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In Lexington Friday night, Kentucky needed a miracle and Alex Wilkins delivered one. The senior guard drilled a three-pointer from the right elbow with two point two seconds remaining, lifting the twenty-fourth ranked Wildcats over Northern Arizona seventy-eight to seventy-seven. Rupp Arena was one possession away from witnessing one of the ugliest upsets of the young college basketball season.
Shifting to the international stage, Argentina played their first match since Lionel Messi's retirement from international football and it did not go well. Uruguay handed them a two-one defeat on Friday, with a second-half own goal and a fluky strike from Maxi Araujo doing the damage. The post-Messi era has opened with a loss, and the weight of that transition is already being felt in Buenos Aires.
And in New Orleans, Dejounte Murray's time with the Pelicans appears to be over in everything but paperwork. League sources indicate Murray is expected to step away from the team in the short term while New Orleans works to find a trade partner. How quickly that deal comes together remains unclear, but the marriage is done.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
