Missouri and Kentucky will indeed meet at Mizzou Arena this week, but the game has been pushed back from Tuesday to Wednesday, the Southeastern Conference announced Monday. Kentucky had to pause all team activities last Friday for COVID-19 reasons and canceled Saturday's home game against Texas in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
Wednesday's game will tip off at 6 p.m. Central on ESPN2.
The Tigers (11-3, 4-3 SEC) have lost three straight games to the Wildcats (5-10, 4-4), who are off to their worst start in decades. Mizzou's last win over Kentucky, a 69-60 victory in Columbia on Feb.