The Kentucky Wildcats faced off with their toughest opponent to date this afternoon as they welcomed the Auburn Tigers to Lexington. The Cats just couldn’t hang with the Tigers in this one, as Auburn routed Kentucky by a final score of 94-78.

If you predicted a Kentucky upset over the Tigers today, well, you likely enjoyed the first four minutes of the game.

Everything after that… let’s just say you already saw the writing on the wall.

We really saw the big difference between the two teams: Auburn has guys that can get their own shot, and Kentucky doesn’t. Despite hanging in the game for the majority of the first half, Kentucky headed into the locker room down 15 points.

Didn’t think the first half was bad enough? Coming out of the half, the Cats turned the ball over on six straight possessions, ultimately driving the nail into the coffin of this game. Not much else to say about this one. Kentucky absolutely laid an egg in this game.

Now, the Cats will turn their attention to the final two games of the regular season with LSU up first. They need to find a way to go 2-0 this coming week.

Box Score

Game MVP

This one is fairly easy. Without Amari Williams, this game is more of a blowout than it already was.

He finished with 13 points on 3-for-5 shooting, while also going 7-for-13 from the free throw line. He also added 14 rebounds and seven assists.

As the Cats look to make a run this postseason, it appears all things are going to run through Williams. They will, of course, need big games from Koby Brea, Lamont Butler, and Andrew Carr but will need close to perfection from their starting big.

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