Kentucky Basketball moved to 5-1 in 2021-22 with Friday night’s victory over North Florida. The Ospreys (it’s a bird) flew north from Jacksonville, Florida as 25-point underdogs and they head back home with a 86-52 loss to your University of Kentucky Wildcats. It’s NFU’s sixth loss in seven games this season.
For Kentucky, the newcomers carried the team with both Davion Mintz and Keion Brooks absent with undisclosed illnesses. Freshman forward Daimion Collins stepped in for Brooks in the starting rotation as one of four starters in double figures. Collins, Oscar Tshiebwe, and Sahvir Wheeler had 12 while TyTy Washington’s scored 14.