One of the best games of the college basketball season took place on Saturday as Nate Oats and No. 4 Alabama went on the road to Rupp Arena to take on Mark Pope and No. 8 Kentucky in Lexington. The two teams battled back and forth in a high-scoring affair before Alabama eventually made a few more plays to come out on top 102-97.

The Alabama forward finished with 25 points, 11 rebounds and two assists. UK forwards Andrew Carr and Ansley Almonor each picked up four fouls trying to stay in front of Nelson. Nelson is no stranger to coming up big against men’s college basketball’s most tradition-rich programs.

Kentucky welcomed No. 4 Alabama to Rupp Arena Saturday afternoon. The game against the Crimson Tide was the Cats’ third straight Top 15 matchup. There were four different lead changes throughout the first half,