Wright and Cooper ultimately pulled away, with Cooper ending the game with a career-high 20 points. Kentucky’s Rob Dillingham and Antonio Reeves led the Wildcats with sixteen and 15 points, respectively. Paris mentioned on Monday it would take a collective effort, and he was right. Murray-Boyles alone performed properly enough in the affair for his first game towards a ranked opponent. The true freshman had six rebounds, three assists and four points.
This match in opposition to Middlesbrough had been billed as the sort of awkward tie that could begin to cause Pochettino’s time to start spiralling, especially with how…