Kentucky is officially in the win column in conference play, coming out victorious in its SEC home opener vs. LSU. In need of a quality victory — the team’s best win going into the matchup was vs. Yale — the Wildcats managed to get the job done.
But it wasn’t pretty.
Up ten midway through the second half, Kentucky looked to grind things out the rest of the way and nearly gave up the win. From the 10:42 mark down to 6:11, the Wildcats didn’t score a single point. Then again from 4:01 to 1:24 — a stretch that allowed the Tigers to cut the lead down to just one point.