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It was barely over a month ago when Kentucky went to Nashville and was thoroughly embarrassed inside Memorial Gymnasium by the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Kentucky scored a season-low 55 points in that game on January 27, falling 80-55 to the Commodores. A month later, it was the Wildcats who were dominant in Rupp Arena, defeating Vanderbilt 91-77 in a game where Kentucky led by as many as 22 in the second half.
For Kentucky, yesterday’s game was personal.
Not only did the Cats want to make up for an embarrassing performance in Nashville, it sounds like several of the Kentucky players didn’t forget the comments made by Vanderbilt players after that last matchup.
Collin Chandler, Otega Oweh, and Malachi Moreno all made references to comments made last time around, referencing Kentucky’s lack of toughness and physicality.
“They was talking crazy before last game, saying we weak, all this,” Oweh said after the game. “And that physicality, we struggle with that. So definitely was personal. Just trying to set the tone. I feel like we could have done that the first game, as well. We didn’t, but this time around we just wanted to make sure we was the more physical team.”
Vanderbilt was the more physical team in that first matchup, and it showed with the result of the game. Yesterday, it seems like Kentucky wanted to be the more physical team and they did that from the start, which allowed them to put together one of their best performances of the season.
Now, it’s important for Kentucky to keep the momentum rolling to finish out the regular season and head into the SEC Tournament.
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Headlines
Why Vandy win might have been Kentucky’s best this season – Herald Leader
Great win for the Cats!
Collin Chandler sets career-high in win – Cats Pause
Chandler has become one of the biggest difference-makers for this team.
Kentucky still in contention for a double-bye in the SEC Tournament – KSR
The Cats will need to leave College Station with a win, but it’s still in play.
UK Baseball clinches another series win – UK Athletics
Not without some drama though.
College Basketball bubble watch – ESPN
Kentucky “should be in”, as SEC could get as many as 11 bids.
College Basketball’s winners and losers from Saturday – CBS Sports
Clemson is one of the winners, at the expense of Louisville.
Wan’Dale Robinson among players set to cash in during free agency – Bleacher Report
Really hoping to see Wan’Dale land with the Titans.
John Calipari and Todd Golden got into it on the sideline as Florida dominated Arkansas – SI
What do you think started this?
LeBron joins Kobe as only players to hit 1,000 threes with the Lakers – Yahoo
A notable milestone for LeBron.
Winners and losers from Day 3 of NFL Combine – NBC Sports
Drew Allar helped himself quite a bit.