The University of Kentucky continued its dominance of Marshall as the Wildcats scorched the Thundering Herd, 118-82, in a game played at Rupp Arena on Friday night.
UK is now a perfect 13-0 in the series and the 118 points is the most ever by a Coach John Calipari team.
D.J Wagner had a season-high 28 points, most by a Wildcat this season. Antonio Reeves finished with 23 while Tre Mitchell added 18.
Rob Dillingham followed with 16 and Reed Sheppard tossed in 12. Justin Edwards chipped in 10.
Kentucky, now 5-1, will return to action against Miami (5-0) in the ACC/SEC Challenge at Rupp on Tuesday night. Tipoff is 7:30 pm.
At Lexington
SCORE BY HALVES:
MU (2-4)……41 41 – 82
UK (5-1)……69 49 – 118
Scoring:
Marshall (82) – Jacob Conner 1(2) 5-6 13; Obinna Anochili-Killen 8(2) 0-2 22; Nate Martin 6 2-2 14; Kevon Voyles 2(2) 0-1 10; Kamdyn Curfman 0(3) 0-0 9; Goran Miladinovic 2 1-4 5; and Ryan Nutter 1 7-8 9. Totals: 20(9) 15-23 82.
Kentucky (118) – Tre Mitchell 7(1) 1-1 18; Justin Edwards 0(3) 1-2 10; Adou Thiero 3 0-0 6; Antonio Reeves 3(5) 2-2 23; D.J. Wagner 8(2) 6-7 28; Rob Dillingham 5(2) 0-1 16; Reed Sheppard 2(2) 2-2 12; Jordan Burks 1 0-0 2; and Joey Hart 0(1) 0-0 3. Totals: 29(16) 12-15 118.
Next up: Kentucky (5-1) vs. Miami, Fla. (5-0), 7:30 pm, Nov. 28.