For this season’s game of the year, Saturday night was far from a disappointment.
The fifth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats played host to the top-ranked Tennessee Volunteers at Rupp Arena. The two clashed back and forth early, with Kentucky heading into halftime with a 37-31 edge. In the second half, the Wildcats opened up the action with a 14-0 scoring burst and looked to be on their way to blowing out the Volunteers.
However, Tennessee had a run of their own by scoring 13 unanswered. The two top-five teams shoved back and forth until the buzzer sounded, with Kentucky coming on top by a score of 86-69.