The Tennessee vs Kentucky basketball game was an impressive performance by the Cats!
The Tennessee vs Kentucky basketball game was one of the most exciting games of the 2021-2022 college basketball season. It also served to honor one of the Kentucky basketball greats, Joe B. Hall. He passed away at the age of 93, and it was only right for him to be honored forever amongst the rafters at Rupp Arena, alongside other Kentucky greats.
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Game Final Score
The Tennessee vsKentucky basketball final game score was 79-107. The irony of this game was that Tennessee would have beat most teams with their performance, but the Cats were literally lights out! Even with subs filling the lineup down the stretch, Kentucky wins this game by a crushing 28 points against their southern rivals.
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Recap
UK Basketball entered this game ranked No. 18 in the country again, while Tennessee would would right behind them in the No. 22 ranking.
This game had a lot of meaning behind it due to the honoring of Joe B. Hall, but more significantly, his rivalry against Tennessee personally. He would’ve loved to witness this game, and his competitiveness for the rivalry was well documented throughout his life.
While Kentucky had a lot of players step up in the game, TyTy Washington Jr. had a career-high 28 points on 10-of-13 shooting. He would connect on 2-of-4 from the three point line, and a perfect 6-for-6 from the charity stripe.
The Wildcats shot 338-of-56 from the floor, and 11-of-18 from behind the arch. That equates to 67.9% from the field shooting, with an impressive 61.1% from behind the three point line. In the first half Kentucky would put up one of the best shooting percentages of all time in school history, which is a large feat in a program with this much success! Part of that was due to a solid 84.6% from the free throw line, on 20-of-21 from the charity stripe.
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Box Score
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