LSU Tigers at Kentucky Wildcats
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Brooks, Boston help Kentucky beat LSU 82-69, end 3-game skid
Kentucky (5-9, 4-3 Southeastern Conference), which had a six-game losing streak earlier this season, got a much-needed win in the first of a five-game stretch against Top-40 teams. The Wildcats avoided their third four-game slide under coach John Calipari.
Olivier Sarr made a layup and Brooks made two free throws to give Kentucky the lead for good before Davion Mintz and Boston hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 12-4. The Wildcats set season highs for a half with 13 assists, six 3-pointers, and 49 points while taking a 13-point lead into the break.
Trendon Watford tied his career best with 26 points and added a season-high tying 10 rebounds, and freshman Cameron Thomas scored 18 for LSU (10-4, 5-3). Thomas, who went into the game averaging 22.0 points (No. 8 nationally), made 1 of 8 from 3-point range as the Tigers made just 4 of 23.
Watford made a layup to trim LSU's deficit to 56-51 with 15:29 left to play but the Tigers got no closer. Boston answered with a 3 and then converted a three-point play before his tip-in of a miss by Brooks gave the Wildcats a 13-point lead with 10 minutes remaining.
Sarr finished with 13 points and Mintz 11. Freshman Isaiah Jackson grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds for Kentucky.
LSU received 20 votes in the latest AP poll but followed it up with a 105-75 home loss to No. 18 Alabama before getting outworked by the Wildcats on Saturday. Kentucky picked apart the Tigers' full-court press — finishing with as many alley-oops (four) as turnovers and hitting six 3s — in the first half.
Kentucky, which committed at least 16 turnovers in each of its last three games, had just nine against the Tigers.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 69 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Trendon Watford made Free Throw. | 69 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Trendon Watford made Free Throw. | 68 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Foul on Keion Brooks Jr.. | 67 - 82 |
| 2nd 0:18 | Trendon Watford Defensive Rebound. | 67 - 82 |
Statistics
 LSU |
 UK |
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|---|---|---|
| 25-65 | FG | 27-64 |
| 38 | Field Goal % | 42 |
| 4-23 | 3PT | 7-26 |
| 17 | Three Point % | 27 |
| 15-22 | FT | 21-26 |
| 68 | Free Throw % | 81 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Defensive Rebounds | 33 |
| 6 | Assists | 15 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 5 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 8 | Points Off Turnovers | 5 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 23 | Fouls | 20 |
| 2 | Largest Lead | 17 |
Game Information
Location: Lexington, KY
Attendance: 3,075 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 16-2 | - | 27-8 |
| Arkansas | 13-5 | 3 | 28-9 |
| Alabama | 13-5 | 3 | 25-10 |
| Vanderbilt | 11-7 | 5 | 27-9 |
| Tennessee | 11-7 | 5 | 25-12 |
| Texas A&M | 11-7 | 5 | 22-12 |
| Georgia | 10-8 | 6 | 22-11 |
| Kentucky | 10-8 | 6 | 22-14 |
| Missouri | 10-8 | 6 | 20-13 |
| Texas | 9-9 | 7 | 21-15 |
| Oklahoma | 7-11 | 9 | 20-15 |
| Auburn | 7-11 | 9 | 21-16 |
| Mississippi State | 5-13 | 11 | 13-19 |
| Ole Miss | 4-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
| South Carolina | 4-14 | 12 | 13-19 |
| LSU | 3-15 | 13 | 15-17 |