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01/10 21:50 CST Oweh scores 22, Moreno adds 17 to help Kentucky beat
Mississippi State 92-68
Oweh scores 22, Moreno adds 17 to help Kentucky beat Mississippi State 92-68
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) --- Otega Oweh scored 22 points on 10-of-17 shooting and
had five of Kentucky's season-high 14 steals to help the Wildcats rally from a
12-point deficit and beat Mississippi State 92-68 on Saturday night.
Malachi Moreno made 8 of 10 from the field and finished with 17 points, eight
rebounds, six assists and four steals for Kentucky (10-6, 1-2 SEC). Denzel
Aberdeen added 16 points and Kam Williams scored 14 points.
Mississippi State (10-6, 2-1) had its six-game win streak snapped. Josh Hubbard
led the Bulldogs with 20 points and Achor Achor had 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Jayden Epps also scored 13 points but was 4-of-12 shooting, 1 of 7 from 3-point
range.
Achor made a jumper and Hubbard followed with a layup to open the second half
and cut the deficit to a point, but it was all Kentucky from there.
The Wildcats scored 27 points off 15 Mississippi State turnovers.
Epps hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer to spark a 14-2 run that gave the Bulldogs a
12-point lead 5 1/2 minutes into the game.
Mississippi State shot 57% in the first half, but Kentucky had a 12-4 advantage
in points off turnovers and outscored the Bulldogs 10-2 in second-chance points
to take a 44-39 lead into the intermission.
Projected lottery pick Jayden Quaintance (knee swelling) did not play for the
Wildcats. Jaland Lowe and Jamarion Davis-Fleming (apparent ankle injury) each
left the game and did not return. Lowe, a junior guard, stripped the ball from
Hubbard less than three minutes into the game, but immediately grabbed at his
right shoulder, which Lowe first injured during the Kentucky's Blue-White game
on Oct. 17 and it has been re-aggravated multiple times.
Kentucky leads the series with the Bulldogs 104-21, 52-5 at home.
Up next
Kentucky: Visits LSU on Wednesday.
Mississippi State: Hosts No. 13 Alabama on Tuesday.
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