It was the same old song and dance for the Cats as they held a lead on the road with under four minutes left in the game only to see it disappear down the stretch through a combination of stupid turnovers and missed shots. The story of the night for Vanderbilt was the play of John Jenkins, who had a career high 32 points on 6-10 shooting from beyond the three point line.
His play combined with Vandy's ridiculous 11-20 shooting from beyond the arc as a team and numerous second chance opportunities from offensive rebounds dropped the Cats to 5-5 in SEC play. We struggled with foul trouble on both Liggins and Jorts as well as a Darius Miller leg injury, but the inability to contain Vanderbilt defensively prevented UK from taking a first half lead and making up the difference in the second. I don't know if Vanderbilt considered this game their Super Bowl but we played a pretty good game on the road, they just played better.
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