Cody's Blog

After the Tennessee Volunteers secured an 11-point halftime lead against the #2 ranked Kentucky Wildcats, things began to fall apart. The Vols had built up a 19 -point lead, but looked on in agony as the Wildcats — led by Demarcus Cousins — slowly erased that deficit. After working the entire half to come back, Kentucky tied the game at 65-65 using 6 straight points from freshman Cousins with just over two minutes left to play in the game. At that point, Tennessee’s J.P. Prince scored six of the games final 9 points as the Vols rolled to a 74-65 win over the previously 1 loss Wildcats. Prince led the way for the Vols, as well as led all scorers with 20 points on 60% shooting as the Volunteers delivered their second win this season against a top five team (the other came when the Vols gave the Kansas Jayhawks their only loss). Each of these teams has two remaining regular season games on the slate before starting the SEC tournament, and will look to bolster their win numbers as they face of against lesser SEC opponents.