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Kentucky target Andrew Wiggins outshines the competition in Cincy

Andrew Wiggins - photo by Wayne Litmer | MaxPreps.com

– photo by Wayne Litmer | MaxPreps.com

The Andrew Wiggins show rolled into Cincinnati on Friday night, as Huntington Prep (W.Va.) dismantled Aiken (Ohio), 68-41, at the Play-by-Play Classic.  Earlier in the evening, Covington Catholic ground out a win over the host Withrow Tigers, and Dayton Dunbar edged out Summit Country Day in a tense encounter, but make no mistake, the night was all about Wiggins.

Posters advertising the evening bore his name, those entering the Withrow high school athletic facility spoke of how they “only came out to see Wiggins play,” and the program vendor excitedly quipped about how he hoped John Calipari would make the short trip from Lexington.

In a city that hosts two Division I basketball programs, dozens in attendance wore not the red and black of the Bearcats nor the silver and blue of the Musketeers, but instead of the blue and white of , hoping to remind the No. 1-ranked recruit in the class of 2013 that they would very much like to see him in a Cats uniform next season.

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