Andy Katz of ESPN.com thinks Ole Miss’ Marshall Henderson is all grown up as they comes to Lexington to play in Rupp Arena Tuesday night.
Henderson says he is excited to play in Rupp for the first and only time, but he is concentrating on team goals.
Henderson is still the one player the opposing fans love to hate. But he has tuned them out and is just playing basketball, not listening or taking the bait of the jeers. He’ll certainly hear them again Tuesday when he makes his one trip to Rupp Arena to face Kentucky.
Henderson, who sat out three games this season (the season opener and first two SEC games) due to a suspension because of a failed drug test in the offseason, is leading the Rebels by averaging 19.2 points a game. He’s the only senior on the defending SEC tournament champs, and if Ole Miss is able to pull off an upset at Kentucky and move into sole possession of second place behind Florida then most likely it will be by Henderson’s hand.
“I’m excited about this, but it won’t be anything different,” Henderson said of his Ole Miss’ date with Kentucky (7 ET, ESPNU), a team, that like Ole Miss, stands at 6-2 and trails Florida (8-0 in the SEC). “It’s a big-time place, big-time crowd and big-time team. We’re tied for second place. That’s what this game is about Tuesday.”
But Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy knows the focus will be on Henderson, which is not lost on Henderson, either.
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How many points will Marshall Henderson score vs. Kentucky?
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