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Lamont Butler scores career-high 33 points to help No. 5 Kentucky beat rival Louisville 93-85

AP
Dec 14, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Lamont Butler returned from a two-game absence to shoot perfect from the field for a career-high 33 points, including six 3-pointers, and No. 5 Kentucky held off rival Louisville 93-85 on Saturday for Bluegrass supremacy.

Kentucky (10-1) shot 58%, including 70% before halftime, but needed every basket to stay clear of the Cardinals (6-5). Butler, who made all 10 of his shot attempts, provided a boost with three consecutive 3-pointers coming out of the break and 14 of Kentucky’s first 16 points overall, including a layup for a 59-49 cushion.

Louisville got it to 64-61, but Kentucky mounted several small spurts for double-digit leads that withstood several Cardinal rallies. Otega Oweh added eight key points down the stretch, including a three-point play to make it 89-79 with 43 seconds remaining.

Kentucky won for the 10th time in 12 meetings.

Chucky Hepburn scored 26 points and Terrence Edwards Jr. 23 for Louisville, which shot just 44.3% but made a season-best 14 3s.

Butler topped his previous best of 23, and Oweh finished with 17 on 7-of-11 shooting.

Louisville: Strong perimeter shooting by Edwards and Hepburn kept the short-handed Cardinals close, but they couldn't stop Butler.

Kentucky: The Wildcats outrebounded Louisville 41-31 and made 11 of 21 from deep. All of it came in handy.

Some pushing ensued in front of Louisville's bench after Brandon Garrison stood over Reyne Smith when he dove for a loose ball. Garrison was only called for a common foul.

Kentucky shot 18 of 28 from the line, while Louisville made nine of just 14 attempts.

Louisville resumes Atlantic Coast Conference play at Florida State next Saturday. Kentucky faces Ohio State on Saturday in the CBS Sports Classic in New York.

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1st Half
LOU
Cardinals
40
UK
Wildcats
46

