Calipari won’t need anyone to give him updates on the Bulls’ next game, with South Florida set to face No. 1 Kentucky on Friday in the Hoophall Miami Invitational, presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “If you’re out to prove who you are, you’re doing that every night”. The team has taken an average of just 11.6 three-point tries in that span and against Boston, Marcus Lee, Skal Labissiere, Alex Poythress and Derek Willis made a combined 19-of-34 shots.
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Jahmal Murray led the Bulls with 13 points while Jaleel Cousins and Chris Perry added 12 apiece. Kentucky extended theirregular season win streak to 39 in a row against unranked opponents.
Denzel Valentine scored a career-high 32 points, hitting five consecutive 3-pointers to break open a tight game in the second half, and No. 3 Michigan State defeated Boise State 77-67 Friday in the semifinals of the DirecTV Wooden Legacy.
It was a reunion for plenty of people on both benches.
Antigua was honored by ESPN.com as the nation’s top assistant coach under the age of 40 in 2012.
Antigua is one of several former Calipari assistants turned head coaches along with Memphis’ Josh Pastner, Massachusetts’ Derek Kellog, Drexel’s Bruiser Flint and former Auburn Head Coach Tony Barbee.
USF was within 27-21 late in the half when the big Kentucky run started, the Wildcats scoring on seven of nine possessions to pull away.
Lastly, 6-11 sophomore forward Ruben Guerrero plays 15.5 minutes per contest, scoring 3.0 points per game while pulling down an impressive 4.5 boards per contest.
“We just have to fight through it and grind it out”.
Make (outside) shots – Before the season began, one of the strengths of this Kentucky basketball team was thought to be its outside shooting, but that expectation has yet to come to fruition. The Wildcats are 6-0 for the third time in the last five seasons. Cousins, the brother of former Kentucky standout DeMarcus Cousins – now of the Sacramento Kings – was limited to 3 first-half minutes after picking up two fouls in two seconds….
Kentucky has looked a little rocky at times to begin the season, struggling to put away mid-major teams and allowing them to stay in ball games. He had 10 assists in USF’s game against NJIT.
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Tonight’s showdown will take place in American Airlines Arena, home of the Miami Heat. He was immediately eligible to play this season for USF because he was a graduate transfer.
