Overview
- Kentucky snapped a three-game slide with a 72-63 victory in Columbia, improving to 18-10 overall and 9-6 in SEC play.
- Denzel Aberdeen led the Wildcats with 19 points, while Mouhamed Dioubate added 12 with a pivotal late block and Collin Chandler hit a clutch 3-pointer.
- The Wildcats dominated the glass 48-28, including an 18-5 edge in offensive rebounds that drove second-chance scoring.
- Offensive inconsistency persisted as Kentucky shot 39% with 15 turnovers, and Otega Oweh’s double-figure scoring streak ended at 30 with eight points.
- Andrija Jelavic scored 11 and Malachi Moreno grabbed 11 rebounds, as South Carolina fell to 12-16 (3-12 SEC) behind Meechie Johnson’s 18 points.
- Kentucky covered the 6.5-point spread, but the 135-point total finished under the 149.5 line and below SportsLine’s higher-scoring projection.