Fayetteville, Arkansas — #18 Arkansas upset #6 Kentucky on Saturday. The team has now won 13 of its last 14 games.
Arkansas started the game on a 15-2 run. With two monster dunks, Trey Wade brought Bud Walton to its feet.
Oscar Tshibwe had eight points and seven rebounds, but the rest of the team was 0-8.
The SEC’s second leader scorer, JD Notae, stole the show and had 18 first-half points.
Arkansas led by as many as 13 and took a 34-28 lead into halftime.
The Wildcats would start the second half on a 13-6 run to take their first lead since 2-0.
Kentucky had 13 points off turnovers.
Arkansas led 55-54 with 7:55 to play. Notae was up to 30 points on 13-24 shooting. Kentucky was 1-9 from beyond the arc.
Tshiebwe’s 26th point of the game put Kentucky back on top. The big man had 15 rebounds as well.
The Hogs held a 73-70 lead with 32 seconds to play.
On Wednesday night, against LSU at 8 p.m. Arkansas will finish its home schedule.