Otega Oweh scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and No. 14 Kentucky snapped a two-game skid with an 80-57 win over South Carolina.

Instead, the South Carolina men’s basketball team fell to No. 14 Kentucky, 80-57, on the road Saturday. USC head coach Lamont Paris had been 2-0 against the Wildcats before this one. “That’s a tough one,“ Paris said “… We didn’t play well enough.”

Mark Pope's Kentucky basketball team stormed past South Carolina on Saturday to avert the first three-game losing streak since the 2020-21 campaign.

With this victory, Kentucky keeps itself in contention for a top-four seed in the SEC and NCAA tournaments. The Wildcats will look to build on this momentum when they return to action on Tuesday against Tennessee at Rupp Arena. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET, and the game will be broadcast on ESPN.

Three takeaways from Kentucky basketball’s 80-57 win against South Carolina on Saturday at Rupp Arena.

South Carolina women's basketball fell to Texas 66-62 Sunday in a matchup of top-10 teams, ending the Gamecocks' 57-game SEC win streak

A fter back-to-back losses and losing 4 of their last 5 games overall, Kentucky needing to get back in the win column on Saturday against a South Carolina team that is 0-9 in conf