UK vs. UNC ...Davis to the rescue!

The Cats really had a fight on their hands saturday afternoon against the number 5 ranked UNC! The Tar-Heels came out firing but the Cats didn't let that phase them. By the end of the half, UNC had taken a 43 to 38 lead because of some handy 3-point shooting.
Coming out in the second half it still seemed that the two teams were evenly matched throughout. Shot after shot was matched by each team. In the final minutes, UK took the lead and was up 73 to 72 with 21 seconds to go. It all came down to the final play when Zeller, seeing a double team coming his way, dished the ball off to John Henson who had an easy ten footer for the win. He sets to take the shot and releases. Out of know where the 6'10" defensive machine Anthony Davis came flying across the lane and blocked the shot to end the game grabbing the win for UK! From the looks of it, Davis is the man stepping up for the Cats in big games.
UK was lead by Michael Kidd-Gilchrest with 17 points and 11 huge rebounds. Jones and Lamb threw in 14 a piece and Miller came off the bench hitting a 3-pointer and scoring 12 points.
Calipari bettered his home winning record since joining with the Wildcats to 38-0 and the Cats now have a season record of 8-0!

UK vs. St. Johns

UK came out to a hot start defensively, but offensively not so much... Watching this game should make people see that the Wildcats quite possibly have one of the best defensive teams in the NCAA this season. The Cats totally controlled the paint on the defensive side out-rebounding St. Johns 45-35 and blocking a total of 18 shots which is a new school record. The Cats held St. Johns to only 59 points but struggled seemingly to reach 81 their selves. UK only shot 40% from the field and a low 67% from the free-throw line. Calipari was disappointed with the offensive production in this game and wasn't afraid to say it. When asked about the upcoming game saturday against a very strong UNC team, Calipari said, "If we play like tonight? I would be a very sad coach after the game." The Cats obviously have the talent to be good offensively but really need to prove it this weekend against the #5 team in the nation.
Leading UK in scoring was Terrence Jones with 26 points and throwing in 9 boards. But the player that affected the game the most was definitely, hands down, Anthony Davis who scored 15 points, had 15 rebounds, and 8 HUGE blocks! The defensive effort by this upcoming star tonight is what kept St. Johns at bay. Doron Lamb also through in 16 points of his own.
Thats 7-0 now and to make it 8-0 were going to need a defensive effort like last night with an eruption of offense to go along with it against the Tar Heels this Saturday. GO CATS!!