Kentucky Beats Tennessee

Kentucky plays most complete game of season

Missed shot, turnover, air ball.

That was the Tennessee Volunteer’s first three offensive possessions.

With the early struggles, the Kentucky Wildcats capitalized displaying their most complete game of the season starting the game on an 11-0 run and coming away with the crucial 77-58 victory.

The victory came without a ton of production by Jodie Meeks, as he was held by the Tennessee defense to shoot just 4 for 14 from the field and end with a total of 14 points. With the lacking of Kentucky’s main threat, the rest of the Cats were able to pick up the slack for the first time all year.

Point guard Michael Porter, freshman Darius Miller, Perry Stevenson, and Ramon Harris all made contributions to the Cat scoring efforts.

“They really did well.” Said Coach Gillespie after the game.

Not only did Kentucky have production from a vast majority of the team, they were also efficient. The Cats made nearly 60% of their shots and accumulated 23 turnovers in the 28 baskets made.

“We've never been a selfish team.” Coach Gillespie explained, “We've had some great passes this year but we didn't make the baskets. That's misleading. This time we got the ball in the paint more effectively.”

The win gives the Wildcats 8 in conference and keeps them in contention for the SEC East title. With the knocking off of Tennessee, there is now a three-way tie in the East with Florida, Kentucky, and South Carolina all tied or first. The number of teams in first can be narrowed down once again on Wednesday as the Wildcats head to Columbia for a rematch against the Gamecocks.

The Tennessee victory was promising and displayed that the Wildcats do have the players to compete. If the production can continue from more than the two Kentucky stars, the Cats can be on the road to some great things.