Kentucky holds their home opener tonight as they host Southern Illinois as the Wildcats look to bounce back from that Tuesday loss against Duke in front of a home crowd at Rupp Arena.
It’s been a long couple days for the Wildcats program, but tonight the team will have a chance to hit the floor and grab a win against a Salukis squad that is playing their first game of the season coming off a season in which they finished second in the Missouri Valley Conference and finished with a 20-13 overall record.
The Salukis return all five starters from that team, including leading scorer Armon Fletcher, the team’s leading scorer from a year ago, and Kavion Pippen, the 6’10” nephew of NBA legend Scottie Pippen, who averaged 12 points per game a year ago.