No. 9 Kentucky fell to unranked Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon inside of Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee, marking the first time the Wildcats have dropped back-to-back games this season.
Coming off of a five-point loss at home to Alabama on Jan. 18, the Cats needed to get back in the win column if they wanted to stay above .500 in SEC play, but another grim first-half performance along with a lack of composure in the second half suppressed the odds of that happening.
At the break, UK trailed 41-27 and faced a tall 14-point deficit, making it now three out of four road games that it had trailed through the first 20 minutes.