Kentucky miraculously sent the game to overtime before coming up short 97-92 at Texas A&M this afternoon.
The Wildcats (12-3, 2-1 SEC) stormed back to tie the game in regulation, largely due to back-to-back-to-back three-pointers by Rob Dillingham and two clutch free throws by Reed Sheppard.
Unfortunately, Kentucky failed to make any field goals in the overtime period and couldn’t quite escape with a win.
Antonio Reeves led the Cats with 22 points and 6 rebounds. D.J. Wagner added 18 points and 4 assists. Dillingham finished with 15 points and 4 assists. Sheppard contributed 13 points and 6 boards.
Wade Taylor led the Aggies (10-6, 1-2) with 31 points. Tryece Radford, who averaged 12.2 points on the season, added 28 points.
Texas A&M came in shooting just over 26% from the three-point line, but finished 12-for-32 in today’s game. The Aggies out-rebounded Kentucky 54-46, including 25 offensive rebounds.
Kentucky will look to start a new winning streak Wednesday night against Mississippi State in Rupp Arena.
Some postgame thoughts:
– Kentucky really misses Adou Thiero, who was out for the fourth straight game with general soreness (back)
– Team that can’t shoot torches the nets against Kentucky. Of course, Kentucky got Texas A&M’s best shot on the road.
– The opportunities were there but Kentucky failed to take them. There was a stretch around the under eight timeout in the second half when Kentucky could have extended to an 8-12 point lead. They failed to do so, the Aggies found their legs and started making shots and that was that. Also, all Kentucky had to do was hold the ball and go for the win at the end of regulation. Instead, they managed to turn it over and foul on the other end.
– The referees took two points from Kentucky after reviewing a goaltend call. Despite the Wildcats getting the rebound and getting fouled after the call, the outcome was losing the possession and the two points. Of course, those two points ended up being pretty important at the end of regulation.
