Mississippi State at Kentucky

Coach Cal's Kentucky team lost an early season game at home to NC Wilmington, but then ran off six straight wins before losing their last time out to Texas A&M. The Cats are all about offense as they average over 90 PPG. They do not defend well so when they have an off shooting night they tend to find themselves in a game. They also struggle to rebound well as they have been beaten off the glass in three of their last four games. Miss St. is good on the defensive end allowing just one of their last 10 opponents to shoot better than 45%. The Bulldogs are allowing 64.8 PPG and play hard on the defensive end, and have outrebounded seven of their last nine opponents. They are the type of team that Kentucky can struggle with, and I am going with Mississippi St. in this one.