65 seconds into Friday night’s game, Oscar Tshiebwe found himself on the bench with two fouls. Despite Kentucky’s best player sitting the rest of the first half, the No. 13 Wildcats used an impressive second-half run to take down the Ohio Bobcats by a final score of 77-59.
Coming into the night averaging 18.3 points and 18.7 rebounds, Tshiebwe couldn’t even get a sweat going before he was hit with two quick fouls. Without Jacob Toppin and Lance Ware due to injury, the UK frontcourt was looking incredibly thin. But 12 points and five rebounds from Keion Brooks Jr.