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Source: The Messenger

Kansas’ Trey Kaufman-Renn (9) and Tyran Stokes (4) celebrate a first-half basket Tuesday in the win over Kentucky in the State Farm Champions Classic. MICHAEL REEVES | Tribune News Service Mark Pope and his Kentucky basketball program spent considerable time and offered ample money in recruiting Tyran Stokes.There was never any doubt how much the Wildcats wanted the 6-foot-8 wing, who is originally from Louisville.Tuesday night at the United Center was a fresh and unkind reminder of what they’d missed.Stokes boosted No. 15 Kansas — the team he chose over the Wildcats — to an 89-69 win in the Champions Classic, providing the kind of singular talent the 24th-ranked Cats lack and the shot creation Kentucky needs against quality competition.Stokes finished with 21 points on 8 of 19 shooting.
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