It wasn’t a perfect 40 minutes of basketball, but it was enough for Kentucky to pull off a 26-point victory to open the regular season, defeating Nicholls 77-51 at Rupp Arena. After a slow start that saw the Wildcats put up abysmal first-half shooting numbers, they put it all together down the stretch to coast to 1-0 on the year with four players finishing in double figures.
How did it all come together for the blue and white? KSR has the takeaways from the home gym of the winningest program in college basketball history.
A first half to forget across the board
Kentucky only had 28 points at halftime with shooting splits of 32/13/46, then watched another player go down with an injury.