The hangover is what the press types are calling this game. After a near championship style celebration just a couple of days earlier a lazy first half was bound to happen. Thank goodness the coach can speak with the team at half without the burden of being in public. Whatever it was that he said worked and I couldn’t have asked for a better turnaround from one half to the other. Most likely all these kids have Christmas break on their minds as their fellow students have been gone from campus for almost two weeks already. Between them being pretty good shooting from the floor and outrebounding us there is wonder why we were tied at half. They could have been up by 5 if it weren’t for the grinding defense of the cats. The late in the game run was made it apparent that the cats were acting like real cats by toying with their prey as they load up to pounce and take it out. Coming down the stretch John Wall showed yet again he is much more than a freshman point guard. He is a legend in the making. With Wall and Cousins hammering the LBS guys it opened the floor for other good things including making a defensive stand the last 11 mins. only allowing 7 baskets. If our D can grind down teams then we must consider being a more intensive team for 40 minutes rather than 10.
Big Cuz had a great game and the technical was due him for his immature actions. It makes me question whats going to happen next week when the dirty birds come in and make it much worse on him? Sitting because you cant control your emotions is something I am sure he will not allow himself to be bottlenecked by. The second half run was controlled by him although the guards were showing him the ball and he could have cruised more on defense. Good thing he wasn’t cruising because he kept the rim cleam of any shots during that spurt. It appeared to be motivated and focused basketball and we all know he is even better but we just have to be patient to see his real game.
Kentucky ended the game slow but managed to hit all their shots including a couple of great 3s by Bled-Bled and Jimmy (John walls preferred nickname). Once again the phenom freshmen willed the cats to victory. Our offensive effeceincy in the last 10 mins drastically improved our overall numbers for the night. We shot everything better in the second half as well as a +9 in rebs in the second half. What can you say about John Wall that hasn’t already been said? I will get back to you as soon as I figure that one out. It appears the bench is becoming more and more important as the minutes are finally being spread around and everyone is seeing some PT now. Another big shout out to DeAndre who keeps on making me believe with solid D and running on offense instead of walking. Although PP was a solid contributor with his umpteenth double double he appears to be sceding some of his real estate to the big man because of his position.
LBS is picked to win their conference so I believe this was a really good test for an opponent they likely know nothing about. 13-0!
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