The Kentucky Wildcats (10-4, 1-1 SEC) will try to slow down one of the NCAA’s top scoring teams when they travel to face the No. 7 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-2, 2-0 SEC) on Saturday.
Kentucky narrowly defeated the LSU Tigers 74-71 at Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center on Tuesday. Jacob Toppin was the leading scorer with 21 points.
Oscar Tshiebwe was another key contributor with 19 points and 16 rebounds. The Wildcats are sixth in the Southeastern Conference. Alabama won their third in a row in impressive fashion on Tuesday at Coleman Coliseum, beating the Ole Miss Rebels 84-62.
Brandon Miller had 17 points to lead the team. The Crimson Tide are first in the Southeastern Conference. The teams are meeting for the only time this season. Kentucky won both matchups between the teams last season, the last of which was a 90-81 triumph at Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center in February 2022.
Kellan Grady led the Wildcats with 25 points, while Tshiebwe added 21 points and 14 rebounds. Keon Ellis had 28 points in the losing effort. The Wildcats have been led this season by Tshiebwe and Cason Wallace, who are averaging 14.4 and 12.9 points per game, respectively. Tshiebwe also has grabbed 11.9 rebounds per game, third-most in the nation.
Meanwhile, Sahvir Wheeler is dishing 6.4 assists per game. Miller has supplied much of the Crimson Tide’s offense, averaging 19.1 points per game. Miller also has averaged 8.6 rebounds per game. Jaden Bradley has tallied 3.8 assists per game.
The Crimson Tide rank as one of the top scoring offenses in the nation, 15th-best with 83.3 points per game. Kentucky is 7-3 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +7.9 (74.6-66.7). Alabama has gone 8-2 over the last 10, scoring 82.7 points per game on average while holding opponents to 76.4 (+6.3 margin).
WILDCATS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Antonio Reeves: 7.4 | 14.4 | -7.0
Points per game:
Cason Wallace: 16.8 | 12.9 | +3.9
Antonio Reeves: 6.2 | 11.1 | -4.9
Rebounds per game:
Cason Wallace: 2.6 | 3.6 | -1.0
CRIMSON TIDE HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Rylan Griffen: 5.4 | 8.4 | -3.0
Assists per game:
Jaden Bradley: 5.2 | 3.8 | +1.4
SportsTips’ College Basketball Pick:
Kentucky +5.5 (-115)
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