The "Fake" Woo: Mississippi St. Holds off Kentucky, 69-64

Well Kentucky just didn't have the weapons last night. It was evident and Mr. Obvious, Jimmy D, pointed it out on a number of occasions. Jodie Meeks and Derrick Jasper were both out with sickness or injury.

Case in Point: After Kentucky had cut the gap, Jarvis Varnardo kept getting removed from the game because of his offensive liability. Coach Billy Gillispie used the same concept: Mark Curry was coming off the bench for defense. He was repeatably taken out on the offensive side of the ball by............Perry Stevenson. Thats how bad it was.

Just a quick thought about the game. It is hard to tell if Ramel Bradley is more a liability or lifesaver. He missed a number of open shots and had costly turnovers down the stretch. But without him, the Cats might have lost by 20.

Last note before the breakdown. My worst fears came true. I was afraid that the Bulldogs would erase every shot, and they did. I was also afraid the Bulldogs would contain Patrick Patterson, and they did. Kentucky got intimidated early, fell behind and never caught up. Props to the Cats for playing hard............................IN THE SECOND HALF.

Notes:

Ramel Bradley has played every minute in the last 3 games.
Kentucky only had 10 turnovers, there lowest of the season
They had 12 in the loss to G-Webb
MSU had 15 blocks, UK 5

To hell with it, you saw the game, plus it is two days later.

VISITORS: Kentucky (7-8, 1-1 SEC)
                        TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
34 Harris, Ramon....... f  1-3    0-1    0-0    2  2  4   3   2  1  3  2  2  38
42 Coury, Mark......... f  1-6    0-0    1-2    0  3  3   2   3  1  0  0  0  20
54 Patterson, Patrick.. f  4-11   0-0    2-2    1  2  3   3  10  0  0  1  0  36
03 Bradley, Ramel...... g  6-17   2-10   8-8    0  4  4   2  22  4  5  0  4  40
32 Crawford, Joe....... g  8-19   4-8    0-0    3  2  5   4  20  5  1  0  1  39
12 Krebs, Mark.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
13 Porter, Michael.....    1-1    1-1    0-0    0  0  0   1   3  0  1  0  0   2
15 Stewart, A.J........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
21 Stevenson, Perry....    2-3    0-0    0-0    3  4  7   5   4  1  0  2  0  23
 TEAM................                         2  3  5
 Totals..............   23-60   7-20  11-12  11 22 33  20  64 12 10  5  7 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-28 42.9%   2nd Half: 11-32 34.4%   Game: 38.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-9  33.3%   2nd Half:  4-11 36.4%   Game: 35.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  0-0   0.0%   2nd Half: 11-12 91.7%   Game: 91.7%    1


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HOME TEAM: Mississippi State (12-5, 3-0 SEC)
                        TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
23 Rhodes, Charles..... f  5-8    0-0    2-4    1  2  3   0  12  2  3  1  1  30
32 Varnado, Jarvis..... c  3-5    0-0    4-10   2 10 12   2  10  1  1 10  0  36
22 Stewart, Barry...... g  2-11   0-5    5-8    3  1  4   3   9  4  5  0  1  35
25 Turner, Phil........ g  4-10   3-8    0-0    1  3  4   1  11  1  0  0  0  33
44 Gordon, Jamont...... g  7-11   5-7    5-9    2  7  9   3  24  5  2  1  0  36
02 Johnson, Ravern.....    0-3    0-2    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  1  0   6
03 Begley, Billy.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
15 Benock, Riley.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   1   0  0  1  1  0  11
21 Johnson, Brian......    1-2    0-0    0-0    2  0  2   1   2  0  1  1  0   9
45 Bailey, Elgin.......    0-1    0-0    1-2    1  0  1   2   1  0  0  0  0   3
 TEAM................                         2  1  3
 Totals..............   22-51   8-22  17-33  14 26 40  13  69 13 13 15  2 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-30 43.3%   2nd Half:  9-21 42.9%   Game: 43.1%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  5-15 33.3%   2nd Half:  3-7  42.9%   Game: 36.4%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  1-4  25.0%   2nd Half: 16-29 55.2%   Game: 51.5%    9


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Officials: Doug Shows, Anthony Jordan, Rick Crawford.
Technical fouls: Kentucky-TEAM. Mississippi State-None.
Attendance: 9862
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Kentucky......................   27   37  -   64
Mississippi State.............   32   37  -   69
Actual attendance: 8,787. MSU owns 7-game win streak (6 straight SEC home wins
dating back to last February). MSU has first 3-0 SEC start since 1993-94. MSU
wins back-to-back games over UK for second time in school history (1962 & 63).
Varnado records third triple-double in school history (J. Gordon & L. Roberts)

Points in the paint-UK 26,MS 24. Points off turnovers-UK 13,MS 9.
2nd chance points-UK 6,MS 13. Fast break points-UK 2,MS 2.
Bench points-UK 7,MS 3. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-5 times.
Last FG-UK 2nd-00:09, MS 2nd-06:26.
Largest lead-UK by 5 1st-18:34, MS by 12 2nd-14:58.