The Cats lost a game they couldn’t afford to lose and are now effectively on the NCAA Tournament bubble. Sophomore forward Kyle Wiltjer scored 11 points and led the Cats to a commanding nine-point halftime lead. Wiltjer was all-everything for the Cats in the first half: hitting 3-pointers, posting up his defender and hitting runners.
That was, until he inexplicably didn’t get another shot at the basket until the Cats found themselves down, 49-46, with 3:22 left in the game.
Wiltjer was isolated down low down the stretch, but it was too little, too late.