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The Kentucky Wildcats may not be the second-best team in America right now, but they avoided their second loss in Week 1 after rallying past SIU, 71-59.
Do not let the score deceive you in what was a dogfight that saw Kentucky trail by seven in the second half, only to finish the game on a 31-13 run to pull away for a double-digit win.
It’s clear we all need to reevaluate our expectations of this team, but at least we’re doing so for a 1-1 team, not an 0-2 team like it appeared Kentucky would be for much of the night.
kentucky will be back in action Wednesday night against North Dakota. Hopefully, a five-day break between now and then will help the Wildcats get right.
Use this stream to keep track of all our postgame stories on the first win for Kentucky Basketball in the 2018-19 college hoops season.