Ugly. Very Ugly. There are few positives to take away from this victory. I will get to that in a bit. With play like that, they will lose against North Carolina. If UNC is ranked number 1, SBU is ranked number 341; Kentucky can be found somewhere in the middle.
Unforced turnovers. Uninspired play. Kentucky had 23 TOs, that number is horrible considering SBU played zone most of the games and the Cats were never really pressured. Kentucky started slow, continued slow and ended slow. Here is the box score breakdown:
Team Notes
- Kentucky had 23 TO, to 11 Assist. Worst A/T ratio in 2 years.
- 1-10 from the 3 point line
- First basket came at 16:13
- Only had 4 points at the 9:30 mark
- Kentucky's first led was at 7:09 in the first half
- Boo Birds were out with 4 minutes remaining in the first half
- UK 41% FG / SBU 20% in the first half
- 15:17 in Second half UK hits first 3 pointer
- UK led by only 6 with 5:55 Remaining
- Attendance 19K plus, smallest Rupp crowd since December, 2004
- 4 different starting lineups on the season (8 different players)
- Perry Stevenson had career highs with 18 points and 10 boards in 27 minutes
- A.J. Stewart was MIA. He fell asleep during a film season this week. Wait till he gets a look at this game.
- Mark Coury continues to do his best David Copperfield, he started but disappeared early in the first. He returned shortly with about 14:00 minutes to go in second half. Played only 7 minutes.
- Patrick Patterson had 3rd Double/Double of season, 19 points and 12 boards
- Patterson played every minute.
- Ramel Bradley only had 2 points, 0 field goals.
- Bradley had 2 assist and 5 turnovers
- Ramon Harris made season debut, 4 points, 3 boards, and 4 turnovers.
- Michael Porter had 0 points, 4 assist and 5 turnovers
Ramel Bradly: It was obvious that he was in the doghouse. In the first half he played out of control and had some sloppy passes. He started the game but did not start the second half. "Smooth" was anything but.
Joe Crawford: Played mostly uninspired ball. I thought he could exploit the soft zone but he just faded into the background.
Alex Legion: He had the same turnover bug that all the other guards had. He had some bad passes and a couple of bad shots. But he does have a beautiful jumper; it just needs to go in the basket.
Patrick Patterson: He was a man amongst boys tonight. There were not a lot of plays for him, he got most of his points off of rebounds hustle.
Perry Stevenson: Best game yet by far. Look good around the glass. He was able to use his athletic ability to get some easy baskets. His hands are bad and he needs to work on his game from 15 feet to the basket.
Ramon Harris: Played aggressive in first appearance.
Michael Portor: He looked horrible. He is only credited with 5 TOs but his poor passing was responsible for more than that. He was able to get into the lanes but his passes were normally intercepted. All around horrible game.
Coach Overview: Billy Gillispie's mannerism by half crack me up. During the first half he sits in his seat; during the second half he moves from his seat into a crouch on the baseline. You could almost see the rage boiling inside. One thing I do like is that when he yanks someone, he addresses them before they enter the dog house. His substitution patterns are a little odd, meaning that it does not seem like he has one. Also, it seems that he does not like to stop the flow of the game, no matter how bad it is going. He would rather see his guys play through it.
Don't know where I stand with the Stewart and the press conference. I think he embarrassed Stewart; right or wrong, I do not know. It seemed like something I would do, but then again, I am not teaching young men about basketball and life.
Conclusion
Things don't look good. We will know were the Cats stand on Saturday.
HOME TEAM: Kentucky 4-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Legion, Alex........ * 3-8 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 1 6 1 2 0 1 20
03 Bradley, Ramel...... * 0-3 0-2 4-5 0 1 1 2 4 2 5 1 0 22
32 Crawford, Joe....... * 4-12 1-4 2-3 1 5 6 2 11 0 0 1 0 29
42 Coury, Mark......... * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 7
54 Patterson, Patrick.. * 9-13 0-0 1-1 6 6 12 2 19 1 1 2 3 40
13 Porter, Michael..... 0-4 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 4 0 4 5 1 2 34
21 Stevenson, Perry.... 8-11 0-0 2-4 7 3 10 2 18 2 4 1 3 27
34 Harris, Ramon....... 1-1 0-0 2-3 0 3 3 2 4 1 4 0 2 21
TEAM................
Totals.............. 25-52 1-10 11-16 14 26 40 17 62 11 23 7 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd Half: 14-25 56.0% Game: 48.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-5 0.0% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 10.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 68.8% 2
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Officials: Tim Higgins, Ed Corbett, Jeff Nichols
Technical fouls: Stony Brook-None. Kentucky-None.
Attendance: 19269
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Stony Brook................... 14 38 - 52
Kentucky...................... 26 36 - 62
Points in the paint-SNBK 16,UK 44. Points off turnovers-SNBK 24,UK 16.
2nd chance points-SNBK 8,UK 18. Fast break points-SNBK 2,UK 10.
Bench points-SNBK 15,UK 22. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-1 time.
Last FG-SNBK 2nd-00:06, UK 2nd-00:56.
Largest lead-SNBK by 4 1st-16:34, UK by 18 2nd-10:14.
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