Kentucky Downs Auburn, Advances to SEC Tourney Semis
Victoria Dunlap scored 24 points and A'dia Mathies added 15 to help No. 19 Kentucky beat Auburn 65-54 in the second round of the SEC tournament on Friday. Kentucky snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 2-5 against Auburn in the tournament. The Wildcats (24-6) also have the school's most wins since 1982-83. Morgan Toles scored 13 points for Auburn (15-16), which had won two straight and took a 12-point home victory over Kentucky last Sunday. Mathies, the SEC freshman of the year, hit a jumper with 6:54 remaining to push the lead back to 55-44. Dunlap, the SEC player of the year, followed with a fast-break basket 11 seconds later to make it 57-44.
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