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Kentucky vs. UCLA: Score and Twitter Reaction from March Madness 2017

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Kentucky freshman guard De'Aaron Fox produced the best individual game of the NCAA tournament thus far by scoring 39 points on 13-of-20 shooting as the Wildcats beat UCLA, 86-75, in the Sweet 16.

Fox's scoring output is an NCAA tournament freshman record, as ESPN Stats & Info noted after Fox broke the previous mark:

ESPN Stats & Info

De'Aaron Fox's 36 points are the most scored by a freshman in an NCAA Tournament game. Previous mark: Mark Aguirre, 34

March 25, 2017 at 3:52:47 AM GMT

Fox was a terror all over the court, slicing through the Bruins defense for buckets all night.