No. 23 Kentucky (1-0) hosts James Madison (0-1) on Friday at 7 p.m. ET at Rupp Arena in Lexington, looking to remain unbeaten after an 85-57 season-opening win over Manhattan. The Wildcats are 24.5-point favorites with an over/under of 156.5 points.
Kentucky's Milan Momcilovic led the opener with 24 points, while the SportsLine projection model projects five Wildcats to reach double figures: Alex Wilkins (over 20), Momcilovic (over 16), Zoom Diallo (over 15), Justin McBride (over 13), and Jerone Morton (over 11). For James Madison, Paul Jones III averages 14.0 points per game, and the model projects Gage Lattimore (over 13), Cavan Reilly (over 10), and Adrian Myers (over 10) in double figures.
The model favors the under on the total, hitting in 52% of simulations, and indicates one side of the spread hits well over 50% of the time. Kentucky went under in its first game.
