The Kentucky Wildcats took down Little Rock in their first of three exhibition matchups 69-49 in a game where defense was on point, but offensive execution was a struggle. That is something that will take time and on Friday, Mark Pope was looking to see improvements there in their second exhibition game, this time against the #19 Texas Tech Red Raiders.

In the first half, Kentucky used as big as a 17-3 run to take the lead towards the end of the half after the offense struggled moving the ball and finding its rhythm to start. The Wildcats then took a 37-33 lead into the half after Texas Tech ended making their last three shots and Kentucky had a two minute drought late. As far as the second half, Kentucky continued making plays and shot much better, going 6-13 from deep and turning the ball over just four times.…