From: miles@ms.uky.edu (Stephen D. Grant)
Subject: UK 113   High Five 84
Keywords: Kentucky
Summary: Game Stats
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 03:01:26 GMT
Organization: University of Kentucky, USA. -5 GMT

I hadn't seen a post yet on UK's first exhibition game of the season, so
here it is. This game was High Fives fourth game in four days.
Pitino commented that if High Five had been rested and prepared, they
would have compared well with a middle of the pack SEC team.

UK built up an easy lead and coasted through the game. With five min. left
in the game, UK was up by 40 points. Pitino put in all 5 newcomers, and
the game quickly became sloppy. Attendance was fairly good at 20,135.
I thought the crowd could have been more active, but its had to keep pumped
up when your team is trouncing an exhibition team.

Notes On Players:

Mashburn was truly awesome. He had 27 point in 21 min., 8 rebounds, and was
5 of 6 from 3 point land. He didn't even look like he was trying that hard.
He has an amazing touch. His is without a doubt one of the top players in 
college this year. He has the range, the muscle, the shot, and the ball       
control skills. He can do it all. 

Jared Prickett has been the greatest surprise so far. He has grown from 6'8"
to 6'9" in a year and is still growing. He has shown alot of hustle. So far,
in the exhibition and the Blue-White game, he has been the leading rebounder.
He has gotten more boards than Dent or Mash! He has a nose for the ball. 
Now I can see how he averaged a triple double in high school. He has scored
well and done an excellent job. He is definetly going to be an impact player
this year. He will back up Mash at Power Forward.

Rodney Dent looked good in this exhibition. 17 points and 6 boards in 21 min.
He is the big man UK has needed. An what an attitude! He is fired up for this
season. Anyone worried about his grades can stop. Under Pitino, Dent has
been hitting the books and going to class. With the CATS tutorial service,
he has been doing well.

Rodrick Rhodes has looked better and better as he gets used to Pitino ball.
Pitino feels Rhodes can become the type of dominant player Mash is. He can
play point, 2 guard, and small forward. He needs some more beef on his bones
before he can think about power forward. He will be a force in Pitino's    
pressure defense.

Travis Ford showed he can be Pitino's ideal point guard.  He had 9 assist in
19 min. with 2 to's. Pitino called Ford the best player in the game.

Chris Harrison, I believe, will be Ford's backup at point. Delk hasn't fit
into Pitino's point guard role very well. I thought Harrison looked very good.
Harrison was 3 of 3 from 3 pt land and had a total of 11 points in 9 min.
Still shooting too much for Pitino, but he handled the ball well.

Tony Delk still seems a little nervous but he'll come around. He has great
range. The Nov. 1 practice will probably hurt him the worst. 

Jeff Brassow's knee is well healed. He was flying all over the floor.
Now if his shooting can come around....
Junior Braddy and Dale Brown will be excellent leaders for the team this
year. Timbelake will do ok as backup at center, and Todd Svoboda looked
so so and very nervous. 

If UK can gell into Pitino's offense,
watch out in March! I think December is going to be a tough month. All
the new people haven't got the offense down yet, and Martinez is out for
almost all the month. Rhodes stated if everyone gives 110 % and the team
gells, nobody will stop them. They have looked good so far. They will
start off slow but come March time, uh ohhhh baby!!
Expect some pt for 11 to 12 players. This team has skill and is fairly deep.
But they are also fairly young. It will be an exciting season. 
The early games to worry about are the IU game and the U of L game.
I may not like Crum and Loserville, but I have always respected them.

Note : Pitino feels that right now, UK is not in the same league with the
top 4 teams : Michigan, Kansas, IU, and Duke. He feels the next six or eight
teams are pretty close together. But come March, he says they will be.

High Five America   (84)
Name                 mi.   fg-a  3-pt   ft-a  rb   a    pf    tp
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pichuk               13     2-5  0-1     0-1   3   0     3     4
Butler               27    9-19  0-0     3-3   9   0     1    21
Ustenski             26     3-7  1-2     1-2   1   0     1     8
Lewis                36    6-13  3-6     6-7   6   1     2    21
Rivers               24     1-4  0-0     2-2   0   6     5     4
Murzin               24     2-7  1-2     0-2   2   0     0     5
Ukunski              17     2-4  0-0     0-0   6   0     0     4
Furtch               23    2-10  1-4     6-6   3   5     2    11
Mulchanov            10     1-3  0-0     4-4   4   0     0     6
Team                                           6
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                    200   28-72  6-15   22-25  40  13    15   84


Name                 mi.   fg-a  3-pt   ft-a  rb   a    pf    tp
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Rhodes               25    6-13  2-6     1-2   3   3     1    15
Mashburn             21    9-14  5-6     4-4   8   0     3    27
Dent                 21     7-9  0-0     3-4   6   0     2    17
Ford                 19     1-3  0-1     0-0   2   9     1     2
Brown                20     2-7  1-5     0-0   3   3     4     5
Prickett             20    8-13  0-1     0-0  10   3     3    16
Braddy               20     3-5  3-5     0-0   1   4     1     9
Brassow              15     1-8  0-3     0-0   6   4     2     2
Delk                 12     2-4  1-2     0-0   2   2     0     5
Timberlake           12     1-4  0-0     0-0   2   0     1     2
Harrison              9     4-6  3-3     0-0   0   0     1    11
Svoboda               5     1-2  0-0     0-0   2   0     0     2
Team                                           4
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                    200   45-88 15-32    8-10  49  28    19  113


High Five America     .................        32  52  -  84
Kentucky              .................        59  54  - 113


Turnovers  :  HFA  23   
              UK   18
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