Dribble Drive versus Dribble Drive. An experienced Rider team who plays the Dribble Drive like UK, except they look for the three instead of dumping down low. Rider is a three point shooting team, so this could be interesting.
Cats should be able to wear down Rider on the inside.
Liggins and Dodson will be riding the pine again this game due to academic issues.
http://espn.go.com/ncb/preview?gameId=293250096
Kentucky's talented freshman class has had little trouble learning first-year coach John Calipari's dribble-drive offense. There has, however, been an alarming lack of intensity when it comes to perimeter defense.
The fourth-ranked Wildcats look to fix those problems Saturday when they host Rider, a squad seeking a second victory over a ranked SEC opponent this season, as part of the Cancun Challenge.
Kentucky has scored 83.0 points per game while shooting 53.3 percent during its 3-0 start. Heralded freshmen John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe have seamlessly joined holdover Patrick Patterson in learning Calipari's system that he brought from Memphis to Kentucky
The Broncs are eager to regroup and look to become the latest lesser-known non-conference school to win at Rupp Arena in recent years, joining Gardner-Webb, San Diego and VMI.
"We have to go to Lexington thinking we can win," forward Mike Ringgold said. "If we don't, the same thing could happen that happened (in Virginia). We go into every game thinking we can win. We went to Mississippi State thinking we could win and we did."
Cats have not gone 4-0 since 2004
Lets see how Wall comes out after the death in the family from earlier this week
Shot clock violation is not the best way to start
Way too easy to beat that press
Nice interior pass to Cousins from Wall
Press is not effetive, go to a Zone Press
Rider has fired up 4 three pointers in less than three minutes
I do like the UK agressiveness
WOW - what a drive by Wall
Rider is 1-12 shooting. UK is 5-9
PP could have 30+ today if they keep feeding him
Wall is not only fast, he is STRONG
Defense is finally defending the three
0-6 for Rider behind the three. Cats need to get this to double digits before Rider starts hitting, which they will
Patterson has 8 rebounds already
Both teams are a combined 0-10 from 3pt range
18-12 UK with 10:47 to go in 1st half
Finally a three pointer for the Cats
Stardust Wrote:18-12 UK with 10:47 to go in 1st half
Thanks!
Cats up 22-12 9:50 to go. Cousins has two fouls
Rider misses another 3, 0-7. This game is too close for the Cats to wait for the Bronco's to get hot
Wall with another incredible crossover.
Orton has looked the best that I have ever seen him play. Put back, Cats up 29-14.
Rider is 4-18, o-8 from 3pt range. Problem is, Rider is getting uncontested shots, they are just not making them
We are getting big minutes out of Orton