Time		Play	Score
20:00		J'Vonne Hadley vs. Amari Williams (Jaxson Robinson gains possession)
19:47		Noah Waterman personal foul
19:31	+2	Amari Williams makes two point jump shot	0-2
19:10	+3	Chucky Hepburn makes three point jump shot	3-2
18:59	+2	Jaxson Robinson makes two point jump shot (Lamont Butler assists)	3-4
18:44		Reyne Smith misses two point floating jump shot
18:42		Lamont Butler defensive rebound
18:28		Lamont Butler turnover (bad pass) (Chucky Hepburn steals)
18:19		J'Vonne Hadley misses two point driving layup
18:17		Amari Williams defensive rebound
18:13	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point driving dunk (Lamont Butler assists)	3-6
17:58		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
17:56		Noah Waterman offensive rebound
17:53	+2	Noah Waterman makes two point tip layup	5-6
17:49		James Scott shooting foul (Andrew Carr draws the foul)
17:49	+1	Andrew Carr makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-7
17:49	+1	Andrew Carr makes regular free throw 2 of 2	5-8
17:34		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
17:32		Jaxson Robinson defensive rebound
17:21	+3	Jaxson Robinson makes three point jump shot (Amari Williams assists)	5-11
17:07		Chucky Hepburn turnover (bad pass) (Amari Williams steals)
17:02	+3	Lamont Butler makes three point jump shot (Otega Oweh assists)	5-14
16:59		Cardinals 30 second timeout
16:50	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point driving layup	7-14
16:37		Otega Oweh misses two point floating jump shot
16:35		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
16:27		J'Vonne Hadley misses three point jump shot
16:25		Reyne Smith offensive rebound
16:20	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point floating jump shot	9-14
16:05		Amari Williams misses two point layup
16:03		Cardinals defensive rebound
15:44		Khani Rooths misses three point jump shot
15:42		Lamont Butler defensive rebound
15:36		TV timeout
15:26		Brandon Garrison misses two point jump shot
15:24		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
15:16		Noah Waterman misses three point jump shot
15:14		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
15:07	+3	Lamont Butler makes three point jump shot (Andrew Carr assists)	9-17
14:57		Noah Waterman misses three point jump shot
14:55		Lamont Butler defensive rebound
14:51	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point dunk (Lamont Butler assists)	9-19
14:24		Andrew Carr blocks Chucky Hepburn's two point driving layup
14:22		Jaxson Robinson defensive rebound
14:04		Brandon Garrison turnover (traveling)
13:43	+3	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot	12-19
13:30		Jaxson Robinson turnover (bad pass) (James Scott steals)
13:24	+2	James Scott makes two point driving dunk	14-19
13:09	+3	Koby Brea makes three point jump shot (Brandon Garrison assists)	14-22
12:33		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point jump shot
12:31		Amari Williams defensive rebound
12:15	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point cutting layup (Amari Williams assists)	14-24
12:02	+2	Reyne Smith makes two point floating jump shot	16-24
11:33	+2	Koby Brea makes two point layup	16-26
11:19		J'Vonne Hadley misses two point layup
11:17		Amari Williams defensive rebound
11:11	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point driving dunk (Amari Williams assists)	16-28
11:05		TV timeout
10:48	+3	Chucky Hepburn makes three point stepback jump shot	19-28
10:36	+2	Koby Brea makes two point cutting dunk (Amari Williams assists)	19-30
10:09	+3	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot	22-30
9:57		Terrence Edwards Jr. shooting foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
9:57		Amari Williams misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:57		Amari Williams misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:57		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
9:50		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
9:48		Amari Williams defensive rebound
9:43		Chucky Hepburn shooting foul (Lamont Butler draws the foul)
9:43		Lamont Butler misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:43		Lamont Butler misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:43		Noah Waterman defensive rebound
9:27		Otega Oweh personal foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
9:09		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point layup
9:07		J'Vonne Hadley offensive rebound
9:04		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
9:02		Amari Williams defensive rebound
8:38		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
8:36		Amari Williams offensive rebound
8:24		Andrew Carr misses two point jump shot
8:22		Cardinals defensive rebound
7:58		Noah Waterman misses three point jump shot
7:56		Chucky Hepburn offensive rebound
7:46		TV timeout
7:46		Otega Oweh personal foul
7:44	+3	Noah Waterman makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	25-30
7:19	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point alley-oop dunk (Jaxson Robinson assists)	25-32
6:51	+3	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot	28-32
6:34		Khani Rooths personal foul
6:17		James Scott shooting foul (Lamont Butler draws the foul)
6:17	+1	Lamont Butler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-33
6:17	+1	Lamont Butler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-34
6:06		Noah Waterman misses three point jump shot
6:04		Koby Brea defensive rebound
5:36		Jaxson Robinson turnover
5:23		Jaxson Robinson personal foul (Khani Rooths draws the foul)
5:08	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point turnaround jump shot	30-34
4:47		Terrence Edwards Jr. shooting foul (Amari Williams draws the foul)
4:47	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2	30-35
4:47	+1	Amari Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2	30-36
4:35		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
4:33		Noah Waterman offensive rebound
4:33		Ansley Almonor shooting foul (Noah Waterman draws the foul)
4:33	+1	Noah Waterman makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-36
4:33		Noah Waterman misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:33		Ansley Almonor defensive rebound
4:09		Amari Williams misses two point layup
4:07		Reyne Smith defensive rebound
3:53		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point layup
3:51		Amari Williams defensive rebound
3:44	+3	Jaxson Robinson makes three point jump shot (Lamont Butler assists)	31-39
3:43		TV timeout
3:30		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
3:28		Wildcats defensive rebound
3:10		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
3:08		Cardinals defensive rebound
3:08		Andrew Carr personal foul
2:56	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point layup	33-39
2:56		Koby Brea shooting foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
2:56	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-39
2:47	+2	Lamont Butler makes two point layup (Andrew Carr assists)	34-41
2:21		Chucky Hepburn misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot
2:19		Brandon Garrison defensive rebound
2:12		James Scott shooting foul (Brandon Garrison draws the foul)
2:12		Brandon Garrison misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:12	+1	Brandon Garrison makes regular free throw 2 of 2	34-42
1:57	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup	36-42
1:57		Brandon Garrison shooting foul (J'Vonne Hadley draws the foul)
1:57	+1	J'Vonne Hadley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	37-42
1:48		Terrence Edwards Jr. personal foul (Jaxson Robinson draws the foul)
1:48	+1	Jaxson Robinson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-43
1:48	+1	Jaxson Robinson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-44
1:19	+3	Chucky Hepburn makes three point jump shot (J'Vonne Hadley assists)	40-44
1:10		Jaxson Robinson turnover (lost ball)
0:56		Brandon Garrison personal foul (J'Vonne Hadley draws the foul)
0:56		J'Vonne Hadley misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:56		Jaxson Robinson defensive rebound
0:42		Lamont Butler turnover (traveling)
0:13		Noah Waterman misses two point driving layup
0:11		Amari Williams defensive rebound
0:01	+2	Lamont Butler makes two point layup	40-46
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
LOU
Cardinals
45
UK
Wildcats
47

