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Kentucky opens Bahamas tour with 74-49 win

In its first game of the Big Blue Bahamas tour, Kentucky posted a 74-49 win over the Puerto Rican National Team Reserves.
Aaron Harrison - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

Aaron Harrison – photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

In its first game of the 2014 foreign tour, the Kentucky men’s basketball team posted a 74-49 win over the Puerto Rican National Team Reserves, getting team highs in points from Aaron Harrison (15) and rebounds from Karl-Anthony Towns (seven), on Sunday afternoon at Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

Kentucky got a game-high 15 points from Aaron Harrison and seven rebounds from Towns – who added 10 points – with freshman guard Devin Booker also netting nine points, including the first 3-pointer of the game. Marcus Lee also added nine points and six rebounds, with Dakari Johnson charting six boards and six points. Alex Poythress had 10 points and six rebounds in 23 minutes of action, with Tyler Ulis going for a team-best five assists.

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Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

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