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Chris Dortch says ‘Jones Delivers’

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

[I][LEFT][B]Terrence Jones[/B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma] 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.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]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.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]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.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]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.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]“Terrence Jones, my point to him was, if this is who you are, then you should be this every game,” Kentucky coach [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]
[B]John Calipari [/B][/I][I][LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]said.

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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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