LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Otega Oweh scored 24 points on 9 of 11 shooting to lead No. 19 Kentucky to a 95-64 win over LSU on Tuesday night.
Ansley Almonor and Brandon Garrison scored 15 points each and Collin Chandler finished with 11 for Kentucky (20-10, 9-8 Southeastern Conference).
Robert Miller III led LSU (14-16, 3-14) with 15 points, followed by Cam Carter with 14 and Jordan Sears with 13.
Oweh scored 15 points in the first half as the Wildcats took a 50-23 halftime lead.
LSU: The Tigers have lost four straight games since posting back-to-back wins over Oklahoma and South Carolina. Forward Daimion Collins, who played two seasons at Kentucky (2021-23), scored two points against his former team.
Kentucky: The Wildcats honored senior Almonor and graduate seniors Amari Williams, Andrew Carr, Koby Brea, Jaxson Robinson and Lamont Butler before the game. Kentucky secured its fifth straight 20-win season and coach Mark Pope reached the 20-win plateau for the seventh time in his coaching career.
The Wildcats missed their first three field goals but put the game away with a 15-0 run, the team’s longest scoring spree since a 13-0 run propelled the team to an 81-69 win over No. 22 Texas A&M on Jan. 14. The spurt gave the hosts a 15-2 lead.
Kentucky made 12 3-pointers and limited the Tigers to just two second-chance opportunities. The Wildcats outrebounded LSU, 37-30.
Kentucky is at No. 15 Missouri on Saturday. LSU hosts Texas A&M on Saturday.
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R. Miller III F | 15PTS | 6REB | 0AST | |
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O. Oweh G | 24PTS | 8REB | 3AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| R. Miller III | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Carter | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| D. Bailey | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| D. Collins | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Givens III | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Sears | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Williams III | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Fountain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Benhayoune | – | – | – | – |
| T. Ward | – | – | – | – |
| N. Boyde | – | – | – | – |
| T. Young | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 64 | 28 | 12 | 12 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| O. Oweh | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| A. Williams | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| A. Carr | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Brea | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Butler | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Almonor | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Garrison | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Chandler | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| T. Noah | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Perry | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| W. Horn | – | – | – | – |
| G. Darbyshire | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 95 | 36 | 22 | 13 |