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COLUMN: Three takeaways from Cats’ London victory

Kentucky head coach John Calipari and the Cats earned their first win over a major conference opponent this season on Sunday, defeating Michigan 73-69 in London.

With any result this early in the season, there is still plenty of room to grow and still a lot to figure out. With that said, because of how badly Kentucky needed the win against the Wolverines for the sake of the season thus far, there were a handful of answers to posed questions that can be found in the winning effort.

Here are three things we learned from Kentucky basketball’s win over Michigan:

Cason Wallace is the most clutch player on the team

Cason Wallace left his mark against Michigan State in the Champions Classic earlier this season, though he was still unable to lift the Cats over Tom Izzo’s Spartans.