Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Maryland
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Maryland
Kentucky hangs on for 72-69 win over Terps
Junior guard Jarrod Polson scored 10 points – three more than he had in his career at Kentucky – and made the clinching free throws with 7.7 seconds to play as the third-ranked Wildcats held off a furious second-half rally by Maryland for a 72-69 victory Friday night. Kyle Wiltjer, a sophomore, led Kentucky with…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Blue-White Scrimmage
Go here for boxscore. Team Notes This was the fifth year that the Blue/White Game was played in Rupp Arena. The win marks the 11th consecutive game that Blue has gone unbeaten in the Blue-White Scrimmage, with its last loss to White coming in 2000-01 (scrimmage not held in 2007-08). UK returns to…
Kentucky’s sweetheart Polson grew up loving UK
Basketball players recruited from across the country soon catch the Big Blue Nation’s infectious ardor for UK basketball, but one player has loved the team since he was in diapers — literally. Like so many little boys growing up in the Lexington area, Jarrod Polson dreamed of being a Wildcat while he was shooting hoops…
Jarrod Polson makes Cosmos’ list of the Hottest Guys of March Madness 2012
Jarrod Polson makes Cosmos’ list of the Hottest Guys of March Madness 2012
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Penn State
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky improves to 3-0 on the season, while Penn State falls to 3-1. The Wildcats are 3-1 all-time against Penn State. UK is now 96-56 all-time against Big 10 opponents. UK closes out its three-game road stretch on Sunday in the championship game of the Hall of Fame Tip-off Tournament.…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Jones’ 52 points highlights Blue-White scrimmage
Go here for boxscore. Tonight’s attendance: 12,134 (2010-11 attendance: 11,391). This was the fourth year that the Blue-White Scrimmage was played in Rupp Arena. The win marks the 10th consecutive game that Blue has gone unbeaten in the Blue-White Scrimmage, with its last loss to White coming in 2000-01 (scrimmage not held in…
New season means new opportunities for Poole, Vargas, Polson
They averaged just 2.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game combined last season, but sophomores Stacey Poole, Jarrod Polson and senior Eloy Vargas could play a pivotal role in Kentucky’s success this season. The trio didn’t get the most minutes on the team and didn’t light up the stat sheets every game, but neither did…
Jarrod Polson’s year at Kentucky “beyond expectations” for family
It’s no doubt that Jessamine County has been shaken up by Jarrod Polson first walking on at the University of Kentucky basketball program and then earning a scholarship. People have followed his progress at UK this season, whether it be him pumping up his teammates from the bench or getting…
Jarrod Polson looked like he belonged out there
Jarrod Polson played three minutes in UK’s win against South Carolina. They weren’t scrub minutes at the end of the second half. They were first-half minutes. UK was leading by nine points when Polson entered with 9:44 to play. He stayed on the floor for 44 seconds. He checked in again at the 5:45 mark in the first half and played 2 minutes and 11 seconds. His playing time came after head coach John Calipari saw Polson playing harder, and better, than the rest of the reserves in 1-on-1 drills in practice.