For the second straight game, it was a Collin Chandler pass that led to the game-winning basket for Kentucky Basketball.
Saturday in Knoxville, Chandler found Otega Oweh for a game-winning lay-up with 34 seconds to play to give Kentucky a 78-77 lead.
Three days prior, he threw a nearly full-court pass to Malachi Moreno for a buzzer-beating bucket.
But on Saturday, it was Chandler’s defensive IQ and knowledge of a play Tennessee was running that led to the game-winner for the Wildcats.
“I heard the play that they were running. They kind of telegraphed. So when he came off the screen, I knew I had a lane to go steal it,” Chandler told reporters after the game (via Darrell Bird).
Chandler was a star on the offensive end Saturday, with four three-pointers. It’s his fourth game with four three-pointers this season and first since the game at Louisville.
Saturday’s performance is one that Kentucky fans were expecting to see a lot of this season. But the fact that it was a defensive play that ignited the game-winning play for the Wildcats is even more impressive. It speaks to the smart player Chandler is.
