Kentucky's rally stemmed by Tide

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A laugher for Alabama turned serious down the stretch Tuesday night. But a furious Kentucky comeback dissolved into a not-so-funny comedy of errors as Alabama held on to win 68-66.

Kentucky, which got pushed around at Georgia in its other game on the Southeastern Conference road, seemed headed for a similar fate. Alabama took the initiative and built a 20-point lead with less than 16 minutes to go.

"Obviously, they manhandled us," UK Coach John Calipari said. "The last 10 minutes, we got after it and played the aggressive way we have to play."

Helped immensely by Alabama turnovers, the Cats rallied three times within a point of Alabama inside the final four minutes.

The third time came with 1:38 left, when Brandon Knight hit a three-pointer to make it 67-66.

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