A few team notes from UK’s win over Winthrop on Wednesday:
- Kentucky shot 52. 4 percent, its best shooting percentage since shooting 59.3 against Boston University.
- UK was 12-of-22 from three-point land for 54.5 percent. That was its best three-point shooting, when taking 20-or-more threes, since making 11-of-20 for 55.4 percent against LSU on Jan. 22, 2005.
- Kentucky grabbed just eight offensive rebounds out of a possible 32, for just 25 percent.
- Winthrop had 12 offensive rebounds out of 37 47 for 25.5 percent.
- Kentucky averaged 1.233 points per possession, best since 1.350 against Boston U.
- Winthrop averaged 0.740 points per possession, making it UK’s best defensive performance of the season. Previous low was Mississippi Valley State’s 0.762 last Saturday.
- The Cats forced just eight turnovers, the fewest by a UK opponent since Notre Dame committed just six turnovers in beating UK in the NIT quarterfinals on March 25, 2009. That was Billy Gillispie’s final game as Kentucky coach.
- The Cats have won their last 12 pre-Christmas games.
John, for the most part, always love the blog. One small correction I’d like to offer though; You have Winthrop getting 12 out of a possible 37 offensive rebounds for 25.5 percent. Now not using a calculator, I’m thinking this approaches at least 32%. Not trying to do a gotcha… just something I noticed. Thanks again John.
It should have been 12 out of a possible 47. Winthrop had 12 offensive rebounds, compared to 35 defensive rebounds for Kentucky. Thanks for the correction.