The Kentucky Wildcats(17-1) host the Arkansas Razorbacks(13-4) tomorrow night in Rupp Arena at 9pm.
Arkansas is 2-1 in the SEC, with their lone loss coming at the hands of Ole Miss 71-63.
The Razorbacks are 0-3 on the road this season, with losses to the Rebels, UCONN, and Oklahoma.
The Kentucky Wildcats come back to Rupp Arena after a 2 game conference road trip and look to keep the NCAA's longest home winning streak alive.
Lets look at a couple of matchups that could be key to the outcome.
- Arkansas' second leading scoring on the season is freshman point guard B.J. Young. Young is averaging 15 points a game, which is 19.51% of his team's scoring. Marquis Teague did an impressive job of shutting down Tennessee's Trae Golden, which was the Vols' leading scorer, to just 2 points Saturday. Teague will have to emulate his defensive performance again Tuesday night as Young is a definite future SEC star.
- The Razorback starting frontcourt does not have a player taller than 6'8," and their rebounding totals are a total contrast of Kentucky. Junior Marshawn Powell leads Mike Anderson's squad with 6 rebounds per game,
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