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LSU Tigers (12-1, 1-0s) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (9-4, 0-1s)
Lexington, Kentucky.Tuesday, 8:00 PM ET
Conclusion: No. 19 Kentucky will face the LSU Tigers after scoring 24 points in Oskar Zibwe’s 86-63 victory over the Louisville Cardinals.
The Wildcats are 8-0 on their home court. Kentucky leads the SEC shooting 39.0% from downtown and Adu Tierro’s 50.0% shooting from the 3-point range.
The Tigers will play their first true road game after starting the season with a 12-1 and 3-1 record in neutral site games. LSU ranks 8th in the SEC with 13.8 assists per game, led by Justice Hill, who averages 3.9.
The Wildcats and Tigers will meet for the first time in conference play of the season on Tuesday.
Top performer: Tshiebwe has 13.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists for the Wildcats and is scoring 16.5 points per game. Kayson Wallace is averaging 12.8 points, 3.9 assists and 2.5 steals over his last 10 games for Kentucky.
KJ Williams is averaging 18.5 points, 8 rebounds and 1.7 steals for the Tigers. Adam Miller has made his 3-pointers averaging 2.2 in the last 10 games for LSU.
Last 10 games: Wildcats: 7-3, 77.8 points, 37.4 rebounds, 17.3 assists, 6.9 steals, 3.4 blocks, 47.3% shooting percentage. Opponents are scoring an average of 65.9 points per game.
Tigers: 9-1, averaging 71.0 points, 30.9 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 7.6 steals, 3.0 blocks, 46.2% shooting percentage. Opponents average 64.7 points.
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The Associated Press produced this article using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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