Kentucky hopes to maintain its home-court benefit happening Saturday when it faces Texas A&M in a Southeastern Convention recreation in Lexington, Ky.
The Wildcats have misplaced simply as soon as in 11 video games at Rupp Area this season, dodging their second house defeat Tuesday in an 85-71 win over Georgia.
Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe imposed his will in that recreation, serving to the Wildcats (12-6, 3-3 SEC) erase an eight-point halftime deficit. The 6-foot-9 standout completed with 37 factors and 24 rebounds.
“Oscar was a online game,” Kentucky coach John Calipari instructed the Lexington Herald Chief.
The Wildcats’ Antonio Reeves was impressed as nicely.
“He shocked me as a result of I might by no means actually seen him go loopy like that,” Reeves mentioned.
Tshiebwe leads Kentucky with averages of 17.2 factors and 13.8 rebounds per recreation. Reeves is averaging 12.1 factors.
The Wildcats hope to get extra of the identical from Tshiebwe after they face the Aggies (13-5, 5-0), who’re coming off a 54-52 win over Florida on Tuesday for his or her seventh consecutive victory.
Julius Marble has been an integral a part of that success, significantly in convention play, the place he is averaging 15.6 factors per recreation within the Aggies’ 5 SEC wins. He has elevated his total scoring common to 9.9 factors a recreation.
“We’re in SEC play,” Marble instructed 12thman.com. “It means an entire lot extra. Each recreation goes to be a battle, and it’s important to keep centered all through.”
Marble ranks third on the Aggies in scoring; Wade Taylor IV leads the staff with a mean of 15.2 factors per recreation.
Texas A&M is 8-2 over its previous 10 video games and is averaging 72.8 factors per outing whereas holding opponents to 61.
–Area Degree Media
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