Nicholls Colonels vs. Kentucky Wildcats

Nov 4, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NICH	15	36	51
UK	28	49	77

Game Recap

No. 9 Kentucky controls the second half to beat Nicholls 77-51 in season opener. Collin Chandler scored a career-high 15 points to lead No. 9 Kentucky to a 77-51 win over Nicholls on Tuesday night in a season opener for both teams.

Player Stats

NICHOLLS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Sincere Malone	32	2-6	0-3	4-4	2	1	2	0	1	4	8
22Jalik Dunkley	23	3-9	0-2	4-7	4	1	0	0	0	4	10
3Jaylen Searles	12	1-5	0-2	0-2	2	0	1	0	2	2	2
21Nick Krass	25	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	3	0
1Trae English	32	1-9	0-4	6-7	1	4	1	0	3	1	8
25Domanic Betancourt	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Grant Sanders	16	2-3	0-0	0-0	6	2	2	0	0	1	4
9Zaiden Cross	15	0-4	0-3	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
6Jordan Matthews	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Kevin Pazmino	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Jalin Rice	14	5-6	2-2	1-2	2	0	0	1	2	2	13
13Christian Winborne	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Zee Hamoda	25	2-7	2-6	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	1	6
TOTAL	-	16-5330.2%	4-2416.7%	15-2268.2%	27	9	8	1	11	18	51

KENTUCKY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
9Trent Noah	9	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
23Mouhamed Dioubate	21	3-5	0-1	1-3	7	4	1	0	2	0	7
10Brandon Garrison	23	4-6	0-1	0-0	5	1	1	0	1	3	8
5Collin Chandler	24	5-8	4-7	1-2	2	4	2	1	2	2	15
00Otega Oweh	21	4-9	1-2	4-5	3	0	1	0	3	2	13
4Andrija Jelavic	19	3-8	0-3	0-0	5	0	0	0	1	2	6
20Zach Tow	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Malachi Moreno	17	2-5	0-0	1-6	9	1	0	0	1	0	5
1Denzel Aberdeen	23	4-9	1-5	1-1	5	6	0	0	0	3	10
11Walker Horn	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Jasper Johnson	23	3-7	1-4	4-5	1	4	1	1	2	3	11
3Kam Williams	18	1-3	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	2	2

