The UK men’s basketball team got a nice exhibition game win over the preseason #1 Purdue Boilermakers 78-65 on Friday night at Rupp Arena.
Freshman Jasper Johnson led the Cats in scoring with 15 points.
Trent Noah and Otega Oweh had 10 points each.
Mo Dioubate had eight points and nine rebounds for the Cats.
Kentucky will have another exhibition game against Georgetown KY at Rupp Arena this Thursday October 30 with tipoff at 7:00pm.
The basketball will officially open the season on November 4 against Nicholls at Rupp Arena.