Jaxson Robinson scored a season-high 27 points and No. 6 Kentucky made 16 of 32 3- pointers in a 95-90 victory over No. 14 Mississippi State on Saturday night.
After laying an egg in a loss to Georgia earlier in the week, Kentucky basketball needed a bounce back game. On the road, against a top 15 Mississippi State team, they got one, beating the Bulldogs 95 - 90.
Mississippi State basketball played another tight game against Kentucky but lost again. MSU's winning streak ended at eight games.
MSU last won the SEC regular-season championship that year. No. 13 Mississippi State is hosting No. 7 Kentucky (12-3, 1-1) at Humphrey Coliseum on Saturday (7:30 p.m., SEC Network), a team it hasn’t beaten in the regular season since 2009.
What coach Chris Jans said was "uncharacteristic" of Mississippi State basketball in Saturday's close loss to Kentucky.
The No. 13 Mississippi State Bulldogs (14-1, 2-0 SEC) welcome the No. 7 Kentucky Wildcats (12-3, 1-1) to Humphrey Coliseum Saturday. Tip-off is set for 8:30 p.m. ET (SEC Network). Let's analyze BetMGM
Mississippi State fell to Kentucky 95-90 in an SEC showdown. Discover 5 key takeaways from the thrilling basketball matchup.
However, Mississippi State couldn’t pull through for the victory. The No. 13 Bulldogs (14-2, 2-1 SEC) were thumped 95-90 by No. 7 Kentucky, ending their winning streak at eight games.
Unlike the 21st century’s leading SEC passer, the conference’s No. 1 rusher of the past 25 seasons didn’t make it all the way to the top of the league’s all-time chart. Georgia’s Nick Chubb piled up 4,769 rushing yards from 2014 through 2017, despite a truncated sophomore season. But another Bulldog retained the SEC’s career rushing crown.
An Allen Media Broadcasting official confirmed the move to release all local meteorologists in favor of coverage from the studios of The Weather Channel has been scrapped.
There are a pair of massive top-10 showdowns this weekend in college basketball, two games that will have a sizable impact on next week's Power Rankings. The first is Tennessee's trip to Auburn on Saturday.
He’s a big part of this team, and we would love to have him back any time he can come back. But it can be anybody's day, anytime.”