MVP, box score, and Twitter reactions to Kansas crushing Kentucky

Kentucky Basketball leaves the State Farm Champions Classic with more questions than answers. Way more questions, at that. The Kansas Jayhawks systematically dominated Kentucky, 89-69, handing the Wildcats their first loss of the season in decisive fashion, blowing them away as violently as the wind can blow off Lake Michigan in Chicago in the Winter.

Then again, there was definitely a feeling amongst Big Blue Nation that it could be another frustrating winter if this is how the Cats are going to perform in marquee games.

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Aside from a decent start, including a 10-5 lead just over three minutes into the game, Kansas dominated Kentucky for most of the night in the Windy City. The Jayhawks splashed in threes, they crashed the boards, they got out and ran, they swarmed Kentucky on defense, and they were just overall the better team Tuesday night. They seemed to be on another tier compared to Kentucky. The Wildcats clanked shots off the rim, turned the ball over, and lacked serious movement on the offensive end.

MVP: Zoom Diallo

Easy choice here. Diallo was by far Kentucky’s best player Tuesday night. Diallo finished with 24 points on 10-15 shooting and 3-6 from three-point range.

Box Score

First Half

Kentucky got off to a blistering start, making their first five shots to build a 10-5 lead 3:11 into the game. All five shots were two-point shots, and they were good high-percentage shots. Zoom Diallo and Alex Wilkins each scored four points in the first three-plus minutes, with Milan Momcilovic adding a bucket to get the Cats out to an early lead.

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Things got chippy out of the timeout. With the Cats on offense, Taylen Kinney appeared to steal the ball from Franck Kepnang. Kinney fell to his backside, and Ousmane N’Diaye attempted to tie him up by diving on top of him to simultaneously possess the ball. The officials called a personal foul on Kinney, and that’s when Kinney and N’Diaye got into it with some shoving and an exchange of words. Kentucky’s five on the…

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