Mark Pope and Kentucky evened the score with John Calipari and Arkansas on Saturday, winning in Fayetteville as the underdog. The Wildcats got back on track for a sixth win in seven games, but this one was sweeter than all of the others. You know why.

As you celebrate on into the night, take a moment to rewatch the top plays from the win over the Hogs. There are over five minutes of fun. Things like Collin Chandler splashing 3s and Otega Oweh finishing at the rim. The technical fouls did not make the clip.

Enjoy.

Highlights from Kentucky-Arkansas

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky (0-6, 0-2 SEC) posted its highest score of the 2026 season on Friday Night in Historic Memorial Coliseum, falling to No. 1 Oklahoma (5-0-1, 3-0 SEC), 197.550-196.475. Juniors Creslyn Brose and Delaynee Rodriguez each took home event titles against the top-ranked Sooners, with Brose victorious on the floor exercise and Rodriguez claiming her third all-around title in four weeks.

The Wildcats also posted season best event totals on three apparatus—uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise—with the Cats’ 49.350 score on the latter outscoring Oklahoma on the night.

Rodriguez turned in the best performance of her career on Friday night, taking home the all-around title with a career-high four-event score of 39.550. After only winning two all-around titles during her first two seasons in Lexington, Rodriguez has been victorious in three out of four meets this year. The junior also set a career-high on vault, sticking her upgraded Yurchenko 1.5 for the first time and scoring a 9.925.

Brose dazzled in her first home meet of the season, scoring season highs on both of her events. The Holly Springs, N.C. posted a 9.875 on the beam before closing the meet with a 9.950 on the floor exercise, securing her seventh career win on the event. Brose has now scored 9.9+ in 25 of 28 career floor routines.

Four other Wildcats set or matched career highs on Friday night—Chesney Bennett and Callie Gardner on the floor exercise, Addisyn Hofseth on vault, and Cecily Rizo in the all-around.

Kentucky began the meet on vault, scoring a 49.100 as a team. Hofseth led off the meet by matching her career best, followed by Rizo with a 9.800. Gardner scored a 9.775, followed by Ryan Noonan’s 9.825. Rodriguez’s stuck vault led the Cats at 9.925 and Anna Flynn Cashion closed the rotation with a 9.750.

On the uneven bars, the Cats scored a season best 49.025. Rizo began the rotation with a 9.750, followed by a 9.750 from Isabella Rivelli and a 9.750 from Gabby Van Frayen. Bennett added 9.800 and Noonan stuck her double layout dismount for the second week in a row, scoring a 9.850 in her debut in the No. 5 spot. Rodriguez anchored the rotation with another stuck double layout dismount, posting a 9.850.

Kentucky moved to the balance beam, scoring a season best 49.000. Rizo led off with a 9.750, followed by Brose’s hit routine at 9.875. A bobble from Sharon Lee caused her to score 9.525 but Bennett rebounded with a solid 9.825—matching her season best. Van Frayen fought to stay on the beam, scoring 9.650, and Rodriguez capped the rotation with a 9.900 and her third stuck landing of the night.

The Cats closed the night with their best floor rotation of the season, posting a 49.350 to outscore the Sooners on the event. Van Frayen led off with a solid 9.800, followed by Bennett and Gardner’s career-high performances—scoring 9.875 and 9.850, respectively. Rizo scored a 9.775 in the No. 4 position, followed by another hit, 9.875 routine from Rodriguez and Brose’s 9.950 performance.

Kentucky will return to the road next week, traveling to the Plains to face No. 11 Auburn at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, February 6.

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Kentucky basketball was unable to extend their five-game win streak in their last time out against Vanderbilt. Now, they are back on the road as they head to Fayetteville to take on John Calipari and the 15th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks, a game where Kentucky really needs a good showing after an embarrassing performance in Nashville.

Their game against Vandy was the start of a very challenging but important stretch for the Kentucky Wildcats as Mark Pope’s squad were looking to prove that their five-game winning streak was legit. Maybe that has now turned out to be fools gold? Either way, they can’t sulk about it, because a very red-hot Arkansas team is waiting for them. Calipari’s squad has been excellent, not just at home, but especially since conference play began. That’s why they are currently second in the SEC through eight games with a 6-2 record.

Last game, the Wildcats faced a team is a terrific offensive squad and Arkansas is the same way, but since conference play, have been much better than the Commodores actually have. Vandy came in with the 7th-best offense in the conference, but the Razorbacks are second in the SEC on offense and it’s easy to see why with star guard Darius Acuff running the show. Not only is Arkansas extremely efficient taking care of the ball like Vandy is, they are also very efficient shooting the ball. They rank 24th nationally in three-point percentage, including fourth among the SEC in conference play. Arkansas is also first in the conference in effective field goal percentage, as well as first in two-point percentage. As for Acuff, he is clearly the team’s best player, as he is first on the team in usage. He is averaging 20.2 points on 49.7 percent shooting and 6.3 assists on the season.

As Mark Pope and the Wildcats get set to take on John Calipari and Arkansas, ESPN is giving Kentucky a 39.1 percent chance to come away with the win. It is worth noting that the Razorbacks have been terrific on the home court, as their two losses in conference have been on the road. Against Vandy, who Kentucky just lost two, Arkansas put up 93 points and defeated the commodores by 25 points. The Wildcats are once again facing an elite offense, but Arkansas has been even better than Vandy on that side of the ball in SEC play.

Kentucky needs badly to get back on track. Can they shock college basketball ad pick up a signature win, or at least put together a much better showing than they displayed on Tuesday in Nashville? They need to look good, or it could be yet another ugly night.