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Kentucky 91-83 Missouri (Mar 8, 2025) Game Recap – ESPN

Andrew Carr fired up after big-time putback jam for Kentucky

Andrew Carr elevates and slams it home for a Kentucky putback jam.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — — Otega Oweh scored 22 points, and Andrew Carr added 16 points and 12 rebounds to help No. 19 Kentucky beat No. 15 Missouri 91-83 Saturday.

Koby Brea scored 17 points and Amari Williams added 14 points and eight rebounds to help Kentucky (21-10, 10-8 Southeastern Conference) win its second game in a row.

Mark Mitchell scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and Marques Warrick scored 17 points for Missouri (21-10, 10-8), which has lost three straight games for the first time this season.

Missouri guard Tony Perkins left the game with an injury and did not return after getting bumped by Oweh and stumbling on an offensive possession with 10:02 remaining in the second half.

Takeaways

Kentucky: The Wildcats are now 2-0 since coach Mark Pope announced that second-leading scorer Jaxson Robinson would miss the rest of the season with a wrist injury after losing to Auburn on March 1. Robinson underwent surgery for his wrist on Wednesday.

Missouri: The Tigers improved their interior defense, but allowed Kentucky to convert 11 of 20 on 3-pointers. Missouri has allowed an average of 94.7 points per game over its three-game losing streak.

Missouri’s Marques Warrick scored eight points to spark a 10-0 run in the second half to get within 66-61 before the Wildcats pulled away for the win.

Kentucky made 11 3-pointers, giving the Wildcats 304 to surpass the 1993-1994 team for the fourth-most made 3s in a season in school history.

Both teams begin SEC Tournament play Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee.

March 8, 2025

Former QB Mike Hartline Returns to Kentucky Football

Kentucky QB Mike Hartline and Randall Cobb, via Dale Zanine, Imagn Images

The last Kentucky quarterback to throw for 3,000 yards in a season will be back in blue this fall. The University of Kentucky announced on Thursday that Mike Hartline will join Mark Stoops’ staff as an offensive analyst in 2025.

“When I first got into coaching it was always in the back of my mind how thrilled I would be to return to Kentucky, and if the timing was right I wouldn’t hesitate to come back,” Hartline said in a statement. “My coaches made an incredible impact on me and I hope to return the favor.

“I’ve stayed in touch with Coach Stoops over the years and admire the coaching staffs and teams he has put together to take the program to where it is today.”

It’s the second straight day a Hartline has been in the news. His brother, Brian Hartline, was recently promoted to offensive coordinator at Ohio State. He’s credited with turning the Buckeyes into an NFL Wide Receiver Factory.

Mike Hartline started his coaching career as an intern for Ohio State back in 2015. He’s been an analyst at Cincinnati, Auburn, and most recently at Coastal Carolina. He was also previously an assistant coach at Ohio Dominican and Charlotte.

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“We are excited for Mike Hartline to return to Kentucky,” said head coach Mark Stoops. “It was the right time and opportunity to bring him back and I know he will be an asset to our coaching staff.”

Hartline succeeded Andre’ Woodson and was a three-year starter who missed half of 2009 with an injury. In 2010, he completed 66% of his passes for 3,178 yards, 23 touchdowns, and nine interceptions. Hartline’s most memorable moment was a fourth-and-long dagger through the hearts of tenth-ranked South Carolina. His touchdown pass to Randall Cobb in the final two minutes sealed Kentucky’s first-ever victory over Steve Spurrier.

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February 6, 2025

How one single play changed the trajectory of Kentucky football

Kentucky Wildcats quarterback Will Levis (7) settles prior to the snap during the second half against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

Oct 1, 2022; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Kentucky Wildcats quarterback Will Levis (7) settles prior to the snap during the second half against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

What if I told you that one single play changed everything we know about Kentucky football as we know it today under Mark Stoops? The program was rolling coming off two 10-win seasons in four years and a pair of Citrus Bowl victories, then in 2022, opened the year with four straight victories — including a road victory at Florida.

The Wildcats were ranked No. 7 in the country going into a top-15 matchup on the road against an undefeated Ole Miss team sitting at No. 14 at the time. Win that one and you’re back-to-back home wins vs. South Carolina and Mississippi State away from what could be a top-three matchup at Tennessee to close out October. It was the program’s peak, momentum at an all-time high and Kentucky on the cusp of a historic breakthrough.

Then one play and one flag changed everything, Dane Key’s game-winning touchdown wiped away in the final seconds, ultimately leading to a crushing loss in Oxford.

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KSR’s Steven Peake takes a closer look at that history-altering moment and what it meant for the Wildcats to close out the 2022 season and the years to come under Stoops, leading to the low point the program is facing today.

This is the story of “The Play That Changed Everything.”