LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Ansley Almonor and Otega Oweh scored 13 points each and No. 15 Kentucky beat No. 5 Tennessee 75-64 on Tuesday night.
The Wildcats (17-7, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) completed a regular season sweep of the Volunteers. Kentucky also beat Tennessee 78-73 on Jan. 28 in Knoxville, and is now 7-1 against teams ranked in the Top 15 this season.
Koby Brea and Trent Noah added 11 points each. The Wildcats made 12 3-pointers, including three by Noah.
Zakai Zeigler scored 17 points to lead Tennessee (21-5, 7-5), Igor Milicic had 16 and nine rebounds, and Chaz Lanier added 10 points.
Tennessee: The Volunteers had a three-game winning streak snapped and fell to 4-4 in road games. Tennessee scored just 26 points in the first half, while leading scorer Lanier (17.7 points per game), was held to just 10 points.
Kentucky: The Wildcats were without guard Jaxson Robinson, the team’s second-leading scorer (13.3 points per game), who sat out because of a right wrist injury. Robinson scored 17 points in the win over the Volunteers on Jan. 28. Kentucky has played just seven games with a full roster this season. Lamont Butler left with 8:40 after apparently re-aggravating his shoulder.
After Tennessee took its second lead with 4:43 left, the Wildcats outscored the Vols 17-4 in the final four minutes. Koby Brea connected on two 3-pointers during the decisive spurt.
Kentucky plays at Texas on Saturday, and Tennessee hosts Vanderbilt.
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TOP SCORERS | |||||
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Z. Zeigler G | 17PTS | 1REB | 6AST | |
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O. Oweh G | 13PTS | 6REB | 2AST |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
Z. Zeigler | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
I. Milicic Jr. | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
C. Lanier | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
F. Okpara | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
J. Mashack | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
J. Gainey | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
C. Phillips | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
D. Dubar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
G. Hurst | – | – | – | – |
C. Duncan | – | – | – | – |
G. Paull | – | – | – | – |
B. Boswell | – | – | – | – |
B. Linnemeyer | – | – | – | – |
Total | 64 | 31 | 11 | 16 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
A. Almonor | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
O. Oweh | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
K. Brea | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
L. Butler | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
A. Williams | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
T. Noah | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
T. Perry | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
B. Garrison | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
A. Carr | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
C. Chandler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
W. Horn | – | – | – | – |
G. Darbyshire | – | – | – | – |
Total | 75 | 23 | 13 | 14 |