Think of sitting on a huge cruise ship, sitting, looking at the beautiful ocean. Just relaxing. This is how the Ole Miss game felt. Every now and then the Cats would hit some rough water, but it just made the cruise a little more exciting. Overall this was a pretty dominant performance offensively by the Cats as they cruised to a 10 point win. Lets check out the box score.
Official Basketball Box Score
Official Basketball Box Score
Ole Miss vs Kentucky
02/02/10 7:00 pm at Rupp Arena – Lexington, KY
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VISITORS: Ole Miss 16-6, 4-4
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
31 Holloway, Murphy…. f 3-8 0-0 3-3 1 3 4 2 9 1 1 0 1 24
52 Cranston, DeAundre.. f 2-4 1-2 0-1 1 2 3 5 5 0 1 1 2 20
12 Warren, Chris……. g 5-12 4-8 1-2 0 1 1 2 15 3 2 0 1 29
14 Polynice, Eniel….. g 6-12 0-1 2-2 1 2 3 2 14 3 4 0 0 34
24 White, Terrico…… g 7-13 2-5 3-4 6 1 7 1 19 0 3 0 0 36
01 Henry, Terrance….. 3-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 7 0 1 0 0 9
23 Gaskins, Trevor….. 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 1 4 3 1 0 1 16
32 Graham, Zach…….. 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 20
44 Riley, DeAngelo….. 1-5 0-0 0-1 2 2 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 12
TEAM……………. 4 2 6
Totals………….. 29-66 8-20 9-13 15 18 33 20 75 10 15 2 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-37 40.5% 2nd Half: 14-29 48.3% Game: 43.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 69.2% 2,2
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HOME TEAM: Kentucky 21-1, 6-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
15 Cousins, DeMarcus… f 6-14 0-0 6-10 9 4 13 3 18 0 1 4 0 29
54 Patterson, Patrick.. f 4-9 1-2 3-3 4 2 6 2 12 2 1 2 0 31
03 Dodson, Darnell….. g 4-5 4-5 2-2 0 3 3 1 14 1 0 0 0 16
11 Wall, John………. g 6-10 2-3 3-3 0 2 2 2 17 7 4 1 1 36
24 Bledsoe, Eric……. g 4-10 0-3 0-0 0 3 3 2 8 8 7 0 4 37
01 Miller, Darius…… 2-5 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 9
05 Harris, Ramon……. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
21 Stevenson, Perry…. 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
33 Orton, Daniel……. 2-2 0-0 0-1 0 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 16
34 Liggins, DeAndre…. 2-5 1-1 0-0 1 4 5 2 5 1 2 0 1 17
TEAM…………….
Totals………….. 31-62 9-19 14-19 14 24 38 15 85 21 17 8 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-35 45.7% 2nd Half: 15-27 55.6% Game: 50.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 5-9 55.6% Game: 47.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 10-13 76.9% 2nd Half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 73.7% 2
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Officials: Tony Greene, Antinio Petty, Michael Stephens
Technical fouls: Ole Miss-None. Kentucky-None.
Attendance: 24341
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Ole Miss…………………. 37 38 – 75
Kentucky…………………. 46 39 – 85
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[*]DeMarcus Cousins does not get enough credit for what he does for this team. He is the most consistent player on the Kentucky team. You know you are getting a double double every game. You know he will not back down from anything. Cal said that Cousins is the best center he has ever coached, including the NBA. If I had to pick one player that I could not win without, it is Boogie, my Player of the Year.
[*]John Wall battled back with 17 points and 7 assists and 4 turnovers. We are watching a future NBA superstar grow up right before our eyes. Growing pains are going to be there, and I think we witnessed just another step of maturity on the road to stardom.
[*]Eric Bledsoe does what Eric Bledsoe does. He shoots(4-10). He also passes(8 assists). He also likes to get into situations where he doesn’t know what to do with the basketball. (7 turnovers). You have to take the good with the bad with the talent that Bledsoe has. A future lottery pick with a freshman mind. He is going to be so dangerous.
[*]The X factor for the Cats was Darnell Dodson. Dodson is definately the 5th starter and has earned the spot with 4-5 shooting from the behind the arc while scoring 14 points in 16 minutes.
[*]The Cats shot 60% from the field, 47% from the three, and 73.7% from the free throw line. If we do that every game, then we will win every game.
[*]Cats outrebounded the Rebels 38-33. We did give up 15 offensive rebounds to only getting 14.
[/LIST]All in all this was a very good win by the Cats. Hell, they are all good. It was a nice, solid home win. I am looking forward to going on the road to Mississippi St. and Vanderbilt. We will learn a whole lot about our team revisiting a hostile atmosphere then beating people in Rupp.
This season is fun, and Alabama will find out how much fun Rupp is right now. Go Cats!
