2011-12
Played in 11 games in his sophomore seasons … Saw action in UK’s NCAA Tournament-opening victory over WKU … Played four minutes in Kentucky’s win over Georgia … Saw his first action in SEC play in a win over Ole Miss … Registered a steal in a win over Lamar … Tallied a minute of action in a win over Loyola … Logged two minutes of action in a win over Samford … Saw action for two minutes in a win over Chattanooga … Missed the St. John’s game due to a lower back injury … Registered his first career steal in a victory over Portland … Grabbed a rebound in four minutes of action in a win over Radford … Pulled down a career-high three rebounds and notched his first point of the season with a free throw in career-high minutes vs. Penn State … Played in five minutes in a UK victory over Marist … Saw action in both exhibition victories … Played 15 minutes and sunk a 3-pointer in the win over Morehouse while also dishing out a trio of assists.
2010-11
Played in 17 of 38 games, including six of 16 SEC games … Played three minutes on the road in hostile Memorial Gymnasium against Vanderbilt … Played one minute in the first half at Florida, pulling down one rebound and taking two shot attempts … Played three minutes in first half win at South Carolina, tying an SEC career high … Logged three minutes against LSU … Scored two points on two-of-two shooting from the free-throw line against Penn … Grabbed his first rebound of the season, playing three minutes vs. Coppin State … Logged three minutes, making his first basket of the season against Winthrop … Played one minute against Indiana … Played one minute on the road against North Carolina … Scored his first two points of his career against Boston by converting on both his free-throw attempts … Played a season-high four minutes against Boston … Played two minutes on the road against Portland … Played one minute in UK’s season opener against East Tennessee State … Registered two minutes in the exhibition against Pikeville … Scored one point, grabbed one rebound and dished out one assist in five minutes of UK’s exhibition win over Dillard.
High School
Averaged 18.2 points, 6.4 assists and 4.9 rebounds as a senior at West Jessamine High School, leading the squad to the second round of the Sweet 16 state tournament … Scored 40 of the team’s 60 points in the regional semifinals and 31 of the squad’s 51 points in the regional finals to help West Jessamine advance to the Sweet 16 state tournament … Finished his career as the school’s all-time leader scorer with 1,884 points … Named First Team All-State by a number of publications.
Personal
Son of George and Chrisi Polson … Walk-on earned scholarship … Chose Kentucky over Liberty.
Statistics
| Season |
Games
Played |
Minutes |
FG |
FGA |
% |
3Pt
FG |
3Pt
FGA |
% |
FT |
FTA |
% |
Def |
Off |
Total
Rebs |
Asst. |
St. |
BS |
F |
TO |
Total
Points |
| 2010-11 |
17 |
31 |
1 |
7 |
14.29 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
100 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
| 2011-12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
17 |
31 |
1 |
7 |
14.29 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
100 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
|
