Opening its home Southeastern Conference schedule, Kentucky is 10-5 overall, 1-1 in the SEC. Texas A&M is 12-3, 2-0 in the league.
The series is tied 2-2 with all games played in Lexington. This was the first men's basketball meeting between UK and Texas A&M as members of the SEC.
On Tuesday, Kentucky will have its third game in six days as the Wildcats play host to border-rival Tennessee. The 7 p.m. game will be televised on ESPN.
Elston Turner of A&M came out hot with 20 points in the first 13 minutes of the game as the Aggies had their largest lead of the half, 29-20, at the 7:12 mark.
Turner finished the first half with 25 points as A&M led 36-31 at intermission.
The first half continued to tell the tale for Kentucky as the Wildcats are 10-0 this season when ahead at halftime, 0-5 when trailing.
Second-Half Story
Trailing 40-31, Kentucky rallied with a 12-2 run to take the lead at 43-42.
Tied at 63 with 4:33 remaining, A&M got 11-straight points, including a pair of three-pointers at the expiration of the shot clock, to go up 74-63 with 1:32 to play.
Kentucky got no closer than nine points the rest of the way as A&M went on to victory.
Turner led all scorers with 40 points.
The last UK opponent to score 40 was Chris Jackson of LSU, who had 41 on Feb. 15, 1990. UK won that game 100-95.
Team Notes
Kentucky is 67-12 in SEC home openers, including 3-1 under Coach John Calipari.
