Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 27-1, 12-1 in the Southeastern Conference and has won eight in a row. South Carolina is 14-13 overall, 5-8 in league action. Kentucky leads the series, 42-10, ending South Carolina’s three-game win streak against the Wildcats. UK leads the series 22-2 in games played in Lexington. Kentucky is…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. South Carolina
Two Wildcats in MVP top three
With most Southeastern Conference men’s basketball teams starting the second half of their league schedules this week, the race for MVP may be down to three. Kentucky freshman guard John Wall, South Carolina senior guard Devan Downey and Kentucky freshman forward DeMarcus Cousins already have taken turns as the primary candidate for the honor. Wall…
Kentucky and John Wall are human and mortal after all
No one is ready to handle the bull’s-eye. A year ago, it was North Carolina and everyone else. Two years ago, there were four elite teams in a class of their own to begin the season — and the same quartet made the Final Four. In 2007, it was the defending champion Florida Gators who…
Stunner in Columbia: South Carolina topples No. 1 Kentucky
For the first time in the history of the University of South Carolina men’s basketball, the Gamecocks have defeated the top team in the country. And they did it almost entirely on the back of Devan Downey. Downey, a senior guard, had 30 points and five rebounds in the Gamecocks’ stunning 68-62 win over undefeated…