UK vs. Penn St.

Sluggish start... Definitely! The Cats came out with almost a lackadaisical attitude. Not hustling, taking bad shots, and playing poor defense. And, Calipari made sure they knew they weren't giving enough effort. Calipari could be heard all over the arena yelling at his players giving them instruction on what they were doing wrong. Penn State even came out with a 3 point lead at one point in the game. The Cats eventually got on track though finishing the first half with a twelve point lead. Penn States Nemanja Mitrovic had a hot hand in the game making 6 threes and scoring 20 points but it wasn't enough to down UK. Darius Miller and Terrence Jones both put in 19 points for the Wildcats helping to seal the deal. Anthony Davis helped out with his double-double of 13 points and 12 boards and Marquis Teague put in 14 points to go along with his 8 assists. The final score, 87-63 UK. Not the best of play from the Wildcats but it does go down as a W! 6-0!

UK vs. Radford

Tonight UK played the Radford Highlanders and improved their record to 5-0 on the season and Calipari improved his home record since arriving to Kentucky to 35-0! Although the Cats did come out and keep the Highlanders from scoring until about 10 minutes into the game they started off what seemed to be a little sluggish. They weren't hustling to the loose balls or finishing gimme shots near the basket but they still jumped out to an 18-2 lead at the 9:46 mark in the first half.
Terrence Jones led the Cats with 17 points and 8 boards followed by Michael Kidd-Gilchrest with 15 points and 9 boards. The boys shot 50% from the field while Radford only shot an embarrassing 26% from the field only making 2 of their 25 three-point attempts. The length of Kentucky was obviously a factor in Radford's shooting percentage. The final score of the game was 88 to 40 and was no contest.
The boys will get some good rest tomorrow and then play Portland this Saturday night in Lexington. Game time 7:00pm!

TOP Recruits

Coming in at 6'5", 181 pounds, playing shooting guard!! Archie Goodwin! For those of you that don't know him, Archie Goodwin is number 13 on the national recruiting list and is one impressive player that I know all UK fans will come to learn quite well when he's finally out on the court in the 2012-13 UK basketball season. Archie has great athletic abilities and can be a force to be reckoned with. Click the link below to get an idea of what we can be seeing next year from this fantastic basketball player!

http://highschoolhoop.com/recruiting-news/2011/11/archie-goodwin-officially-signs-with-kentuck/

FIRST DAY AT IT

This is actually the first blog I have ever done so bare with me cause I may struggle a bit to keep up with whats going on in UK basketball. Ever since I was little I've always loved basketball and always grown up around UK sports. In my blog I'm going to give run downs on games and upcoming recruits and more. If you like the sound of that follow my blog!