Kentucky will host Arkansas at Rupp Arena om Tuesday night looking for their seventh win in the last eight games.
The Wildcats improved to 16-7 and 7-3 in Southeastern Conference play after beating Florida, 72-67, on Saturday night. It was the sixth straight SEC win.
Kentucky scored the game’s first five points and never trailed against the Gators, who dropped to 13-10 and 6-4 in league play.
Cason Wallace finished with 20 points, including 10 of UK’s final 16 in the game. Jacob Toppin had a double-double, scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 boards.
CJ Fredrick finished with 12 while Oscar Tshiebwe grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds.
The Wildcats and Razorback will tip at 9 pm.
At Lexington
SCORE BY HALVES:
FL (13-10)…22 45 – 67
UK (16-7)….33 39 – 72
Scoring:
Florida (67) – Colin Castleton 9 7-7 25; Myreon Jones 1(1) 0-0 5; Will Richard 2(2) 3-4 13; Kyle Lofton 2(3) 0-1 13; Riley Kugel 2 2-2 6; and Kowacie Reeves 1 3-3 5. Totals: 17(6) 15-17 67.
Kentucky (72) – Jacob Toppin 7(1) 0-1 17; Chris Livingston 1 2-2 4; Oscar Tshiebwe 2 0-0 4; CJ Fredrick 1(3) 1-1 12; Cason Wallace 6(1) 5-5 20; Sahvir Wheeler 4 0-0 8; Antonio Reeves 2 0-0 4; and Daimion Collins 0 3-4 3. Totals: 23(5) 11-13 72.
Next up: Kentucky (16-7) vs. Arkansas (16-7), 9 pm, Feb. 7.