UK Wildcats Run the Georgia Bulldogs Out of Town
By Leo McKay
The UK wildcats did not hold anything back last night as they sweep the Georgia Bulldogs in SEC play at Rupp by a score of 89 to 79, before a crowd of 20,135.
UK went 31-59 from the field shooting 52.5%, 26-33 from the free throw line for 78.8% and 1 for 9 from the 3 point line for a whoopin 11.1 %.
My good friend and sports authority Brock Gilligan said that proves that KY does not have to shoot 25 to 30 from the 3 point line to win a basketball game. Throw it inside to that Big Monster Nick Richards and tell the others to charge the boards for second chance points. He has a good point and I told him I would share that with Coach Cal.
Nick Richards did have a good night playing 36:10 minutes in the game shooting 7-12 from the field and 6-6 from the free throw line totaling 20 points. Nick also grabbed 8 rebounds on the night.
My biggest concern for this game was how would UK control, maintain and stop Georgia’s #5 Anthony Edwards. That was put to rest last night by UK’s #5 Immanuel Quickley who along with his team mates held him to ZERO, NO Points in the First Half and held him to 16 points for the game.
Nine UK players took the floor last night some playing 36:10 minutes and some 2:32. UK’s Coach Cal said if they want more playing time, get in shape, play good defense and hit the boards, the rest will come. If you are grabbing offensive rebounds you are going to play.
Final Score: No. 15/14 Kentucky 89, Georgia 79
Team Records and Series Notes • Kentucky’s record is 14-4 and is 5-1 in Southeastern Conference play. This is the seventh time in 11 seasons that UK has started 5-1 or better in league play under Coach John Calipari.• Georgia is 11-7 overall, 1-4 in the SEC. • UK leads the series 129-26 and has won 14 in a row against the Bulldogs. UK completed a two-game sweep of the regular-season matchups, having won 78-69 on Jan. 7 in Athens, Georgia. o UK leads 62-5 in games played in Lexington, including nine wins in a row.• Next up: Kentucky goes on the road for its final nonconference game of the regular season, taking on Texas Tech on Saturday in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Game time is 6 p.m. ET (5 p.m. CT in Lubbock) and it will be televised on ESPN.o UK is 3-3 in the Big/12 SEC Challenge but has won its last two games in the annual conference series.
