Thread: Chris Dortch says 'Jones Delivers'

In his 'Fast Break' piece for the SEC Digital Network, Chris Dortch touches on Terrence Jones re-emergence.

Terrence Jones contributions were inexplicably absent at times during Kentucky’s non-conference schedule, but since SEC play began, he’s begun to show flashes of the player who dominated at the Maui Invitational his freshman season, when some pundits thought for a time he could have been the first pick of the 2011 NBA draft.

The most recent example came in a win last Saturday at LSU, which could well have been a trap game for the young Wildcats (21-1, 7-0), who are currently atop both major polls. This season the Tigers had dealt Big East power Marquette a convincing loss in Baton Rouge and came within a play or two of beating a good Virginia team there, so they were more than capable of giving Kentucky a hard time.

Jones didn’t let that happen, scoring a season-high 27 points, to go with nine boards, three blocked shots and two steals, in 30 productive minutes as the ‘Cats won handily, 74-50. Jones made 10 of 16 shots from the floor and 7 of 8 from the free-throw line.

If Jones can consistently deliver even half those numbers every game, the roll Kentucky is on now will carry it through a couple of trips to New Orleans—one for the SEC Tournament and the other for the Final Four.

“Terrence Jones, my point to him was, if this is who you are, then you should be this every game,” Kentucky coach

John Calipari

said.

We'll see if Jones can keep it up tonight at 7PM as UK takes on the Vols of Tennessee, and Terrence takes on Jarnell Stokes who gave him a bit of trouble in their first meeting this year.

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