COLUMBIA, MO. • The Big Blue cloud has parted over Mizzou Arena.
For the first time in 11 tries, Missouri’s basketball team finally took down Kentucky on Saturday, turning another suffocating defensive performance into what might go down as the first true signature win for Cuonzo Martin: Missouri 69, No. 21 Kentucky 60.
Yes, these Wildcats aren’t necessarily vintage Kentucky, having already lost three SEC games before they stepped on Norm Stewart Court for the afternoon showdown. Just two weeks ago, the Cats had fallen out of the national rankings and needed overtime to hold off lowly Vanderbilt on Tuesday.