Is there a changing of the guard in the SEC?
John Calipari's ninth-ranked Kentucky Wildcats had their 22-game SEC winning streak snapped with an 85-67 defeat to unranked LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday night.
It was also the Wildcats' (11-3, 1-1) third loss in their last seven games — all three defeats to unranked teams.
LSU (9-5, 2-0) features 6-10 freshman phenom Ben Simmons (14 points, 10 rebounds vs. UK), who some predict will be the No. 1 pick in the next NBA Draft. Simmons is joined by junior guard Tim Quarterman (21 points, 10 rebounds), sophomore forward Craig Victor II (15 points, 12 rebounds) and senior guard Keith Hornsby (nine points, four boards) as the Tigers' top scorers.
Hornsby, whose father is award-winning musician Bruce Hornsby, scored 23 points in the Tigers' SEC opener, a 90-82 victory at Vanderbilt (8-6, 0-2). Simmons tallied 36 points and 14 rebounds in that win.
"We have come together as a team," Simmons told reporters after the Kentucky win, per The Associated Press. "Everyone got sick of what was happening [a 7-5 nonconference start] and we laid it all out. We put our goals down and everyone has really stepped up and contributed."
Glenn Guilbeau, who covers LSU for Gannett Louisiana papers/USA Today, tweeted:
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