Kentucky-Missouri game postponed to Wednesday

John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats are now scheduled to face Missouri on Wednesday night. Marvin Gentry-USA TODAY Sports

Kentucky-Missouri men's basketball game postponed to Wednesday

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Feb 1, 2021 7:14 PM ET

The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team will return to action following a brief coronavirus-related pause.

Kentucky confirmed on Monday that an upcoming showdown with the No. 18-ranked Missouri Tigers has been pushed back from Tuesday night to Wednesday evening. The game will begin at 7 p.m. ET and air on ESPN2.

The Wildcats paused on Friday due to positive COVID-19 test results, contact tracing and subsequent quarantines, but the program's Twitter account noted on Monday afternoon that at least some players were back on the practice court:

And we're back ... pic.twitter.com/S6bvipe3VB
— Kentucky Basketball (@KentuckyMBB) February 1, 2021

Because of the pause, Kentucky was unable to face the Texas Longhorns this past Saturday. That contest was canceled and is currently not on track to be rescheduled for this season.

Before the pause, the Wildcats endured one of the worst starts to a campaign in their history. A 70-59 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide last Tuesday dropped Kentucky to 5-10 overall and 4-4 in SEC play.

Missouri, meanwhile, is 11-3 overall and 4-3 in the conference.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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