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‘We were going to play in the dark.’ Cats balk at Bahama power outage, roll in Game 2

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Kentucky never trailed in a wire-to-wire 91-68 exhibition victory over a team from Argentina, San Lorenzo de Almagra.

But that seemingly seamless victory masked one of the oddest Kentucky games in decades.

The lights went out late in the first half. With the floor only dimly lit (think a smoky bar at closing time), the teams left the floor early with the promise of playing a 22-minute second half.

That surely would have been a record for longest half in basketball history.

“It was a little awkward,” said assistant coach Tony Barbee, who directed the team as head coach John Calipari watched from eight rows off the court.