Highlights, MVP and Twitter reactions to Kentucky’s miracle finish at LSU | A Sea Of Blue

That shot may have saved the season. Malachi Moreno is becoming a star, and someone Kentucky Basketball can go to in crunch time. Moreno’s buzzer-beater on a long inbounds pass from Collin Chandler gave Kentucky a 75-74 win, after being down by as many as 18 points. Kentucky scored 53 points in the second half and held LSU to just 36 in the final 20 minutes. First Half True to form, Kentucky got off to an extremely slow start offensively. They scored just three points in the first 8:48 of the game, trailing 18-3. That was Gonzaga-like bad. The Wildcats could generate any offense, could not work the ball down low, and struggled to create any shot attempts. All of that continued in the first half, with the Wildcats shooting just 8-of-30 in the first half from the field and 2-of-12 from three-point range. Worse, Kentucky was out-rebounded 22-16. LSU was efficient from the floor in the first half, shooting 12-of-24 from the floor and 5-of-10 from three-point range. Second Half Incredibly, incredulously, however you want to say it, Kentucky took its first lead with 3:55 to play in the game when Kam Williams got a steal and took it
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