SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: LSU at Kentucky

The LSU Tigers visit the Kentucky Wildcats on Wednesday in Lexington in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

LSU scores an average of 73.0 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 61.3 points per contest. Kentucky scores an average of 80.6 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 64.7 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBM	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
LSU	0.442	0.327	0.709	12.38	+3.73	11.27	4.50	12.50	15.00
Kentucky	0.485	0.354	0.730	13.15	+10.81	7.08	4.23	16.88	11.96
	Opp FG%	Opp 3PT%	RB Off	RB Def	OFRB%	Scor. M	3ptMPG	TM PPG	Opp PPG
LSU	0.376	0.327	38.46	34.73	0.34	+11.73	6.65	73.0	61.3
Kentucky	0.405	0.354	41.12	30.31	0.38	+15.92	6.50	80.6	64.7

Key

FG%– Field goal shootage percentage.
3PT%– Three point field goal shootage percentage.
FT%– Free throw shooting percentage.
OREB– Offensive rebounds per game.
RBM– Average rebounding margin per game.
SPG– Steals per game.
BPG– Blocks per game.
APG– Assists per game.
TOPG– Turnovers per game.

Opp FG%– Opponent field goal percentage made.
Opp 3PT%– Opponent 3-point field goal percentage made.
RB Off– Rebounding Offense.
RB Def– Rebounding defense.
OFRB%– Offensive rebounding percentage.
Scor. M– Average game scoring margin.
3ptMPG– Three point shots made per game.
TM PPG– Team’s average points scored per game.
Opp PPG– Average points scored by opponents per game.

Statistical Leaders

Scoring
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FG	3PTFG	FTs	Points	Avg.
5. Eason, Tari	LSU	25	149	20	101	419	16.76
6. Tshiebwe, Oscar	UK	26	170	0	82	422	16.23
13. Days, Darius	LSU	25	121	51	35	328	13.12
19. Washington Jr., TyTy	UK	25	127	28	29	311	12.44

Field Goal %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FGM	FGA	FG%
2. Tshiebwe, Oscar	UK	26	170	289	0.588
4. Eason, Tari	LSU	25	149	280	0.532
6. Washington Jr., TyTy	UK	25	127	266	0.477

3-point made per game
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	3PT Made	Avg. Per Game
3. Grady, Kellan	UK	26	75	2.88
9. Days, Darius	LSU	25	51	2.04

Free Throw %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FT Att.	FT Made	FT%
11. Gaines, Eric	LSU	26	81	105	0.77
12. Eason, Tari	LSU	25	101	132	0.77

Rebounding
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	Off	Def	Total	Avg. Per Game
1. Tshiebwe, Oscar	UK	26	137	260	397	15.27
6. Days, Darius	LSU	25	49	149	198	7.92
8. Eason, Tari	LSU	25	61	114	175	7.00
17. Millora-Brown, Quentin	Brown,	25	59	83	142	5.68
19. James, Josiah-Jordan	Jordan	22	29	94	123	5.59

LSU vs. Kentucky Basketball Series History

Kentucky leads 91-27

LSU Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Brandon Murray	G	6′-5″	214	FR
1	Xavier Pinson	G	6′-2″	154	SR
2	Eric Gaines	G	6′-2″	150	SO
3	Alex Fudge	F	6′-8″	185	FR
4	Darius Days	F	6′-7″	245	SR
5	Mwani Wilkinson	F	6′-5″	206	SO
10	Brandon Egemo	G	6′-0″	166	SO
11	Justice Williams	G	6′-3″	170	FR
13	Tari Eason	F	6′-8″	216	SO
15	Efton Reid	C	6′-11″	238	FR
20	Jerrell Colbert	C	6′-10″	216	FR
21	Bradley Ezewiro	F	6′-8″	246	FR
22	Spencer Mays	G	6′-3″	196	JR
24	Shareef O’Neal	F	6′-10″	220	JR
25	Adam Benhayoune	F	6′-5″	230	FR
30	Parker Edwards	G	6′-2″	214	JR
44	Adam Miller	G	6′-2″	185	SO

Kentucky Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Jacob Toppin	F	6′-9″	200	JR
1	CJ Fredrick	G	6′-3″	190	JR
2	Sahvir Wheeler	G	5′-9″	180	JR
3	TyTy Washington Jr.	G	6′-3″	197	FR
4	Daimion Collins	F	6′-9″	202	FR
10	Davion Mintz	G	6′-3″	195	SR
11	Dontaie Allen	G	6′-6″	205	SO
12	Keion Brooks Jr.	F	6′-7″	210	JR
14	Brennan Canada	F	6′-6″	198	JR
20	Zan Payne	G	6′-4″	215	JR
23	Bryce Hopkins	F	6′-6″	220	FR
25	Kareem Watkins	G	5′-8″	170	SO
31	Kellan Grady	G	6′-5″	205	SR
34	Oscar Tshiebwe	F	6′-9″	255	JR
55	Lance Ware	F	6′-9″	225	SO

