LEXINGTON - Kentucky basketball extended its winning streak to six games with a 78-57 victory over Florida, but some of the excitement of the day was dampened by an injury to freshman guard TyTy Washington.
Junior forward Oscar Tshiebwe recorded his 19th double-double in 25 games (27 points and 19 rebounds) to lead Kentucky. He was joined in double figures by super senior guards Kellan Grady (15) and Davion Mintz (11) and Washington (10).
Kentucky jumped out to a 20-6 lead less than six minutes into the game. Florida then used a 15-2 run to pull within one, but Kentucky steadied the ship to take a 33-28 lead into halftime.