Kentucky improved to 2-0 on Friday night, defeating the James Madison Dukes inside Rupp Arena and improving to 19-1 under Mark Pope against non-conference opponents in Rupp Arena.

The final score was 89-80 and closer than preferred, but never truly felt out of hand.

Here are the final stats.

Alex Wilkins and Zoom Diallo tied for the most points for the Wildcats with 16 each. As a whole, the ‘Cats shot 50.8% from the field and 35.7% from deep.

Up next? Kentucky will head to Chicago for the State Farm Champions Classic, taking on Tyran Stokes and the Kansas Jayhawks insdie the United Center. The game will tipoff at 9:30 PM ET/8:30 PM CT.

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