Thank you for joining us for another edition of the WBN Live blog, as the Kentucky Wildcats (13-6, 4-2 SEC) head to Oxford, Mississippi to take on the Ole Miss Rebels (17-2, 6-0 SEC). Freshman center Willie Cauley-Stein did participate in UK’s shootaround today, but Jon Calipari said on his pregame show they won’t play Cauley-Stein tonight. Cal did say he looked pretty good in practice, meaning he should have a great chance to play Saturday at Texas A&M.
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Kentucky wins 87-74 to improve to 14-6. Thanks everyone who joined us, and have a wonderful and blessed night.
Wiltjer had a career-high 26 points and Goodwin had 24. Poythress had 15 points after a huge second half.
When Ole Miss closed to within one point with 4:22 left, UK had hit just 14 of 27 FTs. Then hit eight straight.
Nerlens Noel just set the Kentucky single-game record for blocked shots with 10.
2:25 2H – Kentucky 80, Ole Miss 74. Wiltjer with a bad foul 25 feet from basket on Henderson 3 ball. He knocks down 2-3 FT
Harrow 3-pointer to stop the bleeding, then Noel (with four fouls) skies to reject a Holloway dunk. UK up 76-72 with ball, 3:50
Kentucky has missed front end of two straight 1-and-1′s; 14-27 on FTs
Ole Miss. 13-0 run. 73-69
UK ahead 73-64 with 6:40 left. But Noel has 4 fouls and Ole Miss has momentum
UK 71, Ole Miss 56. 11:27
Cats shooting 58% FG now, 19 of 33. Only 56% at line, 14 of 25
It’s 59-50 UK, 14:30 left
Murphy Holloway and Reginald Smith average nearly 25 points for Ole Miss. They have 4 points nearly 6 minutes into second half
Wiltjer has 18. Season high 23, career high 24. UK 42, Ole Miss 38. Three quick second half fouls on Ole Miss.
Polson has three fouls and Harrow, Poythress and Mays two each
HALFTIME: Ole Miss 38 Kentucky 37
Kentucky 35, Ole Miss 35. Wiltjer keeping the Cats in it with 15 points
Kentucky has four players with two-plus fouls. Ole Miss has five. Ole Miss has 13 offensive rebounds. UK has 17 defensive boards
UK trails 32-29. 26 fouls. Wiltjer 12 points, Henderson 13
28-26 Rebels.
Cats 8-16 FT now
Ole Miss with four consecutive possessions with offensive rebounds that turn into points. 7-0 run. Lead 28-22
(7:48) – UK 19, MISS 19. I’m gouging my eyes out as I type this.
UK is 1-8 on 3s. Ole Miss is 1-5
UK 6-17 FG, Ole Miss 5-24
20 fouls between UK and Ole Miss in the first 8:46. Eleven for Cats, nine for Rebs
Polson has as many baskets as Henderson. 17-17
Now Polson has two for UK. That’s four guys in foul trouble. TEN team fouls in 8:13 of game time.
Cats with 7 turnovers, 9 fouls and yet only down by 2, 12-10 with 11:53 to play in first half
Ole Miss up 12-10 with 11:53 left in first-half
Now NINE Kentucky fouls in 6:52 of game time. Poythress, with two fouls, checks back in.
This game is brutal. Gonna be in the 40′s or low 50′s
UK’s 8th team foul comes at 13:17
Nerlens Noel with 4 rebounds, 2 blocks and an assist so far. Still 7-6 Ole Miss in an ugly start
Already six fouls on UK with 14:30 to play in the half
Officials for tonight are Joe Lindsay, Michael Roberts and Jim Burr.
Willie Cauley-Stein is out for tonight’s game at Ole Miss. His status for Saturday’s game is TBD
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