Expert recap and game analysis of the Kentucky Wildcats vs. Bellarmine Knights NCAAM game from December 23, 2025 on ESPN.

Kentucky Basketball ’s defense allowed 85 points, but the offense put up 99 and was scorching from 3-point land, an area this team has struggled mightily at times in, allowing the Wildcats to come away with a 99-85 victory over the Bellarmine Knights.

Merry Christmas, Big Blue Nation! Kentucky Men’s Basketball gifted an in-state win of 99-85. After UK secured its first ranked win of the season, the Cats would host Bellarmine.

The breakout shooting performance that Kentucky head coach Mark Pope has been predicting for sophomore forward Kam Williams showed up in a big way on Tuesday at Rupp Arena. The transfer wing from Tulane knocked down eight of his 10 shots from beyond the arc en route to a career-high 26 points in the Wildcats’ 99-85 holiday matinee

Kam Williams set career highs in points and 3-pointers to help lead Kentucky to a victory in its final nonconference game of the season.

Kam Williams scored a career-high 26 points and hit 8-of-10 from three as Kentucky hit a season-high 16 three-pointers in a 99-85 win over Bellarmine on Tuesday afternoon in Rupp Arena. Jack Karasinski led the Knights with 24 points.

It’s not the feel-good runaway victory Big Blue Nation wanted going into Christmas break — not yet, anyway — but Kentucky still leads Bellarmine by eight points at halftime with some of the Wildcats’ questions being answered at the break.

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