In a high-scoring SEC basketball matchup, No. 6 Kentucky defeated Missouri with a final score of 90-77. The game, which took place in Lexington, saw Kentucky improve to a 12-2 overall record and 2-0 in the SEC, while Missouri dropped to 8-7 and 0-2 in conference play. Kentucky's Rob Dillingham was a standout performer, scoring 18 points with a strong shooting performance that included 3-3 from beyond the arc. Tre Mitchell also had a notable game for Kentucky, achieving a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Despite a strong start from Kentucky, leading by as much as 14 points, Missouri managed to keep the score close, trailing by only five points at halftime. Kentucky's shooting percentage was 46.9%, while Missouri's was 54.8%. Sean East II had a game-high 15 points for Missouri. Kentucky experienced a shooting skid, making only 3-of-16 shots to close the half, but maintained their lead. With 11:07 left in the second half, Kentucky led by 10 points and outrebounded Missouri 31-23. Kentucky had four players with 12+ points, contributing to their victory. Missouri struggled offensively towards the end of the game, making only one field goal in the final 10:18. Kentucky's next game is against Texas A&M.
Texas A&M got it done in OT vs. No. 6 Kentucky 😤 https://t.co/WQOilrs1tJ
Kentucky head coach John Calipari: "Congrats to Texas A&M. That was a hard-fought game."
Gig ‘Em! 👍 https://t.co/8oLMjMT0Fu
That's Aggie Basketball. https://t.co/Iq0NPAjJSW
FINAL/OT: #Kentucky 92, TAMU 97 UK drops their 1st road game and 1st SEC game of the year. #BBN @WHAS11
TEXAS A&M UPSETS #6 KENTUCKY IN OT. https://t.co/W1FFN36ObY
The Aggies take down No. 6 Kentucky to get the dub! 😏 @aggiembk https://t.co/OJNpGvdXdj
OT UPSET 🚨 @aggiembk knocks off No. 6 Kentucky at home behind Wade Taylor IV's 31-point performance! #SECMBB https://t.co/ICkQdaqQtd
Texas A&M STUNS No. 6 Kentucky in OT 🍿 https://t.co/7Du5AO2IY5
WHAT. A. GAME. 🔥 Texas A&M takes down No. 6 Kentucky in a CLASSIC SEC showdown 👏 https://t.co/Janj5BlzDP
Dogs at the cat fight 👍 @AzunaFresh x #GigEm https://t.co/EYOTtX3Rnf
Final: Texas A&M 97, Kentucky 92 in overtime Final box: https://t.co/tDadFQVQ6j
FINAL IN OVERTIME: Texas A&M 97, No. 6 Kentucky 92. Wildcats fall to 12-3 overall and 2-1 in SEC play. Aggies improve to 10-6 and 1-2, respectively. UK back in action Wednesday, hosting Mississippi State at 7 p.m.
FINAL: Texas A&M 97, No. 6 Kentucky 92. In overtime. Kentucky becomes the fifth top-six team to lose to an unranked team this week. First loss for the Wildcats since Dec. 2. Huge win for A&M. Aggies needed a resume booster, snaps a two-game losing streak. Wade Taylor with 31.
Texas A&M topples No. 6 Kentucky 97-92 in OT: https://t.co/1xrcfyFB6G
Texas A&M STUNS No. 6 Kentucky 🍿 https://t.co/LBwOcZ06LE
Andy hits 1/2 free throws No. 6 Kentucky - 92 Texas A&M - 97 OT | 0:09
A&M just wanted it more in this Overtime. Gave up way too many Offensive Rebounds all game Most discombobulated Kentucky has looked this season Offensively in those last 5 minutes
that's heinous https://t.co/uOWpF7UtAy
Kentucky/A&M hoops game a classic.
