Thursday Headlines: Massive Road Win Edition

Kentucky had to get a win on the road in Starkville last night.

While it wasn’t pretty and won’t go down as an instant classic, the Wildcats picked up a massive road win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs by a score of 71-68 for a much-needed Quad 1 win.

Some clutch free throw shooting from Oscar Tshiebwe and Chris Livingston in the final minutes helped seal the win and give Kentucky a big road win to keep the Cats alive on the bubble.

The Wildcats still showed some areas of concern, namely giving up a 13-point second half lead and some other late-game situational struggles, but the Cats showed some toughness to close out the game in a hostile environment.

Getting a road win over another bubble team is huge, and while Kentucky still has a tough road to go to make it to the Big Dance, Kentucky has to take things one game at a time and last night, they did just that.

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Livingston was very impressive.

Headlines

Five things to know from Kentucky’s win in Starkville - Herald Leader

Oscar continues to climb the all-time rebounding chart.

Justin Edwards and DJ Wagner selected for Nike Hoops Summit - Cats Pause

The future Cats will participate in the April showcase

Cason Wallace projected as late lottery pick - Bleacher Report

Wallace is a fringe lottery prospect right now.

Predictions for 2023 MLB season - Yahoo

With football over, baseball is on the horizon.

New mock draft has Florida QB Richardson as top pick - CBS

Levis goes 5th as the third QB off the board in this projection.

Shannon Dawson will be Miami’s new OC - ESPN

The U goes with an interesting candidate.