Only down five after a horrible start and a very unfriendly whistle is pretty good. UK scoring way less than normal.
Scary start and nice comeback, we survived and are quite alive! Man Apple looked in agony, doubt we see him again n the second. Let's get this quad 1 right here , right now! ,
That is the name that cam to mind for me. The dude just has an incredible nose for the ball, combined with being high energy and extremely strong and athletic. Helps that Colin doesn't even put a body on him after he shoots the ball and gives him a free lane to the rebound. Have to get that corrected in the second half. If we can play them even in the second half I would be very proud of the team, especially without Appleby to D up Wheeler.
We actually shot the longer range 2PT shots pretty well, 56%, but that's atypical. This offense is supposed to get layups, free throws or 3PT shots. I don't think we can rely on that success in the 2nd half. Distribution of our 3PT shots was pretty poor, 82% from one side. We should be using a skip pass to reverse the ball, pretty basic stuff, but maybe Appleby being out did that.
UK is really good. They are incredibly hot right now. Game in Rupp. Truthfully impressed we dug out of hole. This really is a gritty team. We have to play above our heads to win this, we are on the road against a better team, but we can do it.
Looking at the stats, surprised we're only down 5. Maybe the refs will call a few fouls this half. 7-4 so far, Gators with the lead.
Many of them was just hard work by UK players. I give them credit. A few were gentle shoves in the backs that were not called. You just don't get that call at Rupp.
