MBB Preview: Arkansas at Kentucky

February 8, 2021

Who: Arkansas Razorbacks (14-5, 6-4 SEC) at Kentucky Wildcats (5-12, 4-6 SEC)
What: First of back-to-back road games for Arkansas this week
When: Tuesday – Feb. 9 – 7:00 pm (ET) / 6:00 pm (CT)
Where: Lexington, Ky. – Rupp Arena
How (to follow):
– TV: ESPN (Karl Ravech and Jimmy Dykes)
^ Watch ESPN Online: CLICK HERE
– Radio: Learfield IMG College Razorback Sports Network (Chuck Barrett and Matt Zimmerman)
^ Listen to Razorback Sports Network Online: CLICK HERE
– Sirius/XM: XM Channel 380 – Streaming Online on Channel 970
– Live Stats: www.Arkansas.StatBroadcast.com

– Arkansas Game Notes: CLICK HERE or HERE
– Kentucky Game Notes: CLICK HERE
– SEC Standings / Stats / Notes: CLICK HERE

FAYETTEVILLE – After playing a six-day layoff, Arkansas returns to action on Tuesday (Feb. 9) to face the Kentucky Wildcats on the first of two road games for the Razorbacks this week. Tip-off at Rupp Arena is set for 7:00 pm (ET)/6:00 pm (CT) and the game will be televised on ESPN.

This will be the 45th meeting between Arkansas and Kentucky. The Wildcats own a 33-11 advantage in the series, including a 28-11 mark since Arkansas joined the SEC. Kentucky leads 15-3 in games played in Lexington.
Even though Arkansas lost at Oklahoma State on Jan. 30 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge, Arkansas is riding a four-game SEC win streak. This is Arkansas’ first four-game, SEC win streak since 2017-18 season (Feb. 6-17) with victories over South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.
Arkansas sits at 6-4 in the SEC — a half-game out of second place behind Missouri (6-3).
Arkansas’ 14 overall wins are second-most in the SEC, trailing only Alabama’s 15.
Moses Moody ranks third among NCAA freshmen in scoring (16.4 ppg).
Arkansas ranks 24th in the NCAA / 1st in the SEC in scoring margin at +13.4.
Arkansas ranks 14th in the NCAA / 1st in the SEC in scoring at 82.7 ppg.
Arkansas is 29th in the latest NCAA NET. Arkansas (combined 13-0 vs Quad 2-3-4 teams) is 1 of 11 teams in the NCAA NET top 30 to be undefeated versus Quad 2, 3 and 4 opponents. A total of 19 teams ahead of Arkansas in the NET have at least one loss versus Quad 2 or 3 teams.

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