LSU Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/9/2021	UL Monroe	39	LSU	101
11/12/2021	Texas State	59	LSU	84
11/15/2021	Liberty	58	LSU	74
11/18/2021	McNeese	46	LSU	85
11/22/2021	Belmont	53	LSU	83
11/26/2021	Penn State	63	LSU	68
11/27/2021	LSU	75	Wake Forest	61
12/1/2021	Ohio	51	LSU	66
12/11/2021	LSU	69	Georgia Tech	53
12/14/2021	N’Western St	49	LSU	89
12/18/2021	LSU	66	Louisiana Tech	57
12/22/2021	Lipscomb	60	LSU	95
12/29/2021	LSU	55	Auburn	70
1/4/2022	Kentucky	60	LSU	65
1/8/2022	Tennessee	67	LSU	79
1/12/2022	LSU	64	Florida	58
1/15/2022	Arkansas	65	LSU	58
1/19/2022	LSU	67	Alabama	70
1/22/2022	LSU	50	Tennessee	64
1/26/2022	Texas A&M	64	LSU	70
1/29/2022	LSU	68	TCU	77
2/1/2022	Ole Miss	76	LSU	72
2/5/2022	LSU	66	Vanderbilt	75
2/8/2022	LSU	76	Texas A&M	68
2/12/2022	Mississippi State	65	LSU	69
2/16/2022	Georgia	65	LSU	84
2/19/2022	LSU		South Carolina
2/23/2022	LSU		Kentucky
2/26/2022	Missouri		LSU
3/2/2022	LSU		Arkansas
3/5/2022	Alabama		LSU

Kentucky Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/9/2021	Kentucky	71	Duke	79
11/12/2021	Robert Morris	60	Kentucky	100
11/16/2021	Mount St Mary	55	Kentucky	80
11/19/2021	Ohio	59	Kentucky	77
11/22/2021	Albany	61	Kentucky	86
11/26/2021	North Florida	52	Kentucky	86
11/29/2021	C Michigan	57	Kentucky	85
12/7/2021	Southern	64	Kentucky	76
12/11/2021	Kentucky	62	Notre Dame	66
12/18/2021	Ohio State	69	Kentucky	98
12/22/2021	Western KY	60	Kentucky	95
12/29/2021	Missouri	56	Kentucky	83
12/31/2021	High Point	48	Kentucky	92
1/4/2022	Kentucky	60	LSU	65
1/8/2022	Georgia	77	Kentucky	92
1/11/2022	Kentucky	78	Vanderbilt	66
1/15/2022	Tennessee	79	Kentucky	107
1/19/2022	Kentucky	64	Texas A&M	58
1/22/2022	Kentucky	71	Auburn	80
1/25/2022	Mississippi State	74	Kentucky	82
1/29/2022	Kentucky	80	Kansas	62
2/2/2022	Vanderbilt	70	Kentucky	77
2/5/2022	Kentucky	66	Alabama	55
2/8/2022	Kentucky	86	South Carolina	76
2/12/2022	Florida	57	Kentucky	78
2/15/2022	Kentucky	63	Tennessee	76
2/19/2022	Alabama	81	Kentucky	90
2/23/2022	LSU		Kentucky
2/26/2022	Kentucky		Arkansas
3/1/2022	Ole Miss		Kentucky
3/5/2022	Kentucky		Florida

Injuries and Suspensions

LSU

[G] 10/20/2021 – Adam Miller is out indefinitely (Knee)

Kentucky

[G] 11/13/2021 – CJ Fredrick is out indefinitely (Hamstring)
[G] 02/07/2022 – Shaedon Sharpe is out for season (None)
[G] 02/19/2022 – Tyty Washington Jr. is “?” (Ankle)
[G] 02/19/2022 – Sahvir Wheeler is “?” (Upper Body)

Source: statfox.com

LSU-Kentucky Prediction

Kentucky 82, LSU 71

Wednesday‘s game tips off at 9:00 PM ET. TV: ESPN/2.

Team Statistical Comparison

Key

Statistical Leaders

Scoring

Field Goal %

3-point made per game

Free Throw %

Rebounding