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Dontaie Allen leads Kentucky basketball to double overtime win at Mississippi State

Score one for Big Blue Nation.

After weeks of fans questioning why Kentucky coach John Calipari was not playing former Pendleton County star Dontaie Allen, the former Mr. Kentucky Basketball hit seven 3s to lead Kentucky to a 78-73 double overtime win at Mississippi State, snapping the Wildcats' six-game losing streak.

Kentucky played the final 9:04 of regulation and overtime without Calipari after he was ejected following back-to-back technical fouls for arguing with an official.

Calipari seemed to foreshadow he might get thrown out of a game soon when he noted before the Louisville rivalry game just more than a week ago that last season's UK team did not find its groove until being forced to play without him following an ejection at Arkansas last season.