The second exhibition game of the year for Kentucky basketball saw them face a tougher opponent in a ranked Texas Tech team. After a shaky first game, the Wildcats were much stronger, and took it 76-65.
Milan Momcilovic was good once again, and scored 15 points. However, it was Kentucky's young guards who stole the show. Sophomore Alex Wilkins scored 13 points, and added 7 assists and 3 steals, hitting some huge second half threes. Meanwhile, freshman Mason Williams added 14 points of his own, including some tough shots in traffic.
Turnovers were a problem again, but the Wildcats had just 11 in this one, compared to 19 last time out. They also will need to rebound better. They were out-rebounded by the Red Raiders, who more than once just out-battled Kentucky's big men.
Overall, though, it was a strong game for Pope's squad, and a step forward overall. Afterwards, Big Blue Nation took to social media to talk about it. Here are some of the best posts from X.
Kentucky wins it
Wrecked Tech. pic.twitter.com/rBzw9zGZTi
— Kentucky Men’s Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) October 24, 2026
Praise for Alex Wilkins
Alex Wilkins will be a lot of things this season but boring won’t be one of them. 🤣
— Kyle (@KyleNewsomeBBN) October 24, 2026
Alex Wilkins is on when he’s on, man. This team is fun.
— Lane Mills (@_lanemills) October 24, 2026
Mason Williams is turning heads
Yo. Mason Williams is a gamer.
— BigBlueFace (@BigBlueFace24) October 24, 2026
mason williams is good.
— sarah 🩵 (@whodeynapa9) October 24, 2026
Mason Williams has really impressed me through exhibition play so far. Easy to point out exhibitions are a small sample size, but he definitely appears ahead of schedule. #BBN#KentuckyBasketball
— Noah Crigler (@criglermedia) October 24, 2026
Thoughts on Kentucky basketball
Yes, it was an exhibition. Yes, there are things to clean up. But 5 Cats in double figures in a W against a team ranked above us has me excited. GO BIG BLUE! #BBN
— Aaron Huff (@aaronhuff) October 24, 2026
Played much better tonight especially on defense, too many offensive rebounds given up though and need to get Momcilovic more shots but a great win for the Cats!!! #bbn#kentucky
— Jeremy Bland (@jjkycat) October 24, 2026
Clearly, room for improvement. Definitely need our full roster before we can adequately assess our team. However, I definitely saw some things that are better than last week (i.e. handling the press), but I also see room to improve. Overall, I'm a happy girl!#BBN
— MicheleGolfsALot (@ForeverBigBlue) October 24, 2026
Good win. I’m up on this team. Clean up the cosmetic issues and let’s hoop #BBN
— Kentucky Update (@ky__update) October 24, 2026
Good W cats. Seen some good stuff from the guys tonight. The 3s will start falling sooner than later. Gotta get better on the glass #BBN
— chad (@chadberry33) October 24, 2026
GO BIG BLUE!!!!! Looked pretty good tonight!!! #BBN 👏💙😼🏀
— Heather Bartley (@KYgal_Heather) October 24, 2026
I’m a believer in this team. LOTS of room to improve, which means the sky is the limit. Fantastic defense tonight. #BBN#GoBigBlue
— BigBlueDrew76 (@AndrewRoemer) October 24, 2026
I take back all the negative things I said #BBN
— Going 4 Two BBN (@IronWildcat92) October 24, 2026
I know it’s only an exhibition game, but glad to see the Cats pull out a win against a very good Texas Tech team! Let’s go, Cats!! #BBN#WeAreUK
— Travis Terry (@travisterry2) October 24, 2026
Yes it was
That was fun! Go cats! #BBN
— Go Big Blue All Day Every Day (@GoBigBlueAllDay) October 24, 2026
This article originally appeared on UK Wildcats Wire: Best social media reactions to Kentucky win over Texas Tech