Jan 12, 2013; Lexington, KY, USA; Texas A
This is a scene that John Calipari does not want to see. Ever again. The sight of Elston Howard “shushing the crowd” at Rupp Arena is still a sore subject for Wildcat fans. Howard exploded for 40 points as the Aggies upset UK 83-71. The teams have gone in different directions since as Texas A&M went on a four game losing streak after that game and just snapped it with a 55-49 OT win over Mississippi State. Kentucky has won four of five and is fresh off an 87-73 upset of their own over #16 Ole Miss. In that game, Nerlens Noel had a school record 12 blocks for the Wildcats.
A win is vital for Kentucky as they will gain some ground in the SEC race. Florida (7-0) and Ole Miss (6-1) play each other at 7:00PM in Gainesville, so a win will either tie them for second in the conference or move them to just a game back of the Gators.
Here are the starting lineups for tonight’s game, a long with a few stats:
KENTUCKY WILDCATS 14-6 (5-2)
Ryan Harrow – 10.3 ppg, 3.4 apg
Julius Mays – 8.5 ppg, 3.0 apg
Archie Goodwin – 15.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Alex Poythress – 13.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg
Nerlens Noel – 10.2 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 4.7 bpg
TEXAS A&M AGGIES 13-7 (3-4)
Fabyon Harris – 10.9 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Elston Turner – 15.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Jy’Mychal Reese – 7.2 ppg, 2.9 rpg
Ray Turner – 9.7 ppg, 5.9 rpg
Kourtney Roberson – 6.7 ppg, 6.7 ppg
So settle in as I take you through the game and scoring. Feel free to comment below in the comments section.
That’s a wrap. Mays hits 1-2 as UK escapes with a 72-68 win on the road. Survive and advance. James will be here with the post game stories. Good night BBN
Turner misses a long trey and a lot of time goes off the clock battling for ball. UK 71-68 with 1.0 left
Mays hits both
Mays at the line. No time elapsed
Kentucky with a TO
looks like 15.8 left. UK 69-68
Roberson with a layup to make it 69-68. Shot clock review. 15.6 left
Wiltjer with the block. Kentucky has a shot clock violation. Aggies down three with 27.3 left
Mays trey goes in and out. 1:13 left and Aggies call time out down 69-66. :11 on shot clock
Elston Turner trey 69-66 with 1:54
Kentucky has another solid defensive stand, fouled on rebound. Noel at line with 2:27. Hits one of two 69-63
Hits them both 68-63
Wiltjer will be at the line with 2:59 left
Hits them both 66-63
Mays will be at the line with 3:22 left
UK 64-63 3:46 Kentucy ball
Noel with a jumphook UK 64-62
Kentucky with 6 turnovers in final 2:00
To overtime we go. Game tied at 62. No excuse for this but here we go
Wow. Elston Turner gets off a shot that bounces off the rim but goes in. Tie game at 1.4
Wow. Wiltjer gets mugged but no foul. Held ball. Aggies ball at 15.9
clock review is 19.9
He hits them both but Aggies get offensive rebound and score. 62-60 with 19.1 left
Poythress at the line with 38 left
Ray Turner scores. 60-58 UK with 58.8 left
Wiltjer thought Noel was 10 feet tall with that lob attempt. Still 60-56 with 1:10 left
60-56 at 1:32 mark. Aggies with the ball
60-54 at 2:07
UK fan with a “I still hate Laettner” shirt told to let it go by announcers
There is so much blue in the building. Sounds like a UK home game
Huge. Mays with a shot clock beating trey gives UK a 60-52 lead with 3:38 left.
Jimmy Dykes said Kyle Wiltjer is the slowest player in the building yet managed to praise him. 56-50 Cats
Wiltjer finally waking up and getting aggressive. UK 54-50 at 7:27 mark. UK is back at Vanderbilt and Tennessee level of offensive play
Goodwin finally starting to get untracked but game still too close for comfort. UK 49-46 at the 9:16 mark
Harrow with a trey and a Goodwin circus shot goes in. 45-40 UK and Archie will be at the line for the FT
Another fun stat. Aggies are 11-11 from the FT line. UK is 5-10. Kentucky takng some bad looks on offense. UK 40-36 at 13″33
Kentucky 38-32 at 15:17 mark. Letting the Aggies hang around is dangerous
Aggies cut it to 25-30, Cal not happy
Goodwin has 3 fouls. He was doing such a good job of controlling Turner. Noel playing like a man with 14 and 9. 35-27 UK
Noel has 10 points and 8 boards
It was ugly at times, but UK finishes the first half strong. UK up 30-21
UK on a 17-4 run as Wiltjer hits Mays with a sweet pass. 30-17 at the 1:20 mark
Mays with another trey. It’s vital he stays hot. UK 26-17 at the 3:19 mark
Game is ponderous to watch, but UK is up at the 4:59 mark. UK showing signs of life with back to back treys by Mays and Goodwin 21-15
Crisis averted. Noel coming back in
Noel seems OK and walks off
Noel falls awkwardly and is in pain. UK up 13-11 at 7:38 mark,
Elston Turner 0-6 tonight. Unfortunately UK not putting the Aggies away. UK 13-9 at the 7:48 mark and Goodwin at the line for the “and one”
Apparently fouling the hell out of Nerlens Noel calls for a huge cheer from the Aggie fans. Noel hits both FT’s. 11-9 UK
Sigh, Two steps forward, one back. Game tied at 9
After a 9-0 start, the Aggies have scored 7 straight 10:44 left
Noel has 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 blocked shot.
Cauley Stein is seeing some action tonight. Good to see him back. Kentucky up 9-2 at the 11:41 mark
UK 9-2 after ESPN decided to not show over 2:00 of the UK game
No clue whats going on in the Kentucky game. ESPN doing a mini sportcenter now
Seriously ESPN? If the viewers wanted to watcch the Kansas game, they would. This is BS
Looks like ESPN wants us to watch the end of Kansas/ Oklahoma State game
Archie was driving but found Wiltjer for a trey. Aggies are 0-7. It’s UK 5, Aggies 0 at 15:57
Archie playing good early defense. Aggies will have trouble scoring
Cats starting cold early up 2-0 Nerlens with a block already
As they say, Blue got in. Lots of blue in the arena
Even folks. Ready for some basketball?
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