Athens, GA-Trey Thompkins scored 25 points and the upset No. Georgia. 10 Kentucky 77-70 on Saturday, pulling away for his ninth consecutive victory.
The Bulldogs (12-2) stamped himself as a competitor in the Southeastern Conference opener alignment a seven consecutive victories by the Wildcats (12-3, 0-1) in the largest two-year coach Mark Fox victory.
Thompkins hitting a helping hand with 2: 40 remaining base key. The ball seemed to come up short, but it crawled onto the edge of the Georgia a 66-59 lead after an 11-point halftime advantage had wasted.
Then captured Bulldogs the on the line, hit 11 of 12 shots and Kentucky lack beyond the arc of the 3-point taken in a vain attempt to catch up.
Terrence Jones led Kentucky with 24 points, but three teammates who, in the last minutes. Wildcats tours only 38% better total field of the second emplacement of the season, nearly 10 points below their average.
Thompkins had lots of help on the offensive end. Gerald Robinson added 17 points, Travis Leslie 15 and 10 true Dustin.
The Georgia began the game quickly, marking the first seven points and ended at the opening on half a mark of 13-4. Robinson has precipitated a couple of shots with 14 seconds, the Bulldogs to dressing rooms with a 41-30 advance that corresponds to the larger half.
The Wildcats struggling with their shooting games. Coach John Calipari kept rubbing his hair in frustration and screamed at Deandre Liggins, after he put in an attempt to 3 points for a long time from the top of the key which clanked off the coast of the border.
Kentucky had a promising stretch, eradication of the Georgia on the head with a thrust of 11-0 at the beginning of the second half. Liggins made a couple of shots with 12 1/2 minutes to equalize the mark at 47. The single Wildcats, 56-55 lead came game of Jones three points with something more than 10 minutes from the end.
Fox tore his coat and threw in his Chair after an offensive foul against his team.
But true replied with a 3-pointer which recovered Georgia on head and Leslie shots with 6: 47 left the Bulldogs come to stay.
Doron Lamb scored 18 points for Kentucky before fouling. Brandon Knight has added 10. Darius Miller and Liggins also leaking.
Georgia at the beginning of the strong drawn sellout crowds first season at Stegeman Coliseum, and unlike previous years, it was not necessary to fill the stands of blue. Only a handful of Kentucky fans were visible in usually red dressed crowd, while many others roamed around of the exterior of the building in a futile search for tickets.
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