Kentucky 93-86 Virginia Tech (16 Dec, 2017) Final Score

Virginia Tech Hokies

9-2, 1-1 away

	1	2	T
VT	47	39	86
UK	41	52	93

Knox, Diallo lead No. 8 Kentucky past Virginia Tech 93-86

Kevin Knox scored 21 points, Hamidou Diallo added 20, including a big 3-pointer with 50 seconds remaining, and No. 8 Kentucky outlasted Virginia Tech 93-86 on Saturday for its most significant victory this season.

Dec 16, 2017, 11:58 pm - Associated Press

Hamidou Diallo missed Jumper.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed Layup.
Hamidou Diallo missed Layup.
Quade Green missed Three Point Jumper.
PJ Washington missed Three Point Jumper.
Nick Richards made Dunk. Assisted by Kevin Knox.
Quade Green made Layup.
Hamidou Diallo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quade Green.
Kevin Knox missed Three Point Jumper.
Nick Richards made Dunk. Assisted by Quade Green.
Nick Richards missed Jumper.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quade Green.
Kevin Knox made Jumper.
PJ Washington made Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo missed Jumper.
Kevin Knox missed Three Point Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo missed Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Knox missed Jumper.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Layup. Assisted by PJ Washington.
Nick Richards made Layup. Assisted by Hamidou Diallo.
Wenyen Gabriel made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by PJ Washington.
Quade Green missed Layup.
Quade Green made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by PJ Washington.
Quade Green missed Three Point Jumper.
Quade Green missed Jumper.
Quade Green made Three Point Jumper.
PJ Washington missed Jumper.
Kevin Knox made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Hamidou Diallo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Knox.
Quade Green missed Jumper.
Quade Green made Jumper.
Nick Richards missed Jumper.
Wenyen Gabriel missed Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo missed Layup.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made Layup.
Kevin Knox made Jumper.
Kevin Knox missed Layup.
Hamidou Diallo missed Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Knox made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Richards.
Kevin Knox made Layup. Assisted by Quade Green.
PJ Washington made Dunk. Assisted by Hamidou Diallo.
Kevin Knox made Jumper.
PJ Washington missed Layup.
PJ Washington missed Jumper.
Quade Green missed Three Point Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo missed Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Knox missed Three Point Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo made Two Point Tip Shot.
Hamidou Diallo made Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Knox.
Hamidou Diallo missed Jumper.
Wenyen Gabriel made Two Point Tip Shot.
PJ Washington missed Layup.
PJ Washington missed Layup.
Wenyen Gabriel made Dunk.
PJ Washington made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Knox.
Hamidou Diallo missed Jumper.
Wenyen Gabriel missed Three Point Jumper.
Kevin Knox missed Jumper.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed Layup.
Quade Green made Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo made Jumper.
Hamidou Diallo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by PJ Washington.
Kevin Knox missed Jumper.
PJ Washington made Dunk.
Kevin Knox missed Jumper.
Quade Green made Jumper.
Kevin Knox made Layup. Assisted by PJ Washington.
Hamidou Diallo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quade Green.
Justin Robinson missed Layup.
Justin Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Layup.
Justin Bibbs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
Justin Robinson missed Jumper.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Layup.
Ahmed Hill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Ahmed Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chris Clarke.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Layup.
Ahmed Hill made Layup.
Justin Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Chris Clarke.
Justin Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
Chris Clarke made Layup. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Justin Robinson made Layup.
Justin Bibbs missed Three Point Jumper.
Ahmed Hill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Chris Clarke made Layup.
Chris Clarke made Layup.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Layup.
Ahmed Hill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Justin Robinson missed Layup.
Justin Bibbs made Jumper.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Layup.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Justin Bibbs made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kerry Blackshear Jr..
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Layup.
Justin Robinson made Layup. Assisted by Kerry Blackshear Jr..
Ahmed Hill missed Layup.
Justin Robinson missed Three Point Jumper.
Ahmed Hill made Layup.
Justin Bibbs missed Three Point Jumper.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
Chris Clarke missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Bibbs made Layup.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Chris Clarke.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Jumper.
Justin Robinson missed Layup.
Justin Bibbs missed Three Point Jumper.
Justin Bibbs made Jumper.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. missed Layup.
Devin Wilson made Layup. Assisted by Chris Clarke.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Kerry Blackshear Jr. made Layup.
Justin Robinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Bibbs.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker made Layup.
Ahmed Hill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Justin Bibbs missed Layup.
Ahmed Hill missed Three Point Jumper.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed Layup.
Ahmed Hill made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Robinson.
Justin Bibbs missed Three Point Jumper.

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Team	CONF	GB	OVR
North Carolina	17-3	-	29-8
Duke	15-5	2	27-9
Virginia	13-7	4	23-11
Pittsburgh	12-8	5	22-11
Clemson	11-9	6	24-12
Syracuse	11-9	6	20-12
Wake Forest	11-9	6	21-14
Virginia Tech	10-10	7	19-15
Florida State	10-10	7	17-16
NC State	9-11	8	26-15
Boston College	8-12	9	20-16
Georgia Tech	7-13	10	14-18
Notre Dame	7-13	10	13-20
Miami	6-14	11	15-17
Louisville	3-17	14	8-24

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Tennessee	14-4	-	27-9
Auburn	13-5	1	27-8
South Carolina	13-5	1	26-8
Kentucky	13-5	1	23-10
Alabama	13-5	1	25-12
Florida	11-7	3	24-12
Texas A&M	9-9	5	21-15
LSU	9-9	5	17-16
Mississippi State	8-10	6	21-14
Ole Miss	7-11	7	20-12
Georgia	6-12	8	20-17
Arkansas	6-12	8	16-17
Vanderbilt	4-14	10	9-23
Missouri	0-18	14	8-24

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