TOTAL	-	29-6246.8%	7-2725.9%	12-2254.5%	41	21	7	3	13	17	77

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNICHUK

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Kentucky.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Nicholls.
(19:30) Collin Chandler missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:27) Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
(19:08) Foul on Jaylen Searles.
(18:57) Otega Oweh missed Jumper.
(18:54) Jaylen Searles Defensive Rebound.
(18:49) Jaylen Searles Turnover.
(18:49) Trent Noah Steal.
(18:43) Trent Noah missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:41) Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
(18:23) Collin Chandler missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:20) Jalik Dunkley Defensive Rebound.
(17:59) Trae English missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:59) Collin Chandler Block.
(17:56) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:52) Brandon Garrison made Dunk. Assisted by Mouhamed Dioubate.
02
(17:36) Foul on Trae English.
(17:36) Trae English Turnover.
(17:25) Otega Oweh Turnover.
(17:10) Trae English missed Jumper.
(17:07) Brandon Garrison Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:59) Mouhamed Dioubate made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Garrison.
04
(16:42) Jaylen Searles missed Jumper.
(16:40) Jaylen Searles Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:38) Jaylen Searles made Jumper.
24
(16:29) Collin Chandler missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:26) Jalik Dunkley Defensive Rebound.
(16:02) Jaylen Searles Turnover.
(16:02) Otega Oweh Steal.
(16:00) Foul on Zee Hamoda.
(15:44) Brandon Garrison missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:39) Zaiden Cross Defensive Rebound.
(15:19) Zee Hamoda missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:16) Brandon Garrison Defensive Rebound.
(15:09) Otega Oweh missed Layup.
(15:06) Jalik Dunkley Defensive Rebound.
(15:01) Trae English missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:59) Trent Noah Defensive Rebound.
(14:45) Brandon Garrison Turnover.
(14:45) Zaiden Cross Steal.
(14:31) Sincere Malone missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:28) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
(14:25) Foul on Jalik Dunkley.
+1 (14:25) Collin Chandler made Free Throw.
25
(14:25) Collin Chandler missed Free Throw.
(14:21) Zee Hamoda Defensive Rebound.
(14:00) Jalik Dunkley missed Jumper.
(13:58) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
(13:58) Foul on Jalik Dunkley.
(13:32) Mouhamed Dioubate Turnover.
(13:17) Zaiden Cross missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:15) Denzel Aberdeen Defensive Rebound.
(13:11) Jasper Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:08) Mouhamed Dioubate Offensive Rebound.
+3 (13:05) Denzel Aberdeen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mouhamed Dioubate.
28
(12:45) Jaylen Searles missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:42) Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
(12:32) Foul on Jalik Dunkley.
(12:32) Malachi Moreno missed Free Throw.
(12:32) Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
(12:32) Malachi Moreno missed Free Throw.
(12:30) Jalin Rice Defensive Rebound.
(12:12) Foul on Denzel Aberdeen.
+1 (12:12) Sincere Malone made Free Throw.
38
+1 (12:12) Sincere Malone made Free Throw.
48
(11:57) Kam Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:54) Jasper Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(11:46) Kam Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:44) Malachi Moreno Offensive Rebound.
(11:43) Foul on Nick Krass.
+1 (11:43) Malachi Moreno made Free Throw.
49
(11:43) Malachi Moreno missed Free Throw.
(11:42) Jalin Rice Defensive Rebound.
(11:27) Trae English missed Jumper.
(11:23) Nicholls Offensive Rebound.
(11:16) Jalin Rice missed Layup.
(11:13) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(11:01) Jasper Johnson Turnover.
(10:51) Foul on Denzel Aberdeen.
(10:39) Zee Hamoda missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:35) Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
(10:22) Jasper Johnson Turnover.
(10:11) Christian Winborne missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:08) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
(9:44) Mouhamed Dioubate missed Jumper.
(9:43) Otega Oweh Offensive Rebound.
(9:43) Otega Oweh missed Two Point Tip Shot.
(9:43) Mouhamed Dioubate Offensive Rebound.
(9:43) Foul on Jaylen Searles.
(9:43) Mouhamed Dioubate missed Free Throw.
(9:42) Sincere Malone Defensive Rebound.
(9:38) Trae English missed Layup.
(9:38) Jasper Johnson Block.
(9:35) Trent Noah Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:29) Otega Oweh made Dunk. Assisted by Mouhamed Dioubate.
411
(9:05) Jalin Rice Turnover.
(9:05) Brandon Garrison Steal.
(8:54) Foul on Sincere Malone.
+1 (8:54) Otega Oweh made Free Throw.
412
+1 (8:54) Otega Oweh made Free Throw.
413
(8:35) Foul on Otega Oweh.
+1 (8:35) Trae English made Free Throw.
513
+1 (8:35) Trae English made Free Throw.
613
(8:19) Mouhamed Dioubate missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:15) Nick Krass Defensive Rebound.
(8:11) Trae English Turnover.
(7:55) Trent Noah missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:50) Zee Hamoda Defensive Rebound.
(7:48) Zee Hamoda Turnover.
(7:48) Mouhamed Dioubate Steal.
(7:44) Jasper Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:40) Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
(7:17) Foul on Andrija Jelavić.
(7:17) Trae English missed Free Throw.
(7:17) Nicholls Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (7:17) Trae English made Free Throw.
713
(6:56) Otega Oweh missed Jumper.
(6:54) Kentucky Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:46) Jasper Johnson made Jumper.
715
+3 (6:29) Zee Hamoda made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trae English.
1015
(6:17) Andrija Jelavić missed Jumper.
(6:14) Trae English Defensive Rebound.
(6:08) Nick Krass missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:05) Kam Williams Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:00) Andrija Jelavić made Layup. Assisted by Jasper Johnson.
1017
(5:37) Zee Hamoda missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:33) Brandon Garrison Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:18) Jasper Johnson made Layup.
1019
(5:04) Zee Hamoda Turnover.
(4:45) Andrija Jelavić missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:42) Zaiden Cross Defensive Rebound.
(4:28) Foul on Kam Williams.
+1 (4:28) Sincere Malone made Free Throw.
1119
+1 (4:28) Sincere Malone made Free Throw.
1219
+2 (4:01) Denzel Aberdeen made Layup.
1221
(3:46) Sincere Malone missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:44) Andrija Jelavić Defensive Rebound.
(3:42) Andrija Jelavić Turnover.
(3:42) Zaiden Cross Steal.
(3:39) Zaiden Cross missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:37) Denzel Aberdeen Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:34) Collin Chandler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Denzel Aberdeen.
1224
(3:00) Trae English missed Jumper.
(2:58) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(2:48) Denzel Aberdeen missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:44) Collin Chandler Offensive Rebound.
(2:40) Denzel Aberdeen missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:37) Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
(2:19) Zee Hamoda missed Jumper.
(2:16) Nick Krass Offensive Rebound.
(2:14) Foul on Jasper Johnson.
(1:56) Sincere Malone Turnover.
(1:56) Collin Chandler Steal.
(1:47) Andrija Jelavić missed Jumper.
(1:43) Zaiden Cross Defensive Rebound.
(1:24) Sincere Malone missed Jumper.
(1:22) Andrija Jelavić Defensive Rebound.
(1:18) Foul on Sincere Malone.
(1:18) Jasper Johnson missed Free Throw.
(1:18) Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (1:18) Jasper Johnson made Free Throw.
1225
+2 (1:01) Trae English made Layup.
1425
(1:01) Foul on Collin Chandler.
+1 (1:01) Trae English made Free Throw.
1525
(0:47) Foul on Nick Krass.
+1 (0:47) Mouhamed Dioubate made Free Throw.
1526
(0:47) Mouhamed Dioubate missed Free Throw.
(0:46) Grant Sanders Defensive Rebound.
(0:20) Trae English missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:17) Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:04) Brandon Garrison made Dunk. Assisted by Jasper Johnson.
1528

2nd half

Team Stats

NICH

51Points77

16-53(30.2%)Field Goal(%)29-62(46.8%)

4-24(16.7%)3-Point(%)7-27(25.9%)

15-22(68.2%)Free Throw(%)12-22(54.5%)

30(5)Rebounds(Offensive)51(15)

9Assists21

8Steals7

1Blocks3

11Turnovers13

18(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

0Largest Lead32

Game Details

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 · 7:00 PM

Rupp Arena · Lexington, KY

attendance: 19,289 (94.1%)

tv: SECN+