Kentucky vs Auburn score today: UK basketball game updates, highlights from SEC contest

Posted by author March 1, 2025 Basketball

LEXINGTON — Fifth-year senior forward Johni Broome paces top-ranked Auburn in points (18.8) rebounds (11), assists (3.4) and blocks (2.5) per game.

“Usually, (players with numbers like that) win the Wooden Award, you know?” Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope said Friday. “So it’s pretty rarefied air that he’s playing in right now.”

To Pope’s point, Broome is one of the front runners for the Wooden Award — annually given to the most outstanding player in college basketball — along with Duke‘s freshman phenom, Cooper Flagg. During Auburn’s 106-76 win over Ole Miss on Wednesday, Broome surpassed the 2,500-point mark for his college career. (He spent his first two seasons at Morehead State before transferring to Auburn.)

The Wildcats will try to slow down Broome and the rest of the top-ranked Tigers today at Rupp Arena. Auburn is 26-2 this season, leading the SEC with a 14-1 mark in league competition.

It’s a credit, Pope said, to coach Bruce Pearl.

“He keeps it really, really simple, and puts guys in a position to play where they’re really familiar with what they’re doing and they’re really good at it,” Pope said. “And most of the time, he’s got five guys on the floor that are all capable of putting up 20 (points) on any given night. They’re incredible shot makers.”

A Kentucky win today would be its sixth over a top-10 opponent in 2024-25, matching a single-season record held by three teams: Syracuse (2009-10), Duke (1998-99) and Indiana (1992-93).

Can the Wildcats make history by toppling yet another top-10 foe? Or will be the Tigers be too tough to tame?

Follow along below with live updates from Lexington:

Senior guard Jaxson Robinson was listed as “out” on the SEC’s availability report, which posted at 11 a.m. Saturday, two hours before tipoff between UK and Auburn.

Read more here.

The contest between the Wildcats and Tigers will air on ABC. Dan Shulman (play-by-play), Jay Bilas (analyst) and Jess Sims (sideline) will have the call.

Authenticated subscribers can access ABC via TV-connected devices or by going to WatchESPN.com, the WatchESPN app or ESPN+.

You also can stream ABC on Fubo, which offers a free trial.

Tom Leach (play-by-play) and Jack Givens (analyst) will have the UK radio network call on 840 AM in Louisville and both 630 AM and 98.1 FM in Lexington.

You can also listen online via UKAthletics.com.

Betting odds: Kentucky is 4 ½-point home underdog (-105) on DraftKings, which set the over/under at 167 ½ points (-110). The money line odds are Kentucky +185, Auburn -225.

Oct. 23: exhibition vs. Kentucky Wesleyan ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 123, Kentucky Wesleyan 52
Oct. 29: exhibition vs. Minnesota State Mankato ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 98, Minnesota State Mankato 67
Nov. 4: vs. Wright State (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 103, Wright State 62
Nov. 9: vs. Bucknell (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 100, Bucknell 72
Nov. 12: vs. Duke (Champions Classic; State Farm Arena, Atlanta) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 77, Duke 72
Nov. 19: vs. Lipscomb, (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 97, Lipscomb 68
Nov. 22: vs. Jackson State (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 108, Jackson State 59
Nov. 26: vs. Western Kentucky (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 87, Western Kentucky 68
Nov. 29: vs. Georgia State (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 105, Georgia State 76
Dec. 3: at Clemson (ACC/SEC Challenge) ∣ SCORE: Clemson 70, Kentucky 66
Dec. 7: vs. Gonzaga (Climate Pledge Arena; Seattle) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 90, Gonzaga 89 (OT)
Dec. 11: vs. Colgate (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 78, Colgate 67
Dec. 14: vs. Louisville (Rupp Arena) ∣ SCORE: Kentucky 93, Louisville 85
Dec. 21: vs. Ohio State (CBS Sports Classic; Madison Square Garden, New York) | SCORE: Ohio State 85, Kentucky 65
Dec. 31: vs. Brown (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 88, Brown 54
Jan. 4: vs. Florida (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 106, Florida 100
Jan. 7: at Georgia | SCORE: Georgia 82, Kentucky 69
Jan. 11: at Mississippi State | SCORE: Kentucky 95, Mississippi State 90
Jan. 14: vs. Texas A&M (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Kentucky 81, Texas A&M 69
Jan. 18: vs. Alabama (Rupp Arena) | SCORE: Alabama 102, Kentucky 97
Jan. 25: at Vanderbilt | SCORE: Vanderbilt 74, Kentucky 69
Jan. 28: at Tennessee | SCORE: Kentucky 78, Tennessee 73
Feb. 1: vs. Arkansas | SCORE: Arkansas 89, Kentucky 79
Feb. 4: at Ole Miss | SCORE: Ole Miss 98, Kentucky 84
Feb. 8: vs. South Carolina | SCORE: Kentucky 80, South Carolina 57
Feb. 11: vs. Tennessee | SCORE: Kentucky 75, Tennessee 64
Feb. 15: at Texas | SCORE: Texas 82, Kentucky 78
Feb. 19: vs. Vanderbilt | SCORE: Kentucky 82, Vanderbilt 61
Feb. 22: at Alabama | SCORE: Alabama 96, Kentucky 83
Feb. 26: at Oklahoma | SCORE: Kentucky 83, Oklahoma 82
March 1: vs. Auburn (Rupp Arena), 1 p.m., ABC
March 4: vs. LSU (Rupp Arena), 7 p.m., ESPN2
March 8: at Missouri, noon, ESPN

Record: 19-9 (8-7 SEC)

Ansley Almonor (forward, senior)
Koby Brea (guard, graduate)
Lamont Butler (guard, graduate)
Andrew Carr (forward, graduate)
Collin Chandler (guard, freshman)
Grant Darbyshire (guard, junior)
Brandon Garrison (forward, sophomore)
Walker Horn (guard, junior)
Kerr Kriisa (guard, senior)
Trent Noah (forward, freshman)
Otega Oweh (guard, junior)
Travis Perry (guard, freshman)
Jaxson Robinson (guard, graduate)
Amari Williams (center, graduate)

The Tigers are 26-2 overall this season, entering the weekend at the top of the SEC standings with a 14-1 record.

UK is 98-23 all time versus Auburn, including a 51-2 mark in home games. Kentucky is 31-2 against Auburn at Rupp Arena. The Wildcats have won 20 straight games at Rupp over the Tigers since their last loss (53-52 in 1988).

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