[Mr. Pike Central]

Game Ball(s): Darius Miller & Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - These two young guys were terrific. Miller hit ridiculously huge shots. Yes, they were open, but very often open shots are the hardest to make. MKG frustrated Bost to the edge of his sanity and just a little beyond, and made hustle play after rebound after stickback. These two were equally huge, and without them both, this would not have been a victory.

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Good Thoughts:

- Anthony Davis played the strangest game I've seen him play all year in the first half, but in the second, he did what he does best -- blocked shots, got rebounds, and scored close to the basket.

- Doron Lamb struggled all night from the field, but he ran the team extremely well while Teague was out with fouls -- so well, in fact, that Calipari left him in at the point for the rest of the game. Lamb made free throws, one big three, and just kept chugging along despite his perimeter touch being off.

- Terrence Jones had a terrible first half, but a monster second half defending, rebounding, and doing a ton of great work. He didn't have a great looking stat line, but trust me when I tell you he played better than his stats indicate, particularly in the second half.

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Not So Good Thoughts:

- Marquis Teague just had a bad game. He was hypercaffinated or something. Teague took bad shots, turned the ball over, made defensive errors, got an unsportsmanlike technical for barking at the officials, and just generally was off his game. He made a couple of threes, but he was largely ineffective and just not himself.

- The whole team repeatedly failed to locate shooters and gave up a bunch of open threes, many of which went in. UK made it hard on themselves by failing to guard the Bulldog shooters, who are known to be more than capable.

- Kyle Wiltjer was injured shortly after entering the game, and although it's just a bruise, it looks like they want to make sure.