The injury bug reared its ugly head again on Tuesday night as No. 21-ranked LSU outlasted the 16th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats 65-60 in a slugfest at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge.
Kentucky point guard Sahvir Wheeler left the game with an injury at the 16:07 mark in the first half and never returned after slamming into LSU’s Efton Reid, LSU’s 7-foot foot center on a high ball screen. Oscar Tshiebwe then picked up his second foul at the 11:23 mark and did not play the rest of the half, leaving the Wildcats without two of its top players in its first true road test in the SEC.