By: LARRY VAUGHT



LEXINGTON — No Alex Poythress, no problem for Kentucky.

Playing their first game since losing junior forward Alex Poythress for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, the Wildcats got perhaps their most balanced performance of the season to easily beat North Carolina 84-70.

Kentucky jumped in front 19-8 and eventually led by 15 points in the first half and never really let North Carolina back in the game.

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