Time		Play	Score
19:49	+2	James Scott makes two point dunk (Chucky Hepburn assists)	42-46
19:29	+3	Lamont Butler makes three point jump shot (Jaxson Robinson assists)	42-49
18:58	+3	Reyne Smith makes three point jump shot (Noah Waterman assists)	45-49
18:44		Jaxson Robinson misses three point jump shot
18:42		Andrew Carr offensive rebound
18:37	+3	Lamont Butler makes three point jump shot (Andrew Carr assists)	45-52
18:30		Andrew Carr blocks J'Vonne Hadley's two point layup
18:28		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
18:21		Otega Oweh misses two point jump shot
18:19		Noah Waterman defensive rebound
18:11	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point layup	47-52
18:11		Amari Williams shooting foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
18:11		Chucky Hepburn misses regular free throw 1 of 1
18:11		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
17:53		Jaxson Robinson misses two point layup
17:51		Noah Waterman defensive rebound
17:37		J'Vonne Hadley misses two point hook shot
17:35		Wildcats defensive rebound
17:35		James Scott personal foul
17:15	+3	Lamont Butler makes three point jump shot (Brandon Garrison assists)	47-55
16:48		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
16:46		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
16:37	+2	Brandon Garrison makes two point dunk	47-57
16:35		Cardinals 30 second timeout
16:32		TV timeout
16:18	+2	Reyne Smith makes two point driving layup	49-57
15:54	+2	Lamont Butler makes two point cutting layup (Brandon Garrison assists)	49-59
15:39		Lamont Butler shooting foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
15:39		TV timeout
15:39	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-59
15:39		Chucky Hepburn misses regular free throw 2 of 2
15:39		Brandon Garrison defensive rebound
15:22		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
15:20		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
15:09	+3	Noah Waterman makes three point stepback jump shot	53-59
14:48		Andrew Carr misses two point jump shot
14:46		Noah Waterman defensive rebound
14:35	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point layup	55-59
14:35		Koby Brea shooting foul (J'Vonne Hadley draws the foul)
14:35	+1	J'Vonne Hadley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	56-59
14:19		Chucky Hepburn shooting foul (Lamont Butler draws the foul)
14:19		Lamont Butler misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:19	+1	Lamont Butler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-60
14:07		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point jump shot
14:05		Wildcats defensive rebound
13:52	+2	Lamont Butler makes two point driving layup	56-62
13:36	+3	Chucky Hepburn makes three point jump shot (Khani Rooths assists)	59-62
13:19	+2	Amari Williams makes two point jump shot	59-64
13:09		Chucky Hepburn turnover (bad pass) (Jaxson Robinson steals)
13:03		Jaxson Robinson misses two point jump shot
13:01		Jaxson Robinson offensive rebound
12:56		Jaxson Robinson misses three point jump shot
12:54		Travis Perry offensive rebound
12:38		Ansley Almonor misses three point jump shot
12:36		Khani Rooths defensive rebound
12:30	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point driving reverse layup	61-64
12:16	+3	Koby Brea makes three point jump shot	61-67
11:59		Khani Rooths turnover (bad pass) (Jaxson Robinson steals)
11:59		Terrence Edwards Jr. personal foul (Jaxson Robinson draws the foul)
11:59		TV timeout
11:50		Otega Oweh misses three point jump shot
11:48		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
11:40		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
11:38		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
11:37		James Scott personal foul (Andrew Carr draws the foul)
11:13	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point dunk (Otega Oweh assists)	61-69
11:00		Chucky Hepburn turnover (bad pass) (Andrew Carr steals)
10:53	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point layup (Andrew Carr assists)	61-71
10:44		Cardinals 30 second timeout
10:30	+3	Reyne Smith makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	64-71
10:08		Brandon Garrison turnover (bad pass) (J'Vonne Hadley steals)
10:08		Andrew Carr personal foul (J'Vonne Hadley draws the foul)
9:41		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
9:39		Wildcats defensive rebound
9:13		Otega Oweh misses two point layup
9:11		Noah Waterman defensive rebound
9:00		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
8:58		Noah Waterman offensive rebound
8:55		Noah Waterman misses two point tip layup
8:53		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
8:44		Noah Waterman shooting foul (Lamont Butler draws the foul)
8:44		Lamont Butler misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:44	+1	Lamont Butler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	64-72
8:29		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
8:27		Jaxson Robinson defensive rebound
8:20		Travis Perry turnover (bad pass)
