Aaron Harrison scored 23 points, Karl-Anthony Towns added 19 and top-ranked Kentucky remained unbeaten with a 68-61 victory over Florida on Saturday night.
Kentucky beats Florida 68-61 to remain unbeaten
Kentucky Wildcats fall at Florida
Patric Young scored 18 points in his final home game and No. 1 Florida defeated 25th-ranked Kentucky 84-65 Saturday
Former Cat John Pelphrey will rejoin Billy Donovan at Florida
Former Cat John Pelphrey will rejoin Billy Donovan at Florida
Florida aims to spoil Kentucky’s 32-game home winning streak today
Shortly after No. 13 Florida beat Georgia on Thursday to clinch a share of the SEC East division title, coach Billy Donovan warned his team about Kentucky’s 32-game home winning streak. “We’ve broken a lot of streaks this year,” Florida senior forward Alex Tyus said with a smile. “So we’d like to break some more.” Florida is coming into its matchup today at No. 22 Kentucky confident, even though the Wildcats have been dominant at home in John Calipari’s two seasons as coach. Under Calipari, Kentucky hasn’t lost at Rupp Arena.
February 4, 2003: Kentucky 70, Florida 55
Billy Donovan’s Gators came to Lexington undefeated (14-0) and carrying the No. 1 ranking for this first time in school history. With a crowd so loud Rupp Arena literally shook, a suffocating Kentucky defense held Florida to six first-half baskets (on 30 shots) and Tubby Smith‘s Cats rolled to a 45-22 halftime lead. Read article.…