Kentucky mens basketball earned a hard-fought 85-71 win over Georgia on Tuesday night, notching its second-consecutive conference win for the first time all season.
While there were plenty of highlights in the win, including Oscar Tshiebwe’s thrilling 37-point-24-rebound double-double that was critical in paving the way to victory, it also marked the first time this season in which Kentucky was able to claim victory after trailing at the halfway point.
Kentucky shot an abysmal 33% from the field in the first half, leading the team to enter the halfway point trailing the Bulldogs 42-34.
Tshiebwe, to his credit, had scored 14 points by the break, but the rest of the team was severely lacking in offensive production, making just 11 total shots as a team and seven total shots excluding “Big O”.