It had been almost nine months to the day since the Harrison twins last played in a close game.They didn’t forget what to do.”We just knew that we had to step up to win the game and that’s what we did,” Aaron Harrison said. “We’d do anything to win. We’ve been in big games before, obviously, so we just knew how hard we had to fight.”Though Aaron Harrison didn’t hit one of his patented game-winning 3s from the left wing, the twins made all kinds of clutch plays on Tuesday night in an 89-86 win. Top-ranked Kentucky (14-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference), with the two big guards leading the way, survived an overtime thriller in Rupp Arena against Ole Miss (9-5, 0-1 SEC).”Just gotta make big plays at important times,” Aaron Harrison said. “That’s what we did.”After the visiting Rebels took a 63-61 lead with 7:17 left, the twins combined to score 15 of UK’s final 28 points, including Andrew Harrison’s 3-pointer with 2:08 left in overtime to put the Cats up one. He also hit the free throw that sent the game to overtime after Trey Lyles came away with a steal.”I think Coach looks to me to make the big plays, so I just try to do it,” Andrew Harrison said. “If they give me a shot I’m going to try and take it and make it for my team.”On the evening, Andrew Harrison had 12 points, five assists and only one turnover, steadying the ship as Ole Miss hit 49.2 percent from the field and 9-of-17 from 3-point range against UK’s historically stingy defense. It was a far cry from his last outing, when he had just three points and an uncharacteristic six turnovers in a win at Louisville.The performance drew unfair criticism, but Aaron Harrison never doubted whether his brother would bounce back.”I knew he was going to respond well,” Aaron Harrison said. “He always gets criticized and stuff like that. We just gotta not listen to it. It’s nonsense anyway.”That “nonsense” is likely in reference to the talk that UK would be better off by relying primarily on freshman Tyler Ulis at point guard instead of the timeshare that’s propelled the Wildcats to an unbeaten start. Andrew Harrison admits the talk got in his head, but only briefly.”After that game I took it personal, just stuff – kind of stupid,” Andrew Harrison said. “But you just try to move on to the next game and play as hard as you can and win for your team and not pay attention to people who really don’t know anything about our team.”For UK to reach its ceiling, Andrew Harrison, Ulis, John Calipari and everyone in the team huddle always knew it would take both point guards. Tuesday was proof of that.Ole Miss saw an opportunity to take advantage of the 5-foot-9 Ulis and did just that.”You saw we had an issue, they went after Tyler, his size,” Calipari said. “They took him right to the middle of the lane and just jumped up over him. So that’s why I went with a bigger lineup.”The bigger of UK’s two platoons – the Harrison twins’ blue group – staked UK to 15-2 lead. Aaron Harrison hit a pair of 3s in the scorching start and five for the game, but the Rebels responded behind Stefan Moody, who scored 16 of his 25 points in the first half to put the Cats in a 38-36 hole at the break.”I mean, we knew they were going to fight,” said Aaron Harrison, who poured in 26 points. “All SEC’s tough. It’s a tougher conference than people think and we knew they weren’t just going to lay down. So they just came out and fought really hard. They played really well.”Prior to Tuesday, the closest game UK had played was decided by eight points. A game like this one was always going to come, so the Cats needed it.”You just kind of learn who’s going to fight,” Aaron Harrison said. “And I think we do have a deep team and most everybody fought today. We all had points in the game where we had to make big plays and we made them. I think we learned a lot about our team today.”In talking about that very thing, Coach Cal trotted out one of his favorite phrases.”I got a team with a will to win,” Calipari said. “They fought. They had every chance to let go of the rope and pout and feel bad for themselves and they didn’t. They all made plays. That’s a good sign.”A good sign, yes, but the fact that it had to show up at all was surprising.On top of entering as heavy favorites, the Cats shot 11 of 20 from 3-point range, the kind of shooting night Calipari has said previously would almost guarantee UK of a blowout win. Instead, Kentucky had to scratch and claw for every inch against a game Ole Miss team that may very well have won had Moody not cramped late and Jarvis Summers (23 points) hit a 3 in the waning moments of regulation.For this much talked-about unbeaten run to continue, the Cats will have to improve and soon with a trip on Saturday to College Station, Texas, looming, where Texas A&M is “having parties” in anticipation of a shot at UK.”I see it as his team played out of their mind and we, we kind of didn’t have the fight we need,” Calipari said. “A lot of young guys not knowing, even some vets not understanding that there’s no one going to surrender.  They’re playing their hearts out and that’s what you saw from Mississippi today.”