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Kentucky Wildcats offense shows its potential

The Kentucky Wildcats kicked off their 2015-16 season in style with a 117-58 win over Ottawa in the first of two exhibition games.

Derek Willis - photo by Walter Cornett

Derek Willis – photo by Walter Cornett

The Cats kicked off their 2015-16 season in style with a  117-58 win over in the first of two exhibition games. After being ranked No. 2 in the NCAA pre-season poll, the Cats put on a show to make their case for the No. 1 spot.

The game seemed to be over before it began as the Cats scored 13 points before Ottawa was able to put one in the net.

“Unless an NBA team calls us to schedule us that’s the best team we are ever going to play,” Ottawa head coach Aaron Siebenthall said. “Right now I feel like I’m back in college and I just took a really hard test, and I didn’t do very well on it, but it’s over with.”

The effort was lead by ‘s three starting guards in , and , who combined for 50 of the teams 117 points.

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On December 5, 1953, Cawood Ledford broadcasts his first game as the radio “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On December 5, 1953, Cliff Hagan scored 51 points against Temple.

 

On December 5, 2009, freshman John Wall bounced back from a bout with dehydration and a queasy encounter with an IV drip to finish with 16 points -- including the clinching free throws with 4.3 seconds left -- seven assists, five rebounds and three steals to lift the Wildcats to a 68-66 victory over the North Carolina Tar Heels.  This was the first signature win of Calipari's tenure and proved his rebuilding job was well ahead of schedule.

 

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