Alabama gymnastics defeated Kentucky Friday night with season-best scores on both the vault and uneven bars at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa.

The Tide scored 196.925 to Kentucky's 196.375 for the win.

Alabama opened the match with its season-high vault score of 49.300 after both Nickie Guerrero and Lexi Graber scored 9.9s on their event.

The second round saw Alabama score the highest score of the entire night with Shea Mahoney's 9.975 on the uneven bars. Her career-best mark, paired with 9.9s from Kylie Dickson and Kiana Winston and a 9.925 from Mackenzie Brannan, kept Alabama solidly in the lead over Kentucky.

Kentucky's only win over Alabama came in the balance beam round, as the Wildcats scored a 49.300 over a 48.850.

Alabama closed out the evening with a 49.225 on the floor exercise to get the win over the Wildcats.

See the full scores here:

Alabama faces Auburn on the road next Friday.

Cheryl Wray covers sports for the Alabama Media Group. Follow her on Twitter @cwray_sports and email her at cwray@al.com.