College basketball final: Kentucky Wildcats 96, Illinois State Redbirds 70

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After a Christmas break layoff, John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats return to action on Friday to face the Illinois State Redbirds at Rupp Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The SEC Network will have the television coverage.

It promises to be a weird game for UK’s leading scorer, Antonio Reeves. The Chicago native played three seasons at Illinois State before transferring to UK prior to the 2022-23 season.

Ben Roberts, Mark Story and Cameron Drummond will be at Rupp covering the action. You can follow them on Twitter/X at @BenRobertsHL and @markcstory and @cdrummond97.

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Kentucky’s D.J. Wagner attacks the basket against Illinois State at Rupp Arena on Friday night.
Kentucky’s D.J. Wagner attacks the basket against Illinois State at Rupp Arena on Friday night.

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