Overview
- Tipoff is 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN at Rupp Arena, marking the 58th all-time meeting with Kentucky leading 32–25.
- Indiana arrives 8–2 after a 113–72 win over Penn State, highlighted by Lamar Wilkerson’s 44 points and a program-record 10 threes as the team shot 68.9% and went 17-for-31 from deep.
- Kentucky is 6–4 and 6–1 at home following a 103–67 win over North Carolina Central led by Jasper Johnson’s 22 points and Otega Oweh’s 21 and four steals.
- Books list Kentucky at -3.5 with a total of 159.5, and the SportsLine model projects the Over with a combined score near 161 after 10,000 simulations.
- Kentucky’s defense has held opponents to 29.7% from three, and coach Mark Pope said the Wildcats still have “a lot of growing” to do.