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Grambling at Kentucky

Monday, November 16, 2026, 7:00 PM ET at Rupp Arena. Grambling our rank 325 · 1-1; Kentucky AP 24, our rank 36 · 2-1.

Who will win Grambling vs Kentucky?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives Kentucky a >99% chance to beat Grambling, with a projected score of Kentucky 94, Grambling 63.

To winKentucky >99%Grambling <1%
Projected score63–94Grambling, then Kentucky
Margin30.6Kentucky · no line posted
Total157.0no line posted
First half28–45Kentucky ahead 93%
Evenby 10by 20by 30by 40by 50Kentucky by 60Model: Kentucky by 30.6Evenby 20by 40Kentucky by 60Model: Kentucky by 30.6

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 90–100% have been right 95.4% of the time in 11,767 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
Kentucky
DialloG · 26 min17.73.43.520+ 37%
WilkinsG · 25 min14.51.94.015+ 46%
MomcilovicF · 29 min14.14.21.215+ 43%
MorenoC · 24 min11.48.22.810+ 58%
Grambling
MirandaF · 22 min11.74.50.710+ 60%
PierceG · 28 min9.61.62.710+ 45%
FittsF · 22 min8.24.00.610+ 35%
HowardG · 21 min7.62.01.610+ 31%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Milan Momcilovic: Grambling 1%Kentucky 99%

The white mark is the call with him: Kentucky >99%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsKentucky without himChangeProjected score
Kentucky
Milan Momcilovic4.999%−166–91
Malachi Moreno3.599%−165–92
Zoom Diallo3.399%−165–92
Alex Wilkins1.899%−164–93

Change is in Kentucky's win chance, in points. Scores read Grambling, then Kentucky. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Grambling 1-1WL

    1. Nov 9L 62-93at TexasCovered +37.5 · Under 155.5
    2. Nov 2W 89-87vs N Illinois
    Last 2
    1–1, scoring 75.5 and allowing 90.0
    Against the spread, this season
    1–0
    Totals, this season
    0 over, 1 under

    Kentucky 2-1WWL

    1. Nov 10L 69-89vs KansasDidn't cover +4.5 · Under 158.5
    2. Nov 6W 89-80vs James MadisonDidn't cover −24.5 · Over 156.5
    3. Nov 3W 85-57vs Manhattan
    Last 3
    2–1, scoring 81.0 and allowing 75.3
    Against the spread, this season
    0–2
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    GramblingKentucky
    Points scored per 100 possessions98.8 291st118.2 19th
    Points allowed per 100115.0 339th100.3 65th
    Possessions a game71.2 133rd71.2 133rd
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)52.1% 81st52.8% 49th
    Opponents' shooting51.1% 226th50.6% 191st
    Turnovers, share of possessions17.0% 61st18.3% 211th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses31.0% 231st31.9% 169th
    Free throws per shot0.26 164th0.24 300th

    The widest gap: Kentucky's offense (19th) against Grambling's defense (339th), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Grambling 28, Kentucky 45
    First-half margin
    Kentucky by 16.8
    First-half points, both teams
    73.7
    Projected second half
    Grambling 35, Kentucky 49
    Second-half points, both teams
    83.3
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Grambling, first halves so far
    Led 1 of 2 · 35.0 scored, 45.5 allowed
    Kentucky, first halves so far
    Led 1 of 3 · 41.0 scored, 35.7 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Grambling

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Dwayne PierceG289.61.62.71.1
    10+ pts 45% · 2+ reb 42% · 3+ ast 48%
    Brandon HardyG254.92.30.80.7
    5+ pts 45% · 2+ reb 60% · 1+ threes 46%
    Mekhi FittsF228.24.00.60.3
    10+ pts 35% · 4+ reb 53% · 1+ threes 27%
    Isaiah MirandaF2211.74.50.71.2
    10+ pts 60% · 5+ reb 44% · 1+ threes 65%
    Antonio ShannonG226.82.80.91.2
    5+ pts 63% · 3+ reb 49% · 1+ threes 64%
    Isaiah HowardG217.62.01.60.5
    10+ pts 31% · 2+ reb 53% · 2+ ast 44%
    Antoine ShannonG205.42.80.80.5
    5+ pts 50% · 3+ reb 50% · 1+ threes 41%
    Hassan WashingtonF142.92.10.40.1
    5+ pts 24% · 2+ reb 57%

    Kentucky

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Milan MomcilovicF2914.14.21.22.8
    15+ pts 43% · 4+ reb 56% · 3+ threes 49%
    Zoom DialloG2617.73.43.51.2
    20+ pts 37% · 4+ reb 43% · 4+ ast 44%
    Alex WilkinsG2514.51.94.01.7
    15+ pts 46% · 2+ reb 52% · 2+ threes 46%
    Malachi MorenoC2411.48.22.80.1
    10+ pts 58% · 8+ reb 55% · 3+ ast 51%
    Justin McBrideF199.04.41.41.2
    10+ pts 41% · 5+ reb 43% · 2+ ast 41%
    Mason WilliamsG187.62.22.80.8
    5+ pts 69% · 3+ ast 52% · 1+ threes 52%
    Ousmane N'DiayeF185.73.90.80.6
    5+ pts 53% · 4+ reb 51% · 1+ threes 45%
    Braydon HawthorneF177.04.01.30.7
    5+ pts 65% · 4+ reb 54% · 1+ threes 47%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

    The game in numbers

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