BATON ROUGE, La. - Kentucky's hold on first place in the Southeastern Conference title race grew a little stronger Tuesday at LSU.
Thanks to its best shooting half of the season, Kentucky stayed in first place in the league with a 79-76 win over the Tigers. LSU entered the night one game behind Kentucky in the SEC standings.
After hitting just 2 of 10 3-point attempts in the first half, Kentucky hit 7 of 8 shots from beyond the arc in the second half to stretch its lead to as much as 15 points. The Wildcats shot 73.