It was the lethargy.
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Although containing Simmons is a factor in the first of two straight road games for Kentucky, Labissiere said the Wildcats can’t dwell on stopping the league’s third-leading scorer. Ben (Simmons) did a great job of staying engaged while he was over there and really had an impact there in the second half. In fact, he didn’t.
Jessica January had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to help DePaul beat Seton Hall. He’s the real deal. Lee played sparingly in both halves, logging five total minutes and fouled out with 13:04 remaining.
The finish was a stunning scene.
Kellen Dunham scored a game-high 24 points – sinking four 3-pointers – to lead Butler (12-3, 1-2). “I told him, you’ve got to unpack the bags, live in the moment, enjoy this thing, there’s no timetable of this”. “Basically, it seems like no one played to win”.
Calipari also had a warning for his bigs. I’m no Ken Pomeroy, but that’s not an efficient line.
A lot of attention will be paid to how much of a flop freshman big man Skal Labissiere has been. Humphries did not score and had 1 rebound in seven minutes. We’ve got to give our 110 percent effort, just like we did the last couple games. Sophomore Aaron Epps entered the game with four made 3-pointers in his career and hit two in the first half. Kentucky doesn’t have the frontcourt depth it has had in the past. The Tigers doubled their lead from 17-10 to 36-22 when Keith Hornsby turned a steal into a fast-break dunk by Quarterman.
No wonder Johnson, who set the standard for big players gifted at distributing the ball, not to mention good at everything else on the hardwood, has become so impressed with Simmons. “I think we have made a lot of sacrifices for each other and it’s paying off”.
“I don’t know. You’ll have to ask them”. We’re not that good. I said that prior to this game. “It’s better not coming from me”.
“Yeah, actually they did guard me with about three or four players”. You’ve got to be able to rebound.
“We have come together as a team, ” Simmons said. Quarterman finished with 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 assists. I can’t speak for Jamal, but…MURRAY: “It was just frustrating”. Murray said United Kingdom plays “weak at times”.
Isaiah Briscoe missed six of his seven foul shots at LSU.
Stat: LSU scored 44 points in the paint.
He will create some interesting matchup problems for the Wildcats, who will look to build on their best game of the season in an 83-61 thumping of Ole Miss at Rupp Arena.
However, as far as ESPN is concerned, Simmons was still the star.
Despite the hype that was already on his broad shoulders, the 19-year-old from Melbourne has shown ample streaks of the brilliance that has him touted as the almost-consensus number one draft pick in this year’s NBA Draft. United Kingdom trailed 37-27 at the half despite Simmons – who picked up his second foul with nine minutes to play – sitting for all but eight minutes, and scoring just two points. As a team, we’ve gotta all play.
Simmons did end up getting his, yet another double-double of 14 points (5-of-5 shooting from the floor) and 10 rebounds. “Their big guys got into foul trouble, and we took advantage of it inside”.
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“Very unique basketball player”, United Kingdom assistant coach Kenny Payne said Monday. “We weren’t ready to compete at the level they competed at, especially our inside people”. But it’s early enough in the season, we can do some stuff. “So it’s about us going to get a win when we go down there”.
