Well, that was fun — the last 29 minutes, at least. It was an ugly start, leading to boos at Rupp Arena with the Cats down by 11 at the 11:02 mark in the first half. Jaland Lowe went down and there was quite a bit of pessimism not only for this game, but for the rest of the season, staring a potential 0-3 start in SEC play right in the face.
And then Kentucky woke up for some unbelievably fun basketball the rest of the way, storming back to take a five-point lead at halftime, then jump ahead by 24 at the final buzzer to send Mississippi State home with a loss and give the good guys their first conference victory of the season.