It hasn’t been the prettiest thing in the world, but it’s a lead — and a comfortable one, at that. Despite yet another slow start, Kentucky found itself cruising to close out the first half, up 39-27 against Brown at the break.
Andrew Carr has been the team’s star to get things rolling, leading the Wildcats with 14 points on 4-7 shooting and 5-6 at the line to go with four rebounds and a steal. Elsewhere, it’s been a balanced scoring effort with seven other players scoring, none over six points. That would be Jaxson Robinson and Amari Williams, who have six apiece, followed by Koby Brea, Travis Perry and Ansley Almonor with three and Otega Oweh and Lamont Butler with two.
The Wildcats are shooting 42.3 percent from the field, 38.5 percent from three and 85.7 percent at the line. As for the Bears, they’re also hitting 42.3 of their …