Tag: Brandon Knight

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. East Tennessee State

Go here for boxscore.  – Kentucky began its 108th season of intercollegiate basketball tonight. – UK is now 89-19 in season-opening games and 92-16 all-time in home openers. – With the victory in tonight’s lidlifter, the all-time winningest program in college basketball history now has 2,024 wins on the books. – UK leads the series…

Kentucky cruises past Pikeville, 97-66

Freshman point guard Brandon Knight scored 22 points and Darius Miller added 21 points and nine rebounds as No. 11 Kentucky cruised past Pikeville 97-66 in an exhibition game on Monday night. Knight, the latest in a long line of high-profile point guards recruited by coach John Calipari, added seven rebounds and had little trouble getting to the lane while operating Kentucky’s dribble-drive offense.

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Pikeville

Go here for boxscore. Tonight’s attendance: 21,127 Kentucky leads the exhibition series with Pikeville, 2-0. The Wildcats also defeated the Bears, 99-64, on Oct. 31, 2007. Kentucky has its second preseason game Friday, Nov. 5, vs. Dillard University in Rupp Arena. Game time is 7:00 p.m. and it will be televised by Fox Sports South…

Terrence Jones shows his skills in Blue-White scrimmage

Terrence Jones

Perhaps Brandon Knight is a bit biased. Perhaps he’s just trying to be a good teammate. Whatever it is, the Kentucky freshman certainly likes new teammate Terrence Jones. Jones put on a superb show during Tuesday’s Blue-White game by scoring 29 points on 13-of-26 shooting from the field. He had eight rebounds, three assists, three blocked shots and only two turnovers.

Brandon Knight scores 37 in Kentucky Blue-White scrimmage

Brandon Knight

Brandon Knight scored 37 points Tuesday night to lead the Blue team past the White squad 101-74 in Kentucky’s intrasquad scrimmage. Knight is taking over at point guard this year after John Wall was selected by the Washington Wizards with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft following one season in Lexington. The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., native was part of another strong recruiting class for coach John Calipari.

Kentucky freshman Brandon Knight is Wildcats’ workhorse

Efrem Knight works graveyard shifts as an engineer for Florida East Coast Railways, transporting cargo sometimes for 12 hours at time. So don’t tell his son Brandon, a heralded freshman point guard at the University of Kentucky, how hard it is to balance basketball and academics.

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Western Ontario

For complete boxscore go here. This is Kentucky’s first international exhibition tour since August of 1995. This is UK’s first ever trip to Canada. Kentucky improved to 2-0 on its Canadian tour. The Wildcats defeated Windsor in their opener 95-62. Kentucky will play again tomorrow vs. Windsor at 11:00 a.m. ET. The game will be…