Winning on the road is fun. Beating the Tennessee Volunteers is fun. Combining the two and beating the Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson Boling Arena is even sweeter. The Kentucky Wildcats, playing without starting point guard Lamont Butler,
Kentucky, playing without both of its veteran point guards, scored a major upset over No. 8 Tennessee in Knoxville on Tuesday night.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Koby Brea scored 18 points to lead No. 12 Kentucky to a 78-73 victory over No. 8 Tennessee on Tuesday night. Jaxson Robinson added 17 points as the Wildcats (15-5, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) snapped a two-game skid. Otega Oweh scored 14 and Amari Williams had 10 points and 15 rebounds.
UK is already without reserve point guard Kerr Kriisa, who hasn't played since Dec. 7 after undergoing surgery to repair a break in his foot. Butler, who missed two games in December with an ankle ...
Kriisa is the type of player who would really help this team make a run in March, so it would be great to see him on the floor, but that likely won't be for a while.
The latest injury news for both Kentucky and Tennessee ahead of Tuesday’s top-15 SEC basketball matchup in Knoxville.
Andrew Carr was a late scratch against Vanderbilt after initially being listed as questionable the night before, ‘trending in the wrong direction’ after fighting through a back injury in recent weeks,