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Kentucky Gets ‘Ugly’ Win in Hostile Environment at Texas A&M

  coach  would certainly prefer his team shoot better than the 36.2% the Wildcats shot Wednesday night against .

But the fact that 12th-ranked Kentucky won despite tying a season low with that shooting percentage actually pleased the veteran coach.

”I love those games, absolutely love them,” he said. ”That means you know you had to fight, and you had to guard, and you had to rebound or you had no chance of winning.”

 scored 12 points to lead a balanced scoring attack and Kentucky used a strong second half to outlast Texas A&M 64-58.

The victory extends Kentucky's winning streak to four games and snaps an eight-game winning streak for Texas A&M (15-3, 4-1 ).

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On December 10, 1951, Bob Burrow collected 34 rebounds against Temple for the most rebounds ever in a single game by a Kentucky player.

 

On December 10, 1977, as top-ranked UK is defeating Kansas on “Adolph Rupp Night” in Allen Field House on Naismith Drive in Lawrence, Kansas, Rupp dies. Thousands would participate in the funeral procession in Lexington.

 

On December 10, 2011, Indiana's Christian Watford hits a 3-pointer at the buzzer in Assembly Hall to stun No. 1 Kentucky.  It's only the second time Indiana had beaten a top-ranked team at Assembly Hall.

 

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