Malone now has 2,718 passing yards on the season with 13 touchdowns. He currently leads the NAIA in passing yards per game at 385.2, helping make Pikeville’s offense one of the top five in the nation. Jordan Williams led the receiving corps with six catches for 97 yards and a touchdown. […]

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