Sheppard goes 2/3 at the line. Calipari calls his final timeout. No. 6 Kentucky - 91 Texas A&M - 94 OT | 0:39.2
Ags still up by five. No. 6 Kentucky - 89 Texas A&M - 94 OT | 0:48
Cats STILL scoreless in the extra frame 👀 No. 6 Kentucky - 89 Texas A&M - 94 OT | 1:49
.@wadetayloriv drills both FTs 👍 IV now has 29‼️ No. 6 Kentucky - 89 Texas A&M - 94 OT | 2:35
Free basketball. No. 6 Kentucky - 89 Texas A&M - 89 End of regulation
BOOTS TO THE LINE 👀 No. 6 Wildcats - 87 Aggies - 87 2H | 0:07 https://t.co/6ue12EXaOO
BOOTS. PUTBACK. AND-1‼️👍 No. 6 Wildcats - 84 Aggies - 87 2H | 1:16
SOLO STEAL LEADS TO A DEEEEEP WADE TAYLOR THREE‼️ THE ROOF JUST CAME OFF REED ARENA 🚀 No. 6 Wildcats - 77 Aggies - 82 2H | 2:59 https://t.co/jSt4cIQVCf
BIG TIME PLAYERS MAKE BIG TIME PLAYS‼️ @wadetayloriv hits a DEEP 3⃣ Wildcats - 76 Aggies - 79 2H | 3:49
Coach Buzz Williams calls timeout‼️ Texas A&M is tied with No. 6 Kentucky 74-74 with 4:42 left in the game. Tyrece Radford leads the Aggies with 21 points 🔥 https://t.co/yu4AHup3j3
Ladies and Gentlemen, it's getting ROWDY IN REED 🚀 No. 6 Wildcats - 68 Aggies - 68 2H | 7:17 https://t.co/losNGO2tHb
BIG TIME BOOTS 3‼️ REED IS ROWDY 🔥 No. 6 Wildcats - 65 Aggies - 64 2H | 9:05 https://t.co/2gm2DBcHw6
Sick pass by Rob Dillingham, #Kentucky back on top 56-54 #BBN @WHAS11
Kentucky with a 7-4 advantage on the boards in first segment of second half. Cats 54, Aggies 52 with 15:39 left. #BBN #ukbasketball
Battling to start the second half 😤 No. 6 Wildcats - 54 Aggies - 52 2H | 15:39 https://t.co/zXfaTMZH7D
Kentucky averaged 1.272 points per possession the first half. Texas A&M averaged 1.268.
HALF: #Kentucky 45, Texas A&M 46 Good end of the half for UK, but as expected, rebounding is keeping the Aggies in it. TAMU winning the glass 21-14 (9-2 offensive). Cats missing size from Aaron Bradshaw. Big man only played 3 mins after 2 early fouls #BBN @WHAS11
Halftime: Texas A&M 46, Kentucky 45 First half box: https://t.co/E4HCOHHnza
HALFTIME: Texas A&M 46, Kentucky 45. Wildcats are shooting 51.5% (17 of 33) from the field while the Aggies are at 47.2% (17 for 36). Antonio Reeves has a game-high 16 points so far while A&M's Wade Taylor IV has 12.
An exciting half in Reed Arena‼️ The Aggies lead No. 6 Kentucky 46-45 at halftime. @wadetayloriv leads Texas A&M with 12 points 👍 https://t.co/tcaOil4thw
SOLO FOR 3⁉️ SOLO FOR 3‼️ No. 6 Wildcats - 36 Aggies - 41 1H | 3:35 https://t.co/Ud7rXn9NZ1
Kentucky shooting 52.4 percent. Texas A&M shooting 52.0 percent. Aggies lead Cats 33-27 with 7:04 left in 1H.
Live updates: Kentucky at Texas A&M college basketball. https://t.co/W8w9ktZgak
My follow column from Kentucky basketball's 90-77 win over Missouri. #BBN #ukbasketball https://t.co/KA3D36mEpC
Freshman Rob Dillingham shined in Kentucky’s 90-77 win last night over the upset-minded Missouri Tigers. @JDrumUK has the recap: https://t.co/uIFqZE0TXy
Rob Dillingham propels No. 6 Kentucky past Missouri. 😼 https://t.co/gJUCJo2dJI https://t.co/CJxCw9v9mN
6th ranked Kentucky beats Missouri 90-77. Cats put 5 players in double figures.... @MasonHorodyski has our post game report from Rupp Arena. @WHAS11 https://t.co/CboJ8q53aT
🏀 FINAL 🏀 @KentuckyMBB 90 | #Missouri 77 Read the story behind the score: https://t.co/UgWpnLgkJJ More game photos: https://t.co/NYdKEKX1Dj 📝: @RyanABlack 📸: @Utterback13 #Kentucky #Wildcats #UK #BBN #SEC https://t.co/4NTYKWPlCa
FINAL: #Kentucky 90, Mizzou 77 UK gets their first home SEC dub of the year #BBN @WHAS11 https://t.co/gyAt1RQVUK
FINAL: Kentucky 90, Missouri 77 https://t.co/ZHiHsq5O5J
FINAL: No. 6 Kentucky 90, Missouri 77. Wildcats improve to 12-2 overall (2-0 SEC) while Tigers fall to 8-7 and 0-2, respectively. UK is back in action Saturday afternoon in College Station, Texas, taking on Texas A&M at 2 p.m. ET.
Final: Kentucky 90, Missouri 77 Missouri made one field goal the final 10:18 of the game. #BBN #ukbasketball
Final: Kentucky 90, Missouri 77. UK has 4 players with 12+ points tonight, continuing what could be a historic trend for this team ⬇️ https://t.co/bACo9r7Sav
Double-double for Tre Mitchell: 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks. Absolutely this team's most valuable player. Kentucky leads Mizzou 82-71, 3:06 2H.
