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Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 07:59 PM:

KY leads 60-24 at the half

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:04 PM:

KY leads 74-31 at the 1st media timeout of the 2nd half!

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:09 PM:

Perry with his 1st three of the season

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:10 PM:

80-33 KY leads with 13:24 to play

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:11 PM:

These boys aren't afraid to shoot it!

Brea for 2

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:12 PM:

Been a couple of consecutive KY defensive lapses

Bre'a for 3

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:13 PM:

87-39 with 11:11 to play in the game. 2nd media TO of the half!

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:15 PM:

KY shooting 34-54 from the floor for62.5%

Cats are 13-29 from three point land for a 45.8% clip

KY's only attempted 6 ft's hitting 4

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:16 PM:

Brea, #4, is shooting 3-4 from 3pt land

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:17 PM:

Noah is into the game. Gets a steal almost immediately

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:18 PM:

Williams looks strong under the basket

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:20 PM:

Robinson for three, assist to Noah

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:21 PM:

94-44 with 7:35 to play.

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:25 PM:

The 5 players currently on the floor, Oweh, #00, has 15 points on 6-8 shooting
Butler, #1, 11 points on 5-8 shooting

Robinson , #2, 19 points on 7-12 shooting

Garrison, #10 2 points

Almonor, #15, 12 points 4-6 shooting

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:26 PM:

100-44 with 6:20 to play

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:27 PM:

Cats holding KWU to 32% shooting from the floor

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:28 PM:

Noah with his 1st three as a Wildcat!

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:29 PM:

Noah with another three. Assist to Perry

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:30 PM:

108-48 with 4 minutes to play

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:31 PM:

Noah with another three he has 9 points

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:32 PM:

2:26 to play 113=50 at final media timeout!

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:34 PM:

KY shooting 44-71 from the floor for 62% shooting

19-39 from three for 48.7% from deep.

29 assists and 5 turnovers!

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:36 PM:

Butler leading Cats with 6 of the teams 40 rebounds.

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:36 PM:

Noah with his 4th three

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:37 PM:

1:44 all that's left in the game.

118-50 for the Cats!

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:38 PM:

KY with 48 points in the paint!

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:39 PM:

Almonor for three

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:40 PM:

KY now 21-42 from three point and!

Chandler with a slam

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:40 PM:

123-52 KENTUCKY WINS

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 10-23-2024, 08:46 PM:

8 Cats scored in double figures

Robinson 19
Oweh 18
Almonor 15
Brea 13
Williams 12
Noah 12
Butler 11
Carr 10

Posted by CatfanRick (Member # 126) on 10-23-2024, 09:13 PM:

I saw the last 14 minutes and change. As the score goes it was over but this team kept a very steady rhythm to their game. A small sample size to look at but even when changing players in and out, they played the same.

They also made the game easy, both to watch but more so for themselves. They fought hard on defense, and given that they had spent what, the last 4 months defending themselves, facing new players they did very well both individually and as a team. Offensively they also played hard but under control. Shots weren't forced but taken when there. Extra passes were the norm and players seemed to be in scoring positions when receiving the ball.

Other than the assist and turnover numbers, we shared and took care of the basketball very well, I wouldn't look to hard at the box score. Be honest, this wasn't a SEC level team we played tonight. I can't see team statistics such as these consistently through the season, but I can see several players each game posting good numbers. We have a team of shooters, and we need to be careful to not fall in love with the three, but we must also keep in mind that you miss every shot you don't take. Any one of these kids will be able to demoralize and decapitate at team on any given night.

Bottom line, this group will take some hits, but they will also deliver some knockout blows as well. I did not see a single player make a mistake on either end of the court and look to the bench for his replacement. I saw all 5 players play more or less all 5 positions. They hustled baseline to baseline in both directions until the last 7 seconds on the clock. I could be wrong, but I will guess that if we are up 15 at the 5 minute mark there will be no taking the foot off the gas, no freezing the ball on offense, and no chance that we lose the game unless the other team simply becomes superhuman at the end.

From this sample I have one single prediction, Kentucky Wildcat Basketball will be FUN to watch this year.

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 10-23-2024, 09:30 PM:

Completely different BB than we've seen around here in several years. I agree this team was not on our level but we played hard for 40 minutes. That's the first time I've seen a UK team play good BB for that long. Those teams we play in the future better hope they can cover 5 guys all the time or a trhee is going in. We have only one person who will need a little more experience to catch up with the rest and that would be Garrison. He seems a little nervous but he will catch up. The other 10 guys did not show a weakness anywhere and Krissa did not even get on the floor. My only complaint is the signal froze numerous times while watching ESPN+. But that happened last year also. Hope we don't have many games on streaming.

Posted by PaulCat (Member # 513) on 10-24-2024, 08:47 AM:

Not that this means much, but Wesleyan did beat Louisville last year, and they returned five of their top six players.

We may take some lumps this year, but this is gonna be a fun team to watch. Boy can they shoot the lights out!!!

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 10-24-2024, 03:12 PM:

They played well. I think we will live and die my made threes all year which is ok. This team will not get to the Free Throw line a lot this year.

I think they will struggle against the more athletic/better teams unless they are knocking down 20 plus threes a game.

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 10-24-2024, 05:53 PM:

I watched the game on some bootleg YouTube channel. My take is either of these three:

(1) Kentucky Weslyan was paid not to defend the 3

(2) They were totally inept at it

(3) Our offense is damn good at getting the ball to the open shooter.

Let's hope it was option 3. One thing for sure, when we get a good look a the basket, it is likely to go in. But, SEC-caliber teams will not give us so many open looks.

[ 10-24-2024, 06:07 PM: Message edited by: Tiptree ]

Posted by Bama Cat (Member # 153) on 10-24-2024, 10:39 PM:

I say the third option also. All I can say is they better have 5 guys that can stay in the face of our 5 guys, no matter which 5, or it's curtains for a lot of the SEC teams. How many times will you put the last guy on the bench in and he lights you up for four 3's real quick? There's not much need to worry who the starting five will be. I'm wondering how the starting 10 will be decided. Hello BB goodbye FB when will the final shoe fall??

Posted by PaulCat (Member # 513) on 10-25-2024, 01:53 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Tiptree:
But, SEC-caliber teams will not give us so many open looks.

Arkansas will. All we have to do is make three passes and we'll have someone wide open. [Big Grin]

[ 10-25-2024, 01:54 PM: Message edited by: PaulCat ]

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 10-26-2024, 06:10 PM:

LMAO. [Big Grin]