Of the nine Wildcats who saw the floor during Kentucky’s thrilling 106-100 win over Florida on Saturday, only one failed to score a single point. But that individual’s impact on the outcome can’t go unnoticed.

Jaxson Robinson was brought to Lexington to be the star of this Kentucky basketball team, and he has had some early season struggles. He is averaging 12.1 point

Turnovers: 14 (Larry 5, Pope 3, Johnson, Kaluma, Kent, Mark, Onyema, Shedrick). Steals: 5 (Onyema 2, Kaluma, Mark, Pope). Technical Fouls: None. Percentages: FG .493, FT .667.

Kentucky’s win against Mississippi State was Mark Pope’s 200th win as a college coach. These have been his most memorable victories.

Kentucky is one of the best teams in college basketball at defending the 3-point shot, but has that excellence come at a cost elsewhere on the court?

Jordan Pope scored 27 points and Texas blunted Oklahoma’s comeback bid to win a matchup of teams that came in winless in SEC play.

The game figures to be a high-scoring affair with a lot of three-point shots taken. Alabama leads the nation in scoring, averaging 89.5 points per game, while Kentucky is third in the country, scoring 88.7 points per contest. The Crimson Tide shoot 31.2 three-point shots per game, while the Cats hoist 27.7 attempts per game from behind the arc.

UK's experience will carry Mark Pope's Cats through grueling SEC schedule ... ranked teams during this stretch including its win over Florida. Going 3-0 (and 4-1) is well within reach now because ...

Coach Bruce Pearl, speaking Saturday after Auburn survived a 66-63 scare at South Carolina, termed the issue a significant sprain. Broome, who is averaging 17.9 points and 10.7 rebounds, was helped off the court and taken straight to the locker room after suffering the injury with 13:45 remaining.

LEXINGTON - There have been games this season where Kentucky has lacked physicality and others where it played too much hero ball. However, one consistent trait of Mark Pope's debut

You could describe SEC basketball in a lot of ways this season. Gauntlet, roller coaster, torture chamber, bloodbath. I know you’re tired of hearing the phrase “historically strong” because I’m tired of typing it.

Kentucky is cooking, having dealt Florida its first loss of the season two weeks ago before pulling off hard-nosed wins against ranked conference opponents in Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The Wildcats’ loss at Georgia on Jan. 7 was a bummer, but the response was electric — 16-of-32 shooting on treys and 95 total points in a frenzied Starkville.