Three take-aways from Kentucky’s 76-68 loss at South Carolina:
1. Call this the Collapse in Columbia
With 11:30 left in the second half, Kentucky was cruising at the Colonial Life Center, up 14 points in Frank Martin’s Gamecocks, who couldn’t make a shot to save their lives. Never mind that the Cats had not yet made a three-pointer or they were committing too many turnovers or there was still more than a quarter of the game left. This looked like an easy-peasey road win for the team in blue.
And then Hamidou Diallo intentionally fouled South Carolina’s Maik Kotsar.