The Wildcats couldn’t carry the momentum from Saturday’s win over Florida into Athens.
Life comes at you fast in the SEC.
One game, you look like a Final Four team. The next game, you look like a team that’s going to go 15 rounds in a second-round game.
Tuesday night, the Kentucky Wildcats went down to Georgia and got stomped, 82-69. This Bulldogs team is good, and they very well could wind up in the NCAA Tournament, but Kentucky was outplayed physically and lacked the toughness to overcome a 13-point halftime deficit.
After the game, senior forward Andrew Carr said Kentucky needs to be more physical, even downright nasty.
Georgia out-rebounded Kentucky 41-34, including 13-1 on the offensive glass. Yikes.
Kentucky was held to 37.5% shooting from the field, including 6-25 from three-point range. The Wildcats tried multiple times in the second half to mount a comeback, but they just could not get over the hump Georgia presented.
This is the SEC this year. For every game, you had better be ready to go 15 rounds and physically go toe-to-toe. Otherwise, nights like tonight at Georgia are going to happen more often than you’d like them to.
Kentucky is back in action Saturday night at No. 14 Mississippi State. Tipoff is at 8:30 PM ET on the SEC Network.
