Kentucky basketball

Kentucky basketball score: No. 1 Wildcats upset by Evansville in stunner at Rupp Arena

All the more stunning: The Wildcats fell flat on their home floor, where they hadn't lost a nonconference game since 2017 when Kansas upended them 79-73 as part of the annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge. It snaps a 52-game winning streak over unranked nonconference opponents at home.

Kentucky shot a dismal 4-of-17 from the 3-point line and 37 percent from the floor in Tuesday's loss to the Purple Aces.

Evansville, meanwhile, shot 38.3 percent from the floor and knocked down 9-of-30 attempts from beyond the arc. It closed on a pair of Sam Cuncliffe free throws in the final seconds to give Evansville a 3-point lead, and a last-second trey attempt from Tyrese Maxey fell flat.

The win for Evansville marks a spectacular homecoming for its coach, Walter McCarty, a Kentucky alumnus who played for the Wildcats in the 1990s. He is in his second season serving as a head coach at any level after stints as assistant coach at the college level with Louisville and at the NBA level with the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics. He won a national championship with Kentucky, and Tuesday, he put the win over his alma mater in the same category feeling-wise as winning it all.