The Kentucky Wildcats were already going into a tough environment to play the Florida Gators, but they were also going to have to do it without Ashton Hagans who missed the game for personal reasons.
Right from the tip, Kentucky seemed out of sync as they were quickly down 7-0 forcing coach Cal to take an early timeout.
Kentucky would find some rhythm and would cut the lead to 11-9 but Florida had it going from deep and they pushed it to 18-9 with 10 minutes to go in the half.