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.

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Rupp Arena could see some fireworks this Saturday as two of the top offenses in the country collide when the Alabama Crimson Tide come to Lexington to take on the Kentucky Wildcats. Alabama enters the game leading the nation in scoring at 89.