NEW YORK — From his seat in Section 85 in the lower level at Madison Square Garden, Nets President Rod Thorn had a bird’s-eye view of every John Wall electrifying steal, jab step and thunderous dunk on Wednesday night.Wall scored 19 of his game-high 25 points in the second half, including a game-winning three-point play in the final seconds, to lead No. 4 Kentucky to a captivating 64-61 come-from-behind victory over No. 14 UConn in the SEC/Big East Invitational before a crowd of 15,874 at Madison Square Garden.
Wall had six steals on the night, twice as many as UConn’s entire team.
Kentucky coach John Calipari got his second straight win over his rival Jim Calhoun of UConn. Read about their rivalry here.
