Kentucky is traveling down to Knoxville this afternoon for their 2nd straight road test, this time vs. the Tennessee Volunteers.
The game is at 12 tomorrow and will be on ESPN.
This is the first part of a 3 part preview of Kentucky and the Vols.
[U][B]Guard Impact[/B][/U]
Tennessee is led in scoring by point guard Trae Golden, who averages 14.9 ppg, which is 20.34% of his team’s total points on the season.
In contrast, Doron Lamb leads the Kentucky Wildcats in scoring with 248 total points scored, 9 more points than Golden. The big difference is Lamb only makes up 18.21% of his team’s total output.
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[I]Impact:[/I] Lamb has a lot more help on the offensive side of the basketball than does Golden.
[I]Advantage:[/I] Kentucky
[U]Paint Impact
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Tennessee has 79 total blocks, led by junior Kenny Hall’s 18 swats on the season.
Anthony Davis alone has 76 blocks on the season, leading Kentucky to a total of 155.
[I][B]Impact:[/B][/I] [B]Tennessee has a chance to have more shots swatted out of the lane than actually make it to the basket.[/B]
[I][B]Advantage:[/B][/I] [B]Kentucky[/B]
[B][U]Perimeter Impact
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Tennessee’s Skylar McBee has made 31 three pointers this season for the Vols, not having started 1 game, for 23.85% of the team’s points from behind the arc.
Darius Miller has made 21 three pointers this season for the Wildcats, only starting 6 of the 17 games played, which is 22% of the team’s points from behind the arc.
[I][B]Impact: [/B][/I][B]The Cats will have to locate McBee when he is in the game as he will definitely be looking for shot.[/B]
[I][B]Advantage:[/B][/I] [B]Push… I think Darius can offset anything Tennessee tries to do defensively if he is stepping up and knocking down shots as he did vs. Auburn down the stretch.[/B]
Here are charts of the player impact for both teams(scroll over to see stats and percentages)
