30th SEC tourney title: No. 8 Kentucky beats Arkansas

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 18 points, and No. 8 Kentucky won its third straight Southeastern Conference Tournament championship by beating Arkansas 82-65 on Sunday.

The Wildcats (29-5) added their 30th tournament title all-time to their 48 regular season championships in convincing fashion.

The Razorbacks couldn’t string together points the way they usually do, not with Kentucky answering every big bucket with its own run. The big spurt came as Kentucky scored 13 straight points to end the first half and into the opening minute of the second that turned a three-point lead to a 46-30 edge.

Arkansas (25-9) fell to 1-6 in this championship, having lost to Kentucky for the second time in three years.

Just throw it up…
BAM's gonna BAM! Watch: https://t.co/MOekb0g88t pic.twitter.com/rOiWrBNIJv
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) March 12, 2017

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