LEXINGTON, Ky. — With 95 seconds left in the first half Saturday evening, what had been a close game to that point was still anybody’s contest. It didn’t take long for Kentucky to shut the door.
UK finished that first half with a flurry and carried it over from the halftime locker room, defeating Auburn 86-54 for its fourth straight victory over a quality opponent in the Southeastern Conference.
Kentucky led Auburn 32-29 with less than two minutes left in the first half before running off eight straight points to take a double-digit lead into halftime. Auburn scored the first bucket of the second half, and then the Wildcats went on a 9-0 run to extend their lead to 18 points.
