Watch: Kentucky vs Notre Dame Basketball Highlights Video
The Kentucky vs Notre Dame basketball highlights video and box score tells a tale of different halves. Notre Dame came out red hot in the first half. The fighting Irish connected on five of their first seven three-point attempts. The fighting Irish in rapid-fire succession, they added four in a row. This produced a huge lead of 33-9 right out of the gate. Notre Dame went on to make 6-of-11 threes in the first half alone. This produced a lead of 48-26 at the halftime break. The deficit at halftime was the largest ever for a home game in program history.
The Wake Forest transfer, Olivier star, lead all scores in the game with 22 points. This was his most ever in a wildcat uniform and he also added seven rebounds with three block shots. Ironically enough, his career high at Wake Forest came against the Notre Dame fighting Irish as well. Brandon Boston Jr had 14 points with three steals, one of those for a breakaway dunk to give the Cats a much needed boost. This was his fifth straight game in double figures in his early UK career. Terrence Clark added 14 points as well, also with four rebounds, three steals, and to assist. Chasing Boston’s streak, he has put up double figures through four of his first five games. The other transfer guard, Davion Mintz, led all Wildcats in assists. This was his second straight game with four dimes, adding two assists as well.
The Kentucky Wildcats basketball program found a little fight and rallied back in the second half. During this run, UK outscored the Irish 37-16. With the final plays coming down to the wire, the Cats somehow found themselves down only 64-63. The Fighting Irish coughed up the ball and committed a foul, which gave Kentucky one last shot to pull off the comeback. Nonetheless, Olivier Sarr missed a game-winning jumper in the corner and Notre Game escaped with the win.
The Kentucky basketball team has started the 2020-2021 season on the wrong foot, but we’ll see if they can correct course. This has been the worst start in 20 years for the UK program.
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