Kentucky crushes Montana St.
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Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - Devin Booker had 18 points to lead No. 1 Kentucky in an 86-28 rout of Montana State on Sunday.
Aaron Harrison had 14 points and Dakari Johnson scored 13 points with eight rebounds for the Wildcats (5-0), who have won all their games by double-digits this season.
Joseph Frenchwood IV scored seven points to lead the Bobcats (0-4), who also got six points from Marcus Colbert.
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Montana State briefly held a 2-1 lead, but Kentucky quickly overmatched its opponent. An 11-0 run that Tyler Ulis capped with a basket for a made it 20-4 with eight minutes to play in the first half.
Another 10-0 run by the Wildcats helped the nation's top team take a 39-11 lead into the locker room.
Kentucky scored the first 26 points of the second half as Montana State didn't get its first bucket until there was around 9 1/2 minutes showing on the clock.
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Game Notes
Kentucky shot 43.3 percent in the game, while Montana State made just 19.7 percent of its attempts ... This was the first meeting between these schools.