After entering the half with a 42-38 lead, the Kentucky Wildcats continued to fight through and extend their lead to double digits in the second half. Keion Brooks jr. Drilled a jumper into the paint, followed by a steal by Devin Askew and dunk in transition by Brandon Boston Jr. to push the lead of the UK to 58-48 during the second media timeout.
At the time, it looked like Kentucky had secured the momentum and was ready to increase the lead in the same way as that of the British standouts in Florida and LSU.
After the breakthrough of the game – or at least what it looked like at the time – Kentucky’s official Twitter account for men in basketball posted a video of Boston’s dunk in transition with the caption “We have fun.”
We enjoy it.
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– Kentucky Basketball (@ KentuckyMBB) 7 February 2021
From then on, Tennessee managed to end the game on a 34-13 run to secure the 82-71 victory, which gave the program its sixth victory in nine tries against Kentucky. The return win raised Rick Barnes’ record against John Calipari and the Wildcats 8-5 since taking over as UT’s head coach, making him the only active head coach to lead his team to at least three victories in the Rupp Arena. .
Needless to say, the volunteers celebrated the victory accordingly, and they did not leave Lexington without a quick troll movement directed in Kentucky’s way.
“We’re having fun,” the official Tennessee basketball account posted on Twitter, accompanied by a video of the team’s locker room celebration.
We enjoy it. pic.twitter.com/BotMTG5Ccd
– Tennessee Basketball (@Vol_Hoops) 7 February 2021
They definitely deserved it too.