Wow. What a first half! 60-52 at the half. Kentucky shot 60% from the field, and about the same from 3point range. trouble is, so did Florida A&M! They were fast, and they hit everything! Kentucky gives up an average of 63 points a game on defense, and here they’d surrendered 52 at the break! It didn’t get much easier anytime soon. it wasn’t until about halfway into the second half, when the pace of scoring slowed down dramtaically (only 11-10 Kentucky) thatKentucky began to pull away (it had closed to a 66-62 game after about 5 minutes of the second hlaf…..then I think A&M began to tire (evidenced by several wild out of control turnovers, many of them by their scoring star of the first half).

I had just said out loud to myself, “When is this going to end?” as A&M cut it to 66-62, but then it began almost immediately, and a 15-5 run made it 81-67, then another 11-2 run made it 92-69. It ended 96-76, and not even the highest scoring game of the night (UAB beat Washingtpon 102-100, in regulation time, later last night). UAB will be Kentucky’s opponent tomorrow.