Milan Momcilovic arrives at Kentucky with a shooter’s résumé, and talk of a Steph Curry-style record

Kentucky’s offense gets its latest high-end perimeter piece in Milan Momcilovic, a transfer who arrives with one clear calling card, shooting. The reason the conversation has gotten bigger than a typical role-player arrival is the scale of what Momcilovic did last season at Iowa State, and the way it fits the sort of mark that has been associated with Steph Curry’s best shooting stretches.

According to Yahoo Sports, Momcilovic averaged 16.9 points per game while making threes at a 48.7% clip on 7.5 attempts per game during his time at Iowa State. Those are not just solid numbers. They are the combination coaches and analysts usually look for when they want a player who can punish defenses repeatedly without needing touches to “become involved.”

The potential historical angle centers on whether Momcilovic can produce another season that stands out across the same traits that have defined some of the most celebrated college shooting campaigns. Yahoo Sports frames the question as whether he could break a college basketball record held by Steph Curry, with Momcilovic’s shooting volume and efficiency providing the basis for that comparison.

The challenge for any shooter trying to chase a record is that the best-case shooting rate is rarely a constant across a full season. Defenses adapt, scouting tightens, teammates’ spacing changes, and the margin for error compresses as opponents recognize the same threat night after night. In that context, Kentucky’s interest in Momcilovic is also about predictability. A 48.7% three-point shooter taking 7.5 attempts per game is a type of spacing weapon that affects how a defense can even choose to guard the rest of the floor.

Kentucky’s matchup-by-matchup context matters as well. A shooter of Momcilovic’s profile does not just score. He influences shot quality for everyone else, forcing defenders to honor the threat at the arc and to recover to closeouts rather than sit in a help position. That kind of pressure can be especially valuable for college teams navigating the balance between pace, shot selection, and half-court creation, where the best offenses often rely on consistent perimeter gravity.

Still, record-chasing storylines tend to be the hardest to verify until late-season sample sizes stack up. Momcilovic’s transfer introduces variables that can change statistical outcomes even when a player’s skill set stays the same. Adaptation to a new system, a new team’s shot distribution, and the immediate effects of how opponents prioritize game-planning against Kentucky all will determine whether his shooting can stay in that elite efficiency-and-volume band.

For Kentucky fans, the early thing to watch is not just whether Momcilovic shoots well, but whether the offense keeps feeding him enough high-quality attempts to make a record conversation plausible. For the broader college basketball audience, the key question is whether the combination of efficiency and attempt rate that defined his Iowa State season can translate to a new stage and sustain momentum long enough to challenge the kind of career-defining benchmarks associated with Curry-era college shooting history.

Momcilovic’s ceiling, then, is bigger than a single season’s highlight. If Kentucky builds lineups and spacing around his shooting in a way that protects volume without forcing rushed looks, he could turn an already notable stat line into a season-long storyline that reaches record territory. If not, he still profiles as the type of shooter who can reshape a team’s approach to defending the arc, regardless of where the “record” bar lands in the standings.