Good morning, BBN. Let’s start our day by thanking DJ Wagner and Tre Mitchell, without which, we could be waking up to another sad University of Kentucky sports morning. The freshman and graduate student combined for 16 of Kentucky’s 19 overtime points to push the Cats to the 96-88 victory over Saint Joseph’s. Kentucky is now the champion of the Wildcat Challenge (hosted by Kentucky Tourism) and 4-1 on the season. If that doesn’t make you smile on a Tuesday morning, I’m not sure what will.
We’ve had plenty of coverage of the game thus far, but in a nutshell, Saint Joseph’s went after the Cats from the outside in, making 15 threes and outrebounding Kentucky 42-37.