Complete statistics from Tuesday night’s Kentucky Wildcats 2024-25 men’s basketball game against the Duke Blue Devils at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

No. 19 Kentucky defeated No. 6 Duke 77-72 in a game that lived up to its Champions Classic name. Trailing by double-digits after halftime, the Wildcats kept clawing their way back into the Blue Devil lead.

Otega Oweh knocked down four free throws in the final 10.3 seconds and No. 19 Kentucky claimed the first big win of Mark Pope’s coaching tenure, knocking off No. 6 Duke 77-72 at the Champions Classic

The Mark Pope era at Kentucky is off to an impressive start. Pope’s Wildcats upset No. 6 Duke in a 77-72 thriller Tuesday night at the State Farm Champions Classic in Atlanta, earning the former BYU head coach his first major highlight back at his alma mater.

No. 19 Kentucky’s 77-72 win over No. 6 Duke in the Champions Classic at State Farm Arena: 1. Mark Pope’s first signature win. In his initial “big game” as Kentucky head man, Pope gave UK only its third win over Duke in the past 12 meetings between the men’s college hoops blue bloods.