Oscar Tshiebwe scored a career-high 30 points and had 13 rebounds as 18th-ranked Kentucky downed Vanderbilt 78-66 last night for its second straight win. The Wildcats won their 11th straight in the series, and coach John Calipari improved to 22-4 against Vanderbilt with his 797th overall victory. UK also got 15 points from TyTy Washington in improving to 13-3 and 3-1 in the SEC.
The Commodores got 32 points from Scotty Pippen, Jr. as they fell to 9-5 overall and 1-2 in the SEC in losing their second straight game.
Kentucky is back in action Saturday hosting Tennessee with pregame at 10:30 am on Lite Rock 98.7 and lite987whop.com. A reminder Coach John Calipari’s weekly talk show airs at 5 this evening also on Lite Rock 98.7
22nd Tennessee made easy work of South Carolina, downing the Gamecocks 66-46. Santiago Vescovi led the Vols with 14 points as Tennessee improved to 11-4 overall and 2-2 in the SEC.