The Kentucky Wildcats faced the Valparaiso Beacons in a college basketball nonconference game. Here's the UK score and highlights.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Malachi Moreno scored 18 points and had 10 rebounds to lead No. 9 Kentucky to a 107-59 win over Valparaiso on Friday night. The freshman forward led six Wildcats in double figures as Otega Oweh had 15 and Mouhamed Dioubate and Collin Chandler had 14 points each.

The Wildcats (2-0) scored 58 first-half points — their highest-scoring half under second-year coach Mark Pope — and won by their second-largest margin under Pope. Six Kentucky players scored in double figures: Malachi Moreno (18 points), Otega Oweh (15), Mouhamed Dioubate (14), Collin Chandler (14), Brandon Garrison (14) and Denzel Aberdeen (12).

Kentucky's defense has been producing like one of the best units in the entire country on that end of the floor, and after holding Nicholls to just 30 percent s

Friday night, Jaland Lowe will make his Wildcats’ debut when they host the Valparaiso Beacons. Lowe is playing just three weeks removed from his shoulder injury sustained in the Blue-White Event. With him on the court, the hope is that Kentucky’s offense will be stabilized with him running the offense.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The University of Northern Iowa and the Missouri Valley Conference have announced the basketball schedules for the 2025-26 season. The men's schedule begins Nov. 6, and they are hosting Cal State Northridge.

Kentucky basketball is gearing up for their second game of the regular season on Friday against the Valparaiso Beacons, who are coming off of a thrilling 66-63

Chandler stepped back, well behind the 3-point line, and fired. Rupp Arena's shot clock buzzer sounded moments later. But then the ball swished through the net with 8:49 left in the first half.