Would you believe me if I told you that Kentucky lost a tight game on the road? For the fifth time in six road games in the SEC, No. 18 Kentucky (17-7, 5-5) lost a close game away from home. This time, John Jenkins and No. 23 Vanderbilt (18-6, 6-4) dropped UK 81-77. Jenkins, the SEC’s leading scorer, scored a career-high 32 points off 6-10 shooting from beyond the arc.
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Vanderbilt
John Jenkins scored a career-high 32 points, hitting six 3-pointers, to lift No. 23 Vanderbilt to an 81-77 victory over No. 18 Kentucky on Saturday. With the win, the Commodores (18-6, 6-4) swept a three-game homestand that will keep them tied for second in the Southeastern Conference’s Eastern Division. They came into Saturday tied with Kentucky, Georgia and Tennessee, two losses behind Florida.
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Former UK basketball player George Vulich died Tuesday night at the age of 85 after a fight with cancer. But his son, Steve Vulich, 63, said his father’s death could not have come in a more fitting manner. “He was watching Kentucky the other night when we beat Tennessee,” he said. “Just before the end of the game, he closed his eyes and went to sleep. The Lord must have said, ‘Come on.’”
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John Calipari had been asking, begging and pleading for a few good veterans for the last couple of weeks. He got two very good ones to step up Tuesday night to end the Kentucky men’s basketball team’s current skid. Junior guard DeAndre Liggins tied a career high with 19 points and senior forward Josh Harrellson added another 16 as the Cats ended the first two-game losing streak of head coach John Calipari’s UK career with a 73-61 victory over Tennessee.
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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Tennessee
DeAndre Liggins tied a career-high with 19 points and No. 18 Kentucky ruined Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl’s return to the bench with a 73-61 victory on Tuesday night. Josh Harrellson added 16 points as the Wildcats (17-6, 5-4 Southeastern Conference) broke a modest two-game losing streak by burying the Volunteers with a big run in each half. Pearl, suspended for Tennessee’s first eight conference games by SEC commissioner Mike Slive as punishment…