Your University of Kentucky Wildcats play in Nashville on Saturday after a rare midseason week of rest. Kentucky will face Vanderbilt in the Wildcats’ 80th game against the Commodores at historic Memorial Gymnasium,

The Vanderbilt Commodores have gotten off to an incredible start in the first season under new head coach Mark Byington.

Vanderbilt basketball stormed the court for the second time in a week as it beat Kentucky, 74-69, at Memorial Gymnasium.

The Kentucky Wildcats fought back from a double-digit deficit at halftime to make a game of it in the second half but still fell to the Vanderbilt Commodores 74-69.

The Commodores followed last weekend's win vs. No. 6 Tennessee with a victory over the Wildcats at Memorial Gymnasium

Vandy will get another opportunity to slow down a high-octane offense against the Wildcats, who are averaging 89.2 points per game, second in the nation behind Alabama. Kentucky ranks first in the SEC in field goals made per game (31.2), three-point baskets per game (10.2) and assists per game (18.7).

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No. 9 Kentucky men’s basketball (14-5, 3-3 SEC) dropped it’s second-straight contest, falling at Vanderbilt (16-4, 4-3 SEC) 74-69 inside Memorial Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.

Kentucky head coach Mark Pope was asked on Thursday, during his weekly press conference, if he had a particular memory of Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, where his Cats will face Vanderbilt on Saturday. Pope said that one moment definitely stood out above the rest.

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Edwards, a junior, helped Vandy get off to a great start in the win over the Wildcats, scoring 10 of his team’s first 12 points and propelling the ‘Dores to a 41-27 halftime lead. He finished with a game-high 18 points, adding four assists in the court-storming triumph.