LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Georgetown didn’t come to Rupp Arena on Thursday night to be a footnote in Kentucky’s exhibition tour.

The Hoyas came to throw punches — and the Wildcats didn’t have enough hands.

Six nights after stunning No. 1 Purdue with depth and rhythm, No. 9 Kentucky stumbled against a team picked to finish sixth in the Big East. The Wildcats ran headfirst into Georgetown’s physicality and paid for it in an 84-70 loss that looked less like a tune-up and more like a wake-up.

Missing both of its top point guards — Pitt transfer Jaland Lowe (shoulder) and Florida transfer Denzel Aberdeen (minor leg injury) — Kentucky looked disjointed, outmuscled and overwhelmed at times.

The Wildcats committed 15 turnovers, shot just 33 percent from the field and went 0-for-13 from three in

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