Kentucky Wins Over Time Thriller vs Mississippi State

UK traveled to Starkville, Mississippi to take on the Bulldogs of Mississippi State and pulled out an 81-75 victory. This win ends a 3-game skid to the Bulldogs who Kentucky has not defeated since 2007 with Tubby Smith still the head coach of Kentucky. There were many stars of the show tonight for the Cats. Patrick Patterson was aggressive on the offensive end of the ball and had many clutch baskets for the Cats. Liggins key defense and a 3-point basket when the Bulldogs had a seven-point lead as the game was winding down. Cousins proved to be too much for the Bulldogs to handle with 19 points and 14 rebounds. John Wall was clutch and proved again to many why he is the favorite for player of the year. Wall had a near triple-double with 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists. An instant classic game in UK's history that was ruined by classless Mississippi State fans From the calls and text messages cussing and calling Cousins racial slurs. The chants "referees suck" all game, and the water bottles and stuff thrown on the court. Kentucky will travel to Nashville to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores and look to complete the season sweep over Vanderbilt.

1st Half UK 32 MSU 29
2nd Half UK 35 MSU 38
Over Time UK 14 MSU 8
Final UK 81 MSU 75

Starters

Patrick Patterson 19 pts, 10 rebs, 3 blks, 1 stl
DeMarcus Cousins 19 pts, 14 rebs, 3 asts, 1 blk
Darnell Dodson 1 pt, 3 rebs, 1 stl
Eric Bledsoe 7 pt, 1 blk
John Wall 18 pts, 10 rebs, 8 asts, 3 stls, 2 blks

Bench

Darius Miller 9 pts, 2 rebs, 1 ast, 2 blks
DeAndre Liggins 6 pts, 3 rebs, 2 asts, 1 blk
Daniel Orton 2 pts, 4 rebs, 2 blks
Ramon Harris 2 rebs

Totals 81 pts, 48 rebs, 14 asts, 5 stls, 12 blks

Did Not Play

Mark Krebs
Perry Stevenson
Josh Harrellson
Jon Hood

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Starters

Jarvis Varnado 10 pts, 5 rebs, 1 ast, 1 blk
Kodi Augustus 17 pts, 4 rebs, 1 astt, 2 stls
Barry Stewart 16 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl
Dee Bost 22 pts, 4 rebs, 2 asts, 2 stls
Romero Osby 5 pts, 4 rebs, 5 asts

Bench

Phil Turner 5 pts, 2 rebs, 1 ast, 3 stls
Wendell Lewis 1 blk
Riley Benock 4 rebs, 2 asts

Totals 75 pts, 27 rebs, 14 astsm 8 stls, 2 blks