Of the nine Wildcats who saw the floor during Kentucky’s thrilling 106-100 win over Florida on Saturday, only one failed to score a single point. But that individual’s impact on the outcome can’t go unnoticed.
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In the win over the Florida Gators Robinson scored 14 points ... Going through a mini workout with grad assistant Austin Pope while Mark Pope signs autographs well over an hour after the win ...
Turnovers: 14 (Larry 5, Pope 3, Johnson, Kaluma, Kent, Mark, Onyema, Shedrick). Steals: 5 (Onyema 2, Kaluma, Mark, Pope). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .493, FT .667.
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This is new territory for Mark Pope, his Wildcats, and the Big Blue Nation. Kentucky lost its first home game of the Pope era despite Rupp Arena’s best effort from the stands. Pope was dejected after the defeat,
One of the best games of the college basketball season took place on Saturday as Nate Oats and No. 4 Alabama went on the road to Rupp Arena to take on Mark Pope and No. 8 Kentucky in Lexington. The two teams battled back and forth in a high-scoring affair before Alabama eventually made a few more plays to come out on top 102-97.
Lamont Butler, in UK basketball's game vs Alabama at Rupp Arena, played with the toughness Mark Pope is trying to instill in his Kentucky Wildcats.
Mark Pope and Kentucky fell at home to Alabama 102-97 in quite the basketball game in the SEC. The No. 8 Wildcats brought a lot to the table but the No. 4 Crimson Tide were just a little bit better. Pope threw that word out during the postgame presser though.