Dioubate's season-best 20 points leads No. 9 Kentucky to a 99-53 win over Eastern Illinois

Mouhamed Dioubate scored a season-high 20 points to pb No. 9 Kentucky to a 99-53 triumph implicit Eastern Illinois connected Friday night

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Mouhamed Dioubate scored a season-high 20 points to pb No. 9 Kentucky to a 99-53 triumph implicit Eastern Illinois connected Friday night.

Dioubate, an Alabama transfer, completed a double-double with 11 rebounds and led 5 players successful treble figures. Denzel Aberdeen scored 13 points, Otega Oweh added 12, and Malachi Moreno and Andrija Jelavic finished with 11 points apiece.

Coming disconnected a 96-88 nonaccomplishment astatine No. 12 Louisville connected Tuesday, the Wildcats (2-1) rebounded from the setback successful awesome fashion. Kentucky led from commencement to decorativeness and held Eastern Illinois scoreless during a brace of double-digit runs to enactment the crippled retired of scope successful the archetypal half.

Kentucky had a 23-2 tally and constricted the Panthers to conscionable 1 tract extremity and 4 points successful the last 10 minutes of the opening frame. Eastern Illinois had a six-minute scoreless streak and scored conscionable 19 points successful the archetypal half

Kentucky (2-1) was without constituent defender Jaland Lowe, who injured his enarthrosis successful signifier connected Thursday. Lowe has missed 2 of the team’s 4 games this season, but the Wildcats overcame his lack and scored 54 points successful the paint.

Sophomore guardant Trent Noah returned to the lineup aft missing the erstwhile 2 games due to the fact that of an ankle injury. Noah finished with 8 points and made 2 3-pointers successful the archetypal half

Terry McMorris led Eastern Illinois (1-3) with 18 points. Andrew Austin scored 13.

Eastern Illinois: Hosts Tiffin University connected Wednesday.

Kentucky: Faces No. 17 Michigan State astatine New York connected Tuesday.

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