The only thing that wasĬoach Cal on importance of the win, "This is the type of win that I love. Wall`s defense was good tonight, Patrick Patterson rebounded the ball well and DeAndre Liggins did well coming off of the bench."Ĭoach Cal on Memorial, "Coaching from the end zone was unique but not difficult. They played physical, held the ball on offense, controlled John Wall on defense and played zone against us, which made us attempt contested three pointers. Cousins led all UK scorers with 19, followed by 13 a piece for Wall and Patterson.Ĭoach Cal generally on the game, "I thought that Vandy's game plan against us today was perfect.
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A full court pass went to AJ Ogilvy who drove into the lane and barely missed the floater giving UK their 26th victory on the season and a two game lead in the SEC East. After hitting one of two, Wall and UK had to play full court defense resembling UK's famous tournament bout with Duke, except this time they guarded the in-bound pass. Jenkins again got the ball out on the perimeter and when he pulled for three, Wall came through with a game saving block and was fouled. After missing the first and Vandy calling a timeout, he missed the second. Wall hit both to put UK up four but a three pointer by John Jenkins knocked the lead down to one with 19.9 seconds left, when Bledsoe was sent to the line for two. After Vandy missed a three point attempt, Wall received a break away pass from Cousins and was fouled. Tied at 53 with a minute left, Wall drove to the basket and followed his own miss with a put back to give UK a two point lead. Into the final few minutes, Patterson knocked down a majorly clutch three and Cousins did his normal offensive board work.
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After Tchiengang and Ezeli fouled out for Vandy, Cousins returned with Kentucky down and came through much better on the free throw line than he had in the previous game against Tennessee. Liggins popped a timely three while Miller, coming in for Bledsoe after his technical foul, forced two big second half turnovers. Liggins and Miller both made timely plays on offense and defense. Cousins and Ogilvy both received their fourth fouls near the midway mark of the second half and had to sit for most of the rest of the game. While Cousins did have moments of high emotion, he continues to control that emotion without hurting his team, although at one point he egged on boo's from the Vandy crowd, leading to a good rippin' from Cal. Wall was also fouled rather hard by Ogilvy on a fast break and Cousins, like any good center taking up for his point guard, took offense. The second half was marked with much more physical play which peaked at a point where Bledsoe recieved a personal foul for shoving Taylor and both players received technical fouls. UK owned a five point lead late in the first half, but once again Taylor helped his team cut that deficit down to two by halftime. Taylor would lead all Vandy scorers with 9 points at halftime. Vandy used a 7-0 run near the midway mark of the first half to gain a lead on UK, aided mostly by the timely scoring of Jeffrey Taylor. Cousins would eventually lead all UK scorers with 10 at the half and on the defensive end he did a great job of frustrating the Bronzed-Locked Thunder from Down Under. Cousins, who saw early playing time with Pat and Orton, again made his presence known against a noticeably inferior AJ Ogilvy. I really felt that Vandy did a great job of controlling the tempo in the first half, stopping the progress of UK's fast breaks and playing tough half court defense.
Bad outside shooting was aided by good defense and physical play, leading to a low scoring affair. The first half started off exactly how most would have expected with a team that relies heavily on freshman who have never experienced the very unfriendly confines of Memorial. (BTW, you're lucky Drew is on vacation this week because if there's one thing he loves more than student governments, it's perms). Sometimes fan loyalty reaches stupidity and Dierks is certainly a stupidly loyal fan. When you factor in that most people from Tennessee are too poor to buy CD's, Kentucky has to represent at least 98% of your sales as a honky-tonkin' musician. If I were a country singer, alienating the entire State of Kentucky would be on the top of my "P-Diddy-esque" business decisions. Before jumping into the post-game notes, I just want to commend Dierks Bentley on his genius business move tonight.
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