But a few pivotal moments swung the outcome. Kentucky caught a break when a ball that deflected into the backcourt was flung forward through a sea of Tigers arms to Kentucky’s Andrew Carr, who tapped it back out to Otega Oweh for a wide-open 3-pointer. That put Kentucky up nine.

Updates from Columbia as Mark Pope and the Kentucky men’s basketball team finish the regular season at Missouri.

Missouri on SI basketball reporters look back on the Tigers loss to Kentucky, the final regular season game of the year.

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Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats rebounded from a loss last weekend to Auburn with a 95-64 drubbing of LSU Tuesday night. The Wildcats surrendered just 23 points in the first half and led by 27 at the half enroute to the easy win.

Missouri basketball lost its third straight game as a comeback bid against Kentucky fell short Saturday at Mizzou Arena.