Sure, Kentucky shot 72.7-percent from the field in a 125-40 exhibition victory over Morehouse College. Yeah, six Wildcats scored in double figures, led by Kyle Wiltjer with 26 points. No question, the 31 assists UK dished out in the offensive outburst were impressive. The array of dunks, 3-pointers and fast break buckets UK had in…
Go here for boxscore. First-Half Facts Kentucky used the lineup of Marquis Teague, Darius Miller, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Terrence Jones and Anthony Davis. In contrast to the Transylvania game, in which the Pioneers took an early lead, Kentucky came out hot. The Wildcats jumped out to a 10-0 lead in less than two minutes…
Terrence Jones scored 22 points for No. 2 Kentucky and the Wildcats’ five starters made their first 26 shots to lead the Wildcats to a 125-40 exhibition victory over Division II Morehouse on Monday night. The Wildcats went on separate runs of 10-0, 16-0 and 29-0 while forcing Morehouse into 18 first-half turnovers to take a…
Anthony Davis, Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marquis Teague were each placed on the Naismith Award preseason watch list, according to CBS’ Jeff Goodman. Kentucky and North Carolina each had four players on the list. View the full list here.
It is almost impossible to simulate the athleticism and 7-foot wingspan of freshman forward Anthony Davis. Transylvania head coach Brian Lane found that out the hard way Wednesday. “I had to keep yelling out, ‘Quit trying to shoot 3-pointers over Anthony Davis; the guy is 6-foot-15,’ ” Lane said last week after Kentucky’s exhibition win over…
In UK’s 97-53 victory over Transylvania Wednesday night, freshman forward Anthony Davis walked out of Rupp Arena for his first exhibition game with eight blocks and eight rebounds. While fans and contenders had heard about Davis’ ability to block shots, it still came as a surprise to Transy’s coaches and players. He was blocking shots…
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With an array of high school stars and talented returners, John Calipari should be able to roll the ball to midcourt and watch this year’s Kentucky team walk to the Final Four, right? Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. Playing their first game as a team, the Kentucky Wildcats defeated hometown rival Transylvania in an…
Go here for boxscore. Team Records and Series Info This was the first exhibition game for both teams. The all-time series in official games is tied 7-7 as the teams played from 1903-11. It has been 100 years since the teams played the last countable contest on March 3, 1911. Kentucky returns to…
Terrence Jones scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead No. 2 Kentucky to a 97-53 exhibition victory over Division III Transylvania on Wednesday night. The Wildcats’ three highly touted freshmen all made big contributions for a team expected to make a run deep in the NCAA tournament. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 19 points, Anthony…