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Down goes the Wildcats: No. 10 Kentucky upset at home by unranked Richmond

Scott Schultz

By Scott Schultz

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This sounds familiar.

When Richmond rallied to beat No. 10 Kentucky 76-64 on Sunday afternoon in just the Wildcats’ second game of the season, many followers of Kentucky basketball must have had flashbacks to their 67-64 loss to Evansville during the third game of the 2019-2020 season.

The Spiders (2-0) had just an 0-25 record against top 10 teams heading into the contest. They trailed 36-30 just after halftime, but a 9-0 burst in the fourth quarter gave the Spiders the lead, and a 7-0 stretch made it 58-46 with 7:43 remaining.

After the break at the half, Richmond shot 59% from the field and managed to hold the Wildcats (1-1) to just 31%.

The win was the Spiders’ first road victory over a ranked team since topping No. 14 Virginia Commonwealth 64-55 back on Jan. 31, 2015. The Spiders improved to 14-22 against top-25 opponents.

Richmond visits Charleston on Wednesday, while Kentucky faces No. 6 Kansas on Tuesday night at the Champions Classic in Indianapolis.

It has already been a wild start to the college basketball season. Ohio State needed a late surge Sunday to avoid being upset while Illinois was able to shrug off an upset bid of Ohio on Friday.

Scott Schultz

Scott Schultz covers Michigan State Football, along with Breaking News for B1G Football & Basketball for Saturday Tradition. He also serves as an Automotive News Editor & Writer, and Softball Writer elsewhere on the web. Follow him on Twitter @SRSchultz.