A tough one for the Cats.
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.
Kentucky vs. Auburn Twitter Reactions
First 5️⃣ vs Auburn pic.twitter.com/ACa4C0PzsE
— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) March 1, 2025
No team has more banked in threes made against them than Kentucky.
Back to back. I mean, are you serious?
— Tristan Pharis (@TristanUda) March 1, 2025
Kentucky looks completely out of sorts
Lazy passes
Hesitant to shoot
Not boxing outThrow in Back to Back banked in threes and it’s not good
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) March 1, 2025
Five different Wildcats already with a turnover in this one.
— Chris Fisher (@ChrisFisher247) March 1, 2025
Amari Williams is toying with Johni Broome and Dylan Cardwell. Just too strong.
— Tres Terrell (@TerrellTres) March 1, 2025
Amari Williams is essentially the only person keeping Kentucky from drowning — up to nine points and six rebounds
No one else with more than a single bucket for the Cats
— Jack Pilgrim (@JackPilgrimKSR) March 1, 2025
This is almost unwatchable.
— Justin Rowland (@RowlandRIVALS) March 1, 2025
The officials are killing Kentucky. Crazy!
— Rich Brooks (@UKcoachbrooks) March 1, 2025
A full blown blowout may be on the horizon…
Kentucky is completely out sorts
— Dylan Ballard (@DylanBallard_UK) March 1, 2025
— Barstool Kentucky (@BarstoolUK) March 1, 2025
The Kentucky vs Auburn camera operator pic.twitter.com/KYu4jdSfhm
— Barstool Kentucky (@BarstoolUK) March 1, 2025
Kentucky had 18 Turnovers and made only 4 three pointers
Honestly no other stats would really matter if those two things happen
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) March 1, 2025
It’s okay, really. https://t.co/MpmpxY2VeS
— Tristan Pharis (@TristanUda) March 1, 2025
Well, that was a rough one. Quite simply, Auburn is a lot better. We knew that coming in and it was proven over 40 minutes.
That being said, Kentucky self-inflicted some of the early struggles.
Turnovers, layups, and defending the 3 needed to be better & COULD have been better.
— Brandon Ramsey (@BRamseyKSR) March 1, 2025
Wayne Turner is “The Y” at today’s game in @Rupp_Arena pic.twitter.com/YR6cktvXSA
— Kentucky Athletics (@UKAthletics) March 1, 2025
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