BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Ohio State took the lead five minutes into the game and never looked back, scoring a 74-65 stunner against No. 4 Kentucky on Saturday at the Barclays Center.
The win was Ohio State’s first as an unranked team against a top-10 team since an 82-70 win against No. 7 Michigan State on March 14, 2009, and it came against a Kentucky team with five projected NBA draft picks on its roster.
Leading by a game-high 16 points after an A.J. Harris three-pointer made it 55-39 with11:28left, the Wildcats mounted a comeback. Or, more precisely, Jamal Murray mounted a comeback.