Led by Isaiah Briscoe’s triple-double, Kentucky cruised to a 99-76 beatdown on Ole Miss in Oxford on Thursday. Malik Monk led all scorers with 34 points, and Sebastian Saiz tore off his fifth-straight double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Things got out of hand quickly for Andy Kennedy’s hoopmen, who surely are smarting after getting played out of the building.
AK couldn’t even make it to the first half’s under-16 break before calling a timeout to slow things down. Kentucky started the first four minutes on 7-of-9 shooting, and the Wildcats forced a handful of turnovers from Ole Miss’ transition play for easy buckets in the early going.