No. 12 Wildcats to Host No. 2 Gators in Monumental Matchup

Kentucky, Florida to battle Friday at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network+

LEXINGTON, Ky. – After a season-best performance on the road last weekend, No. 12 Kentucky (5-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) returns home with an unblemished conference record for a monumental matchup against No. 2 Florida (3-0, 3-0 SEC) on Friday at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.

The Wildcats enter Friday a week removed from a 196.750-196.650 win at then-No. 19 Arkansas behind season-high team scores from both teams. Senior eight-time All-American Mollie Korth took home the meet’s outright all-around title with a sum of 39.625, thanks in part to another outright win on vault behind a career-high-tying 9.950.

Korth also split the victory on bars with a 9.900 and tied with sophomore Josie Angeny for the beam crown off a 9.875 consensus.

Florida’s visit to Lexington comes off a 198.375-197.775 triumph over fellow league powerhouse LSU, the nation’s eighth-ranked unit at the time, last Friday in Gainesville, Florida. Sophomore Trinity Thomas won three event titles and earned the 14^th perfect 10.0 in UF history on bars en route to being named SEC Gymnast of the Week.

Kentucky’s lone win over Florida in the all-time head-to-head series came on Jan. 16, 1998 at Memorial Coliseum.