Yahoo Sports Live updates: Kentucky men’s basketball vs. Duke in the Champions Classic
The Kentucky Wildcats play the Duke Blue Devils in college basketball’s Champions Classic at State Farm Arena. ESPN will televise the game at approximately 9 p.m., following the Michigan State-Kansas matchup scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
I will be at State Farm along with Ben Roberts, Cameron Drummond, Mark Story and Ryan Hermens. You can follow us on X/Twitter at @johnclayiv, @BenRobertsHL, @cdrummond97, @markcstory and @ryanhermens.
You can follow a Kentucky men’s basketball list on X/Twitter by clicking here.
I will also be posting to Threads at @johnclay21.
Final: Kentucky 77, Duke 72
The No. 19-ranked Wildcats rallied late to knock off the No. 6 Blue Devils in Atlanta. Andrew Carr and Otega Oweh both made big plays down the stretch as Mark Pope’s team rallied from a nine-point deficit in the second half to beat Cooper Flagg and Co.
Halftime: Duke 46, Kentucky 37
Duke was just 3-for-12 from 3-point range in the first half, but Blue Devils were 15-for-25 on 2-pointers for 48.7% overall. Kentucky was 7-for-16 from 3, but just 4-for-14 from two for 36.7% overall.
Duke freshman sensation Cooper Flagg scored 12 points in first half before leaving the game with two fouls. Kon Knueppel also scored 12 points in the first half for the Blue Devils.
Andrew Carr and Amari Williams each scored eight points for the Cats.
Duke committed just one turnover in the first half. Kentucky committed seven.
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