Coming off statement win, No. 9 Kentucky hosts Lipscomb

No. 9 Kentucky is looking to continue its impressive start to the season on Tuesday, when Atlantic Sun Conference foe Lipscomb travels to Lexington, Ky.Kentucky (3-0) is coming off Tuesday’s 77-72 win over then-sixth-ranked Duke, their first signature win of the Mark Pope era. Andrew Carr led the way for Kentucky with a season-high 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor. Otega Oweh added 15 points, which included some late-game heroics as Oweh sealed the outcome with a timely steal and free throws.Oweh isn’t shying away from his moment with college basketball’s winningest blue blood. The 6-foot-4 junior guard transferred to Kentucky after spending the previous two seasons at Oklahoma.”I’ll just say, wearing Kentucky on your chest, you just have to carry yourself a certain way,” he said. “You know that you’re not just playing for yourself, you’re playing for a whole nation, you’re playing for your brothers.”It’s a dream to play for Kentucky,” Oweh continued, “and the fact that I’m here, and the fact that (Carr) is here, it just makes everyone want to play harder.”Lipscomb enters at 2-3, with wins over Duquesne and Wofford. The Bisons lost their most recent outing on Sunday to Western Kentucky, falling 66-61 on the road after being outscored by six in the second half.”We’ll be better for going through this stretch that we’re in,” Lipscomb coach Lennie Acuff said. “Then we go to Rupp Arena on Tuesday night, and you don’t have to say a lot about that game, you just know that you’re going to play against Kentucky, who just beat Duke.”I feel like we’re going to be better for what’s been behind us, and we’re looking forward to what’s ahead. We’re going to live through the windshield.”

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