How No. 5 Kentucky (20-3, 9-1 SEC) and No. 19 LSU (19-4, 9-1 SEC) match up at each position — with a game prediction:
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u25aa Since going scoreless in Kentucky’s win at Georgia, Keldon Johnson has averaged 12.4 points and made 44 percent of his three-point attempts in the following seven games. The 6-foot-6, 211-pound freshman (13.9 points, 5.3 rebounds on the season) played well in UK’s 71-67 win at Mississippi State on Saturday with 13 points and seven rebounds.
u25aa LSU’s Marlon Taylor is a 6-5, 210-pound junior-college transfer recruited to provide size at the wing position.