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Box score from Kentucky basketball’s 90-81 win to complete a season sweep of Alabama

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Game day: No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 25 Alabama

Click below for more of the Herald-Leader’s and Kentucky.com’s coverage of Saturday’s men’s basketball game between Kentucky and Alabama in Rupp Arena.

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The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team played the University of Alabama in Rupp Arena on Saturday. The fourth-ranked Wildcats defeated the 25th-ranked Crimson Tide, 90-81.

Next up for Kentucky (22-5 overall, 11-3 SEC) is a home game against LSU (19-7, 7-6 entering Saturday’s game) on Wednesday night.

Kentucky’s statistical leaders in Saturday’s game:

Points: Kellan Grady, 25

Rebounds: Oscar Tshiebwe, 14

Assists: Jacob Toppin, Kellan Grady, Oscar Tshiebwe, 3

Steals: Davion Mintz, 3

Blocks: Keion Brooks, 2

Turnovers: Keion Brooks, Kellan Grady, Oscar Tshiebwe, 2

Minutes: Kellan Grady, Jacob Toppin, 39

Three-pointers made: Kellan Grady 7-9, Keion Brooks 1-1, Jacob Toppin 1-2

View a complete statistics report from the game.

View UK’s 2021-22 schedule.

Next game

LSU at No. 4 Kentucky

When: 9 p.m. Wednesday

TV: ESPN

Radio: WLAP-AM 630, WBUL-FM 98.1

Records: LSU 19-7 (7-6) entering Saturday’s game; Kentucky 22-5 (11-3)

Series: Kentucky leads 91-28.

Last meeting: LSU won 65-60 on Jan. 4, 2022, at Baton Rouge, La.

This story was originally published February 19, 2022 at 3:07 PM.

Ben Roberts
Lexington Herald-Leader
Ben Roberts is the University of Kentucky men’s basketball beat writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader. He has previously specialized in UK basketball recruiting coverage and created and maintained the Next Cats blog. He is a Franklin County native and first joined the Herald-Leader in 2006. Support my work with a digital subscription
Mark Story
Lexington Herald-Leader
Mark Story has worked in the Lexington Herald-Leader sports department since Aug. 27, 1990, and has been a Herald-Leader sports columnist since 2001. I have covered every Kentucky-Louisville football game since 1994, every UK-U of L basketball game but three since 1996-97 and every Kentucky Derby since 1994. Support my work with a digital subscription
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Game day: No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 25 Alabama

Click below for more of the Herald-Leader’s and Kentucky.com’s coverage of Saturday’s men’s basketball game between Kentucky and Alabama in Rupp Arena.