Milwaukee-Otega oweh scored 20 points, Andrew Carr defeated 13: 57 with 76: 57 on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Oweh added eight assists and six rebounds, and Amari Williams grabbed 13 boards for Kentucky.

Next for the wildcats (23-11) in the Midwest region is the winner of Illinois against Xavier.

Kentucky was also a seed no. 3 last year when it lost 80-76 to 14 Oakland in the first round. But there is not a single person on the squad who played in this Oakland game, and this time it had no big problems against Troy.

Myles Rigsby scored 14 points for the Trojans (23-11), Champions of the Sun Belt Conference. Tayton Conerway had 12.

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Troy: The Trojans only performed their third appearance in the NCAA tournament and since 2017, when they were 15 seeds and lost 87-65 against Duke. Troy was released in the tournament for the first time in 2003.

Kentucky: The wildcats played more appearances (63) and more games (186) in the NCAA tournament than any other program with eight national titles last 2012.

Key moment

Kentucky had a lead from 25-24 with 3:03 in the first half when he started to withdraw and scored eight consecutive points in just more than a minute. Trent Noah and Carr made 3-pointer in a row, and Williams drove the length of the court for a dark.

Play with pain

The Kentucky Guard Lamont Butler logged for 25 minutes, while he was still a shoulder injury. Butler, who did not score a goal, originally missed six games with the injury in mid -January. While Kentucky’s victory against Oklahoma in the second round of the SEC tournament, he suffered a separate injury in the same shoulder.

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