8:10		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
8:08		Noah Waterman offensive rebound
7:59		Noah Waterman misses three point jump shot
7:57		Brandon Garrison defensive rebound
7:42		Jaxson Robinson misses two point layup
7:40		Jaxson Robinson offensive rebound
7:37		Jaxson Robinson misses two point layup
7:35		Andrew Carr offensive rebound
7:35	+2	Andrew Carr makes two point layup	64-74
7:35		Wildcats 30 second timeout
7:35		TV timeout
7:25	+3	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot	67-74
7:12		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
7:10		Brandon Garrison offensive rebound
6:51	+3	Lamont Butler makes three point jump shot (Otega Oweh assists)	67-77
6:28	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point layup	69-77
6:04		Noah Waterman shooting foul (Brandon Garrison draws the foul)
6:04	+1	Brandon Garrison makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-78
6:04	+1	Brandon Garrison makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-79
5:42	+3	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot	72-79
5:21		Koby Brea misses three point jump shot
5:19		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
5:13		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
5:11		Reyne Smith offensive rebound
5:07		Brandon Garrison personal foul (Reyne Smith draws the foul)
4:49		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
4:47		Noah Waterman offensive rebound
4:43		Lamont Butler personal foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
4:30		J'Vonne Hadley misses two point jump shot
4:28		Jaxson Robinson defensive rebound
4:13		Lamont Butler turnover (lost ball)
3:50		J'Vonne Hadley misses three point jump shot
3:48		Noah Waterman offensive rebound
3:45		Noah Waterman turnover (traveling)
3:45		TV timeout
3:27		Andrew Carr misses two point jump shot
3:25		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
3:17		Otega Oweh shooting foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
3:17	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-79
3:17	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-79
3:03		Jaxson Robinson misses three point jump shot
3:01		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
2:55		Noah Waterman misses three point jump shot
2:53		Otega Oweh defensive rebound
2:33		Brandon Garrison turnover (bad pass)
2:09		Reyne Smith misses three point jump shot
2:07		Wildcats defensive rebound
2:07		Chucky Hepburn personal foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
2:07		Otega Oweh misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:07		Terrence Edwards Jr. defensive rebound
1:59		Noah Waterman turnover (bad pass) (Otega Oweh steals)
1:54	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point running dunk	74-81
1:45		Lamont Butler personal foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
1:45		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:45		Jaxson Robinson defensive rebound
1:29	+2	Jaxson Robinson makes two point cutting layup (Brandon Garrison assists)	74-83
1:18	+2	J'Vonne Hadley makes two point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	76-83
1:08	+3	Otega Oweh makes three point jump shot (Lamont Butler assists)	76-86
0:53	+3	Noah Waterman makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	79-86
0:52		Cardinals 60 second timeout
0:52		Jaxson Robinson offensive foul (Reyne Smith draws the foul)
0:52		Jaxson Robinson turnover (offensive foul)
0:52		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
0:50		Andrew Carr defensive rebound
0:43	+2	Otega Oweh makes two point layup (Lamont Butler assists)	79-88
0:43		Reyne Smith shooting foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
0:43	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 1	79-89
0:35	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point layup	81-89
0:29		Chucky Hepburn personal foul (Lamont Butler draws the foul)
0:29	+1	Lamont Butler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	81-90
0:29	+1	Lamont Butler makes regular free throw 2 of 2	81-91
0:25		Lamont Butler personal foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
0:25	+1	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-91
0:25	+1	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	83-91
0:25		J'Vonne Hadley personal foul (Lamont Butler draws the foul)
0:25	+1	Lamont Butler makes regular free throw 1 of 2	83-92
0:25		Lamont Butler misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:25		Noah Waterman defensive rebound
0:17	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point layup	85-92
0:15		Chucky Hepburn personal foul (Otega Oweh draws the foul)
0:15	+1	Otega Oweh makes regular free throw 1 of 2	85-93
0:15		Otega Oweh misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:15		J'Vonne Hadley defensive rebound
0:06		Terrence Edwards Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Otega Oweh steals)
0:00		End of period

Terrence Edwards Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Otega Oweh steals)