There weren’t many bright spots in Kentucky‘s trip to Louisville, falling behind by as many as 20 points before a miraculous comeback gave the Wildcats a fighter’s chance — only to make one too many mistakes down the stretch to make the pain all the same. Between the horrific defense and “dumb effort,” as Mark Pope called it, the team performance just wasn’t good enough.
Individually, though, Denzel Aberdeen was very good, going for a team-high 26 points while adding seven rebounds, three assists, one steal and just one turnover in 31 minutes.