LEXINGTON, Ky. – Alabama’s plan to beat Kentucky involved swarming freshman Anthony Davis.
The only place he and the rest of the Wildcats found some elbow room was at the free-throw line.
Terrence Jones scored 15 points and No. 2 Kentucky hit all eight of its free throws in the final minute to hold on to beat Alabama 77-71 on Saturday for the Wildcats’ 47th straight home victory.
“That’s one of the more physical games I’ve played. It’s going to get worse. I’ve just got to fight through it,” said Davis, who finished 2 of 10 from the field and 7 of 9 from the free-throw line for 11 points. “There’s going to be other teams just like that. There’s not going to be any games off — Vanderbilt, Florida, Georgia. They’re all going to be games where we have to come out and be physical.”
Kentucky (19-1, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) took the lead for good early in the first half, but Alabama’s Trevor Releford scored all 17 of his points in the second half to keep the Crimson Tide (13-6, 2-3) close until the end.
“We came into the game and we knew we had to be physical and hit them because they’re athletic
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