Kentucky improved to 9-1 with a win over the Colgate Raiders this past week 78-67 in a game where the final score looked much different than the score at halftime, when Colgate had held their own trailing only 38-36.
Koby Brea, who shot 50 percent from the field overall, lead scoring for the Wildcats with 17 points, while Otega Oweh and Amari Wiliams both added 15 points with Jaxson Robinson adding 11 points, with six of those coming from back to back three-pointers.
And though Colgate held tight until halftime, it was in traditional beyond-the-arc fashion that Kentucky would pull away on a 14-2 spree. Very nearly atching Brea’s individual effort, the Wildcats shot 49 percent in the second half.
The Raiders, before a win against Vermont on Dec. 15, had dropped five straights games with their lose against the Wildcats.
Colgate’s Parker Jones scored 17 points to lead scoring for the Raiders.
Kentucky’s next matchup will be against Ohio State on Saturday, Dec. 21 in the CBS Sports Classic. The Classic began in 2014 with four teams taking part, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio State, and UCLA. The Wildcats have won five games since the beginning of those annual matchups – in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2023.