Quickley leads No. 10 Kentucky past slumping LSU 79-76

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Immanuel Quickley scored 21 points and No. 10 Kentucky made a timely string of 3-pointers in a 79-76 victory over LSU. Kentucky made seven of eight 3s in the second half. That’s when graduate transfer Nate Sestina hit three, including two during an 8-0 run that widened the Wildcats’ lead to 15 points with 5:14 to go. Nick Richards scored 13 points and blocked six shots for Kentucky, which has won five straight and nine of 10. Skylar Mays scored 17 points and Darius Days had 13 points and 11 rebounds for LSU. The Tigers have lost four of five.