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Alex Poythress scores 25 as Kentucky beats Alabama 77-61

Alex Poythress scored a career-high 25 points and had seven rebounds and Kentucky beat Alabama 77-61 to bounce back from a loss.

Alex Poythress - photo by Walter Cornett

– photo by Walter Cornett

Alex Poythress scored a career-high 25 points and had seven rebounds and No. 9 beat 77-61 to bounce back from a loss.

Kentucky (12-3, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) fell to LSU 85-67 on Tuesday night but hasn't lost consecutive conference games since March 1, 2014.

The Wildcats held a 16-point lead with just over a minute remaining in the first half, but Alabama (9-5, 0-2) went on an 18-6 run for the next 6 minutes, spanning halftime, to come within four points.

Kentucky scored a quick six points in the next 2 minutes and mostly held a double-digit lead the rest of the game.

had 21 points and five rebounds and scored 12 points and also grabbed five rebounds for the Wildcats.

Retin Obasohan led Alabama with 21 points. Arthur Edwards had 11 points and Riley Norris had 10.

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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