Missouri has missed their last 10 shots... while Kentucky is getting it done at the foul line for the most part...... Cats are 19 of 22 from the FT line.
Kentucky 80, Missouri 70 with 3:57 left. Cats are 19-of-22 at the foul line. #BBN #ukbasketball
It's weird how Kentucky does seem to lock in and actually play some defense late, when it's gotta happen. Missouri has missed eight straight and 9 of 10 shots.
#Kentucky 75, Mizzou 66 Cal doesn’t like the foul call before the timeout. UK controlling the boards outrebounding the Tiger 31-23 #BBN @WHAS11
#Kentucky 71, Mizzou 60 Rob Dillingham drains UK’s 7th three of the night. He’s got 18 with 11:07 left to play #BBN @WHAS11
After being "awful" in first half at Florida -- John Calipari's description -- Rob Dillingham is up to 18 points tonight. Kentucky 71, Missouri 60 with 11:07 left. #BBN #ukbasketball
Make that 18 points, 6 of 7 FG, 3-3 3PT, in 13 minutes for Rob Dillingham. Kentucky leads 71-60, 11:07 2H. https://t.co/HmFKN83hVR
Rob Dillingham in 11 minutes tonight: 15 points, 2 steals, 5 of 6 FG. Kentucky by 10.
TIMEOUT: #Kentucky 55, Mizzou 46 Justin Edwards makes an immediate impact to start the 2nd. And and-1, forced turnover, and a fast break bucket has Mizzou call a timeout. 17:08 left at Rupp #BBN @WHAS11
HALF: Kentucky 47, Mizzou 42 Tigers end the 1st half strong, shooting 54.8% from the field. UK is still in control, though. DJ leads the way with 11.
Halftime: Kentucky 47, Missouri 42 First half stats: https://t.co/iEU7ZV2q27
HALFTIME: Kentucky 47, Missouri 42. Wildcats are shooting 46.9% (15 for 32 from the field. But the Tigers are even better at 54.8% (17 of 31). Rob Dillingham and D.J. Wagner have 11 points apiece while Tre Mitchell has 10. Sean East II has a game-high 15 points for Mizzou.
Kentucky pushing a 100-point pace at halftime despite closing the half on a 3-of-16 shooting skid. Blistering start followed by a lotta blah. HALFTIME: Kentucky 47, Missouri 42
Kentucky made 12 of 17 shots to start this game. Led by 14. Cats have made just 2 of 11 since, while Mizzou has hit 6 of 8 to get within 41-38 with 3:11 to go in the half. Defense gonna have to get way better for this to be a championship-level team.
Annnnnnd Kentucky's 14-point lead is down to four. Cats have missed five straight, Mizzou made four straight shots.
Kentucky is on pace to score 140 points against Missouri tonight.🫠📈🔥 https://t.co/OoOc6g47H8
Kentucky still not real good at the defense, though. Largest early lead has been 14, but Mizzou shooting 57 percent and scoring almost 1.3 PPP itself. Now 35-28 Cats, 8:32 1H. https://t.co/4ohpHyzIPi
Wowza. Rob Dillingham with a DEEP, contested 3. He has 11 points in 4 minutes, LOL. Kentucky has 35 points in 10 minutes. Just a cool 140-point pace.
Kentucky is 6-of-7 from the foul line. Cats lead Missouri 28-21 with 11:41 left in 1H. #BBN #ukbasketball
TIMEOUT: #Kentucky 28, Mizzou 21 UK shooting well beyond the arc. Rob Dillingham drills the latest one with 11:41 left in the 1st #BBN @WHAS11
Kentucky hot out of the gate. Cats are 6-of-7 from floor. Tre Mitchell 8 points. UK 14, Mizzou 12 at 15:57 1H TV time. #BBN #ukbasketball
A frenetic start here in Lexington, with 26 points already on the board at the first timeout: Kentucky 14, Missouri 12. There's 15:57 left in the half. Wildcats are 6 for 7 (85.7%) from the field while the Tigers are 5 of 8 (62.5%).
FIRST TIMEOUT: #Kentucky 14, Mizzou 12 Fast paced ball to start this one. Wildcats taking good shots early, shooting 86% through just over 4 mins. #BBN @WHAS11
Kentucky at 1.56 points per possession through 4:03 of tonight's game. Missouri at 1.5 points per possession. Hope you took the over! https://t.co/9vjAu2VmAe
First TV timeout so everyone can catch their breath. Kentucky 14, Missouri 12. 15:57 left in the half. Tre Mitchell has 8 points on 3/3 shooting. Kentucky is 6/7 from the field. Mizzou is 5/8 from the field. Not a whole lot of defense in the early going here.
Good gracious, the pace of this game. Kentucky and Mizzou scored 18 points in the first two minutes.