The word BEAT doesn't really do the game justice... but Kentucky BEAT South Carolina yesterday 90-59 for their 31st straight home game win. And that game seemed like it should have been a 50pt differential. This one was all Kentucky all the time as the Cats opened up with a 15-0 lead. They never looked back and never had to as the Gamecocks would not pull closer than that 13 point lead at 15-2. After another quick spurt would put the Cats up 52-21 at half.
Darrius Miller was the talk of the game leading the Cats with a career high 22 including 6-8 from 3pt and 9 rebounds. The question though is "Where did this come from?" The obvious culprit is he has a new motivation. Not John Calipari. Not the fan criticism. It has to be the Rick Stansbury "Let him shoot" comment Tuesday. Seems like Miller just needed a little motivation. But while that's speculation, what is fact is that he is showing the tenacity Calipari and the fan base has been looking for all season.
But the Freshmen trio of Terrence Jones, Brandon Knight, and Doron Lamb went for 19 points and 12 rebounds, 12 points, 9 assist, and 6 rebounds, and 18 points respectively.
Overall, sure this game was quite meaningless as South Carolina has lost 7 of 8 since their loss to Kentucky on January 22nd. However, a W is a W and it's always nice these days to put back-to-back W's on the record.
Kentucky's next game will be Wednesday at 8:00pm EST against Arkansas (16-10, 5-7) and if the game wasn't on the road, Kentucky would be favored by double digits. Yet, this is 2011 and Kentucky is 1-6 away from Rupp including those losses to Georgia, Alabama, and Ole Miss.
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