Texas A&M vs. Kentucky: Live Score, Highlights for 2016 SEC Championship Game
No. 16 Kentucky 82, No. 17 Texas A&M 77
The No. 16 Kentucky Wildcats avenged their regular-season loss to the No. 17 Texas A&M Aggies with an overtime victory in the SEC tournament final.
The Wildcats received a pair of big three-pointers from Derek Willis and Jamal Murray to pull away in front of the pro-Kentucky crowd inside Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Kentucky and Texas A&M traded blows throughout the contest as Tyler Ulis and Danuel House knocked down big shots for their respective sides.
Just like the first meeting between the two teams this season, the championship tilt went into overtime after House drained a jumper with 18 seconds left in regulation.
After House leveled the contest at 75 apiece with 1:55 left in overtime, Willis and Murray hit consecutive triples to hand Kentucky the title.
Ulis set a new career high with 30 points, while four other Wildcats found their way into double figures. House led the Aggies with a new career high of his own. He had 32 points in defeat.
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