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Auburn Tigers at Kentucky Wildcats

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Auburn Tigers
27-2, 8-1 Away
Final
94 - 78
Kentucky Wildcats
19-10, 14-3 Home

Kelly scores 30, No. 1 Auburn rolls No. 17 Kentucky 94-78

Auburn Tigers vs. Kentucky Wildcats: Game Highlights

The Tigers (27-2, 15-1 SEC) have six straight victories and won the SEC regular-season title outright when No. 5 Tennessee edged No. 6 Alabama 79-76 later Saturday. Auburn posted video on X of its players celebrating on the team bus after watching Tennessee's 3-pointer at the buzzer to win it.

Auburn won in Lexington for the first time since a 53-52 triumph over then-No. 1 Kentucky in 1988.

Chad Baker-Mazara followed Kelly with 22 points and Tahaad Pettiford scored 21.

Koby Brea led Kentucky (19-10, 8-8) with 21 points. Andrew Carr had 20 points and Amari Williams had 13 points and 14 rebounds.

Takeaways Auburn: Leading scorer Johni Broome (18.8 ppg) finished with just nine points and had just one in the first half. Auburn got its eighth win against a top-15 foe this season, including six against teams ranked in the top five. The Tigers remained undefeated (10-0) on the road against league opponents this season.

Kentucky: The Wildcats were without third-leading scorer Jaxson Robinson (wrist). Coming off a career-high 28 points in an 83-82 win at Oklahoma on Wednesday, leading scorer Otega Oweh (16.1 ppg) scored four points, just the second time he’s failed to reach double figures in 29 games this season. Kentucky made just four 3-pointers, compared to 12 for Auburn.

Key moment Auburn gained control with a 14-2 run that turned a 7-6 advantage into a 21-8 lead with 12 minutes left in the first half. Auburn closed out the first half with an 11-2 spurt for a 49-34 halftime lead.

Key stat The Wildcats committed 18 turnovers, with the Tigers scoring 21 points off those miscues. Kentucky had four straight turnovers in the first three minutes of the second half.

Up next Kentucky hosts LSU and Auburn plays at No. 12 Texas A&M on Tuesday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Kentucky: 35.7%
Auburn: 64.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 94 - 78
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 94 - 78
2nd 0:21 Collin Chandler made Layup. Assisted by Travis Perry. 94 - 78
2nd 0:29 Travis Perry Defensive Rebound. 94 - 76
2nd 0:32 Tahaad Pettiford missed Three Point Jumper. 94 - 76

Statistics

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29-56 FG 23-50
51.8 Field Goal % 46.0
12-26 3PT 4-17
46.2 Three Point % 23.5
24-31 FT 28-38
77.4 Free Throw % 73.7
23 Rebounds 38
5 Offensive Rebounds 12
18 Defensive Rebounds 26
8 Assists 12
7 Steals 5
2 Blocks 1
8 Turnovers 18
0 Team Turnovers 0
8 Total Turnovers 18
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
21 Points Off Turnovers 9
22 Fast Break Points 10
26 Points in Paint 34
25 Fouls 19
22 Largest Lead 1

Game Information

Rupp Arena

Location: Lexington, KY
Attendance: 21,268 | Capacity:

2024-25 Southeastern Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Auburn 15-3 - 27-4
Florida 14-4 1 27-4
Alabama 13-5 2 24-7
Tennessee 12-6 3 25-6
Texas A&M 11-7 4 22-9
Kentucky 10-8 5 21-10
Ole Miss 10-8 5 21-10
Missouri 10-8 5 21-10
Mississippi State 8-10 7 20-11
Georgia 8-10 7 20-11
Vanderbilt 8-10 7 20-11
Arkansas 8-10 7 19-12
Oklahoma 6-12 9 19-12
Texas 6-12 9 17-14
LSU 3-15 12 14-17
South Carolina 2-16 13 12-19
Full Standings