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Cats take down Cards at Rupp
When Louisville visits Kentucky in Rupp Arena on Saturday, it will mark the ninth time that Rick Pitino and John Calipari have matched wits as the coaching antagonists in our state’s signature basketball rivalry.
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“It was a great team performance and really a good win”, Ulis said. Of the three games that are more expensive, two are happening tonight on Tuesday, December 22nd when the San Diego State Aztecs host the Kansas Jayhawks and the Michigan State Spartans host the Oakland Golden Grizzlies.
Kentucky (10-2) led 75-70 and then held on for the win as a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Louisville guard Damion Lee fell short. Having worked on that for a week fully expecting a 2-3 matchup scheme from Louisville, the Cats were effective enough to build a 52-36 lead inside the first 3 minutes of the second half. So, we’re going to need a deep bench in this game.
“We’ve got things that we’ve got to do”, Calipari said.
“We just tried to the last week weather the storm injury-wise”.
Twice after Louisville pulled within two in the last five minutes, Kentucky hit a big 3-pointer – one by Tyle Ulis and another from Dominique Hawkins. (It) cleared their minds.Alex Poythress scored 14 points for Kentucky. Labissiere saw 10 minutes in a reserve role, scoring two points and grabbing three rebounds.
Calipari built his path toward the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame primarily with an uncommon understanding of how to get players to play together, to play well and to play well together.
“Courage”, Calipari said of the shot. “What he’ll do is he’ll come back and kill people next week, if his ankle is healthy”. Freshman guard Charles Matthews started in place of Briscoe, who averages 11.5 points, but it was Hawkins who gave the Wildcats a spark in his absence. “Let’s be classy, and I expect that’s how they’ll be in this game”. “Then I love the fact that Tyler (Ulis) just threw him the ball down low and he posted and he was – Alex is an elite athlete”. Even Murray’s first basket – after eight misses – couldn’t prevent Louisville from closing within 55-47 at the under-12 timeout. Lee scored a game-high 27 points for the Cardinals.
The talented and young Wildcats (9-2), replacing seven players who turned pro after last season, are still finding their way after opening No. 2 in the Top 25.
-There is an old urban legend that Louisville head coach Rick Pitino once coached at Kentucky, but historians have yet to confirm or deny this tale. Pitino’s only comments immediately after the game were made on the Louisville radio broadcast.
Pitino also reportedly failed to show for his postgame press conference with reporters.
“I think guys did a great job of coming back competing in the second half”, Willard said. (Kentucky) hit some really, really tough shots that ordinarily you would say those are the kind of shots you want them to take in that situation. “Thank God they didn’t pick-and-roll because someone would have made a three and we’d have lost by one”.
In a text message to ESPN, the coach said the gesture “was a, ‘we r #1′”.
Hield finished with 34 points and seven rebounds and Woodward added 28 points and three steals for the Sooners (11-0), who shot 50.0 percent from the floor. His overall NCAA tourney record at United Kingdom was 22-5.
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The game is a chance for Louisville to earn a signature win, against its biggest rival at that. He would finish the half with 15 points. Kentucky’s next game is January second hosting Ole Miss.