US EditionCards come out on top over Cats, 96-88
Louisville ended its losing streak by forcing Kentucky into multiple scoring droughts and scoring runs, with Mikel Brown Jr. scoring 29 points.
- Tuesday's matchup ended with Louisville defeating Kentucky 96-88, with a 53-46 halftime lead at the KFC Yum! Center.
- Building on a 13-0 spurt and a 10-0 run, Louisville Cardinals forced Kentucky into scoring droughts with Ryan Conwell's three stretching the lead to 56-46.
- Louisville was paced by Mikel Brown Jr.'s 29 points and Ryan Conwell's 24, while Kentucky shot 47/35/75 and finished with 14 assists to 14 turnovers.
- The defeat handed Kentucky Wildcats its first official loss of the season, moving them to 2-1 and leveling the Pope-Kelsey era series at 1-1.
- The Kentucky Wildcats return to Rupp Arena Friday to face Eastern Illinois and then travel to New York City for the State Farm Champions Classic, with concerns after Oteha Oweh fouled out.
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Cards come out on top over Cats, 96-88
The No. 9 Cats surged to show second-half signs of life, but the No. 12 Cardinals ultimately earned the kill Tuesday night, 96-88 in the KFC Yum! Center. Louisville's win snapped a 3-game Kentucky streak.The Cats suffer their first official loss of the season (2-1), while the needle moves to 1-1 in the Pope-Kelsey era of the rivalry.Louisville's pair of preseason All-ACC first teamers played like it Tuesday night, with freshman point guard Mikel…
Kentucky comeback bid falls short in loss to Louisville
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In an unusually early meeting with their vitriolic rivals, the still somewhat battered #9 Kentucky Wildcats took on the #12 Louisville Cardinals away from home for the first time in the Mark Pope era. The result, in front of an all-time energetic crowd at the YUM Center, went south in grueling fashion.Too Little Too Early After jumping out to a 22-21 lead on the heels of a string of impressive plays from the recently recovered Jaland Lowe, Kentu…
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