Kentucky basketball was dominated on Tuesday night by Kansas, falling 89-69. It was the fifth time Mark Pope suffered a 20-point loss as the head coach of Kentucky.

Multiple star players from Kansas had big games, including Tre White and Tyran Stokes. Meanwhile, some of the Kentucky star players did not have as big a game, per Myron Medcalf of ESPN.

“Milan Momcilovic, the former Iowa State sharpshooter who was reportedly paid $6 million to sign with Kentucky, was shadowed all night and had taken only three shots five minutes into the second half,” Medcalf noted.

Milan Momcilovic, the 6-foot-9 forward, was expected to be a massive impact for Kentucky this year. In the loss to Kansas, he shot just two of seven for five points. He also had seven rebounds, two assists, and two steals in the game. It was the second straight game that he did not put up big numbers. He shot two of nine from the field on Friday agaisnt James Madison, good for only seven points.

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He was a star for Iowa State last year. He played 37 games, starting all 37 of them. He averaged 16.9 points per game, with 3.1 rebounds and an assist. He also shot over 50 percent from the field last year, while he is shooting just 42.9 percent this year. He is also struggling from deep. Last year he shot 48.7 percent from three, but is shooting just 40 percent from three this year. He is also just two-for-11 from three in the last two games, hitting one three-point shot in each game.

Kentucky will look to rebound from their loss when they face Northern Arizona on Friday night.