[SIZE=1]Photo:Walter Cornett[/SIZE]
The Cats looked dominant and Terrence Jones showed why all the SEC coaches and media are wrong for not putting him on any All SEC team. It was a great opening night, so lets look at the boxscore.
[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][TABLE=”class: mod-data, width: 100%”]
[TR=”class: team-color-strip”]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=36767″][COLOR=#000000]Isiah Brown[/COLOR][/URL], F
[/TD]
[TD]36
[/TD]
[TD]12-19
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]1-2
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]3
[/TD]
[TD]14
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD]25
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=32161″][COLOR=#000000]Mike Smith[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]33
[/TD]
[TD]5-13
[/TD]
[TD]3-6
[/TD]
[TD]2-2
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD]15
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=31828″][COLOR=#000000]Justin Tubbs[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]26
[/TD]
[TD]1-6
[/TD]
[TD]0-2
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=32163″][COLOR=#000000]Micah Williams[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]30
[/TD]
[TD]1-6
[/TD]
[TD]1-4
[/TD]
[TD]4-7
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]1
[/TD]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]7
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41043″][COLOR=#000000]Adam Sollazzo[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]15
[/TD]
[TD]0-2
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=46900″][COLOR=#000000]Sheldon Cooley[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]25
[/TD]
[TD]3-11
[/TD]
[TD]1-3
[/TD]
[TD]6-6
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]2
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]13
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=35548″][COLOR=#000000]De’Shaud Johnson[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]1-2
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=52088″][COLOR=#000000]Anthony Johnson[/COLOR][/URL], F
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]0-1
[/TD]
[TD]0-1
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=46901″][COLOR=#000000]Lukas Poderis[/COLOR][/URL], F
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41044″][COLOR=#000000]J.C. Ward[/COLOR][/URL], F
[/TD]
[TD]21
[/TD]
[TD]1-2
[/TD]
[TD]0-1
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=52090″][COLOR=#000000]Curtis Wilkinson[/COLOR][/URL], F
[/TD]
[TD]11
[/TD]
[TD]0-1
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even bi”]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]23-61
[/TD]
[TD]5-17
[/TD]
[TD]14-19
[/TD]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[TD]31
[/TD]
[TD]12
[/TD]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]10
[/TD]
[TD]21
[/TD]
[TD]65
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]37.7%
[/TD]
[TD]29.4%
[/TD]
[TD]73.7%
[/TD]
[TD=”colspan: 8″][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD=”colspan: 13″][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: team-color-strip”]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=51540″][COLOR=#000000]Terrence Jones[/COLOR][/URL], F
[/TD]
[TD]35
[/TD]
[TD]10-19
[/TD]
[TD]2-3
[/TD]
[TD]3-10
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]5
[/TD]
[TD]12
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]25
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41838″][COLOR=#000000]Josh Harrellson[/COLOR][/URL], F
[/TD]
[TD]16
[/TD]
[TD]1-2
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]4
[/TD]
[TD]7
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41836″][COLOR=#000000]Darius Miller[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]31
[/TD]
[TD]3-9
[/TD]
[TD]2-5
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]3
[/TD]
[TD]11
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]8
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=51542″][COLOR=#000000]Brandon Knight[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]32
[/TD]
[TD]6-13
[/TD]
[TD]4-7
[/TD]
[TD]1-4
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]1
[/TD]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD]5
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]17
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41837″][COLOR=#000000]DeAndre Liggins[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]37
[/TD]
[TD]5-10
[/TD]
[TD]2-4
[/TD]
[TD]2-3
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]14
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD]S Poole
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]0-1
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=45883″][COLOR=#000000]Jon Hood[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[TD]1-3
[/TD]
[TD]0-2
[/TD]
[TD]0-1
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]1
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=53104″][COLOR=#000000]Jarrod Polson[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=51543″][COLOR=#000000]Doron Lamb[/COLOR][/URL], G
[/TD]
[TD]28
[/TD]
[TD]7-10
[/TD]
[TD]3-5
[/TD]
[TD]3-5
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”][/TD]
[TD]5
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]20
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][URL=”http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41327″][COLOR=#000000]Eloy Vargas[/COLOR][/URL], F
[/TD]
[TD]13
[/TD]
[TD]0-1
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD=”align: right”]2
[/TD]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: colhead”]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: even bi”]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]33-68
[/TD]
[TD]13-26
[/TD]
[TD]9-23
[/TD]
[TD]16
[/TD]
[TD]48
[/TD]
[TD]18
[/TD]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD]7
[/TD]
[TD]10
[/TD]
[TD]15
[/TD]
[TD]88
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR=”class: odd”]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]48.5%
[/TD]
[TD]50.0%
[/TD]
[TD]39.1%
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[LIST]
[*]The stat of the night is the 13 for 26 from the 3 point line. Cats fans love the 3, and this team can definitely shoot it. I have said many times, this team will be tough to beat if they shoot the 3.
[*]Terrence Jones was an absolute monster this evening. He led the charge with 25 points and 12 rebounds, becoming the first player since Jules Camara to have a double double in his first career game.
[*]Doron Lamb really shot the ball well tonight. This was the best I have seen Doron play, and he is really going to be a go to guy as the season goes on. Lamb finished with 20pts on 7-10 shooting and 3-5 from the 3.
[*]Darius had a rough game as he found himself on the bench as the Cats had their 16-0 run in the 2nd half. Darius still almost had a double double as he had 8 pts and 11 rebounds. Coach Cal said after the game he expects a lot more out of him. I agree.
[*]Eloy is soft. I am sorry about his father’s passing, but he has been soft every game so far. Harrellson is way ahead, and Coach Cal knows it.
[*]Last but not least, Brandon Knight can really shoot. Knight finished with 17 points and was 4-7 from behind the arc. It almost seemed like every time it left his hand it was hitting the bottom of the net.
[/LIST]The best thing about the game tonight was not the win, but having the crowd as excited as it was. You could tell it was the real thing, and the crowd was great. I love Rupp Arena!! Tomorrow it is Commonwealth, and hopefully we have close to 65,000 rocking and rolling to beat Vanderbilt. Go Cats!!
