No. 8 Kentucky picked up its fifth win over a ranked opponent on Tuesday night time with an 81-69 victory over No. 11 Texas A&M.
Kentucky continued to share the ball within the win. Coming into Tuesday, the Wildcats had been tied for seventh within the nation with 18.6 assists per sport according to TeamRankings. That continued with 19 assists on 24 made subject objectives in opposition to Texas A&M.
The Wildcats additionally gained the rebounding benefit, 40-30, which is an space they’ve struggled in at occasions this season. After taking a 35-32 lead into the break, Kentucky by no means surrendered the lead the remainder of the best way.
Coming off his career-high 27 factors on Saturday in opposition to Mississippi State, senior guard Jaxson Robinson had 22 factors and hit 5 of his 13 three-point makes an attempt, together with this jumper to get Kentucky inside one with simply over a minute remaining within the opening half.
Senior guard Otega Oweh had 11 factors, highlighted by this poster dunk that gave Kentucky a 50-38 lead with beneath 14 minutes to play. Oweh has scored at the very least 10 factors in each sport this season.
Aside from senior guard Zhuric Phelps’ 21 factors — his third consecutive with 21 or extra — Texas A&M struggled to shoot as a staff. The Aggies had been solely 23-for-59 from the sphere and 7-for-30 (23.3%) from deep.
This was the third consecutive sport the staff’s main scorer, Wade Taylor IV, missed as a consequence of an undisclosed motive. Taylor’s absence has positively been felt with the Aggies shedding two of these three with out him.
Texas A&M (13-4, 2-2 SEC) will look to finish its two-game skid in opposition to LSU on Saturday.
This was the primary time in 4 convention video games that Kentucky has allowed fewer than 82 factors. If the Wildcats (14-3, 3-1 SEC) can play protection at that degree on a constant foundation, they may very well be much more harmful. One other residence sport this Saturday in opposition to No. 4 Alabama awaits.
