Back on Jan. 4, 2022, the LSU Tigers defeated the Kentucky Wildcats 65-60 in an SEC college basketball game in Baton Rouge. The two teams meet again Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2021, at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Lexington Herald-Leader Sports columnist John Clay talked with Sheldon Mickles of The Advocate in Baton Rouge about Will Wade’s Tigers. He talked with fellow Herald-Leader sports columnist Mark Story about John Calipari’s Wildcats. ESPN has the 9 p.m. telecast.
Kentucky Wildcats guard Kellan Grady (31) celebrates hitting a three point shot to take the lead from the Alabama Crimson Tide at the end of the first half during the game at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, February 19, 2022. Silas Walker swalker@herald-leader.com
John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky, he covered UK football from 1987 until being named sports columnist in 2000. He has covered 20 Final Fours and 42 consecutive Kentucky Derbys.Support my work with a digital subscription
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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