UK Gets Revenge, Beats WVU

The Wildcats celebrate their win over
West Virginia.

By:  Cooper Ledford


Last seasons, the West Virginia Mountaineers beat the Kentucky Wildcats in the Elite 8, this year, the Wildcats were looking for revenge.  Well, they got it, the Wildcats beat West Virginia, 71-63, and advance to the Sweet 16.  


Kentucky was down 41-33 at halftime, but went on an 11-0 run to make it 44-41 with 14:18 to go.  It would go back-and-forth from there, until about 1 minute was left with the 'Cats up by 4, WVU had to start fouling soon after that, allowing UK to keep their lead and get the win.


Brandon Knight, who was Thursday's hero, had 30 points today, much better than the 2nd round game in which he had only 2 points.  Josh Harrellson had 15 points and rebounds as his impressiveness continues.  Terrence Jones had a double-double, with 12 points and 10 rebounds.  


For the Mountaineers, Joe Mazzulla had 20 points, Bryant had 15, and Mitchell added 11.


UK will play the winner of the Ohio State vs. George Mason, that game will be I think Monday, but I am not sure.  I know the game will most likely be at night, and televised on CBS.  If it is Ohio State vs. Kentucky, that is two SWO Sports teams, pretty awesome.  I guess I will have to make the font color purple, because blue + scarlet=purple.

Brandon Knight's Heroics Allow UK To Win A Close One

Brandon Knight puts it up with 2 seconds
left.  Knight would make it, allowing UK to
beat Princeton, 59-57, Thursday.

By:  Cooper Ledford


The SEC Champion, the Kentucky Wildcats, were taking on the Ivy League Champion, the Princeton Tigers.  This was the "2nd" round of the Tournament, the game was being played in Tampa, Florida.  UK was favored in this game, I had them winning it by about 8, but it was much closer.  The Tigers played their hearts out and looked like a great team, but it was Kentucky who won it, 59-57.


There were numerous lead changes in this one, it was going back-and-forth, Princeton would have the lead, then Kentucky would answer back.  At times it looked like Princeton was going to win and were up by 5 or so, but before you knew it, Kentucky had a 5 point lead of their own.  


This was a very exciting game to watch, but the most exciting moment was when Kentucky had the ball with 36 seconds to go, the game was tied at 57 and they could basically hold it for the last shot.  The ball was in Brandon Knight's hands, he drove to the glass, and tossed it in with 2.0 seconds to go, and that gave UK the lead, 59-57.  The Tigers missed the buzzer-beater giving the Wildcats the win.


Princeton cannot hang their heads though, as they played their hearts out, and played a great game with one of the best teams in the country.  As for Kentucky, they can exhale, and get ready to take on West Virginia on Saturday.  


Darius Miller was UK's leading scorer, as he had 17 points, behind him was the man who I said would be the key factor in this game, Josh Harrellson.  Josh had 15 points and 10 rebounds, a nice double-double performance for him.  Terrence Jones added 10 points.  Oh, and by-the-way, Brandon Knight only had 2 points, but those two points were very important.  


For Princeton, Dan Mavraides 14 points, Douglas Davis had 13 bench points, Maddox had 12 points, and Hummer had a near double-double with 11 points and 8 boards.


With this win, the 'Cats advance to the "3rd" round, and will take on West Virginia.  That game is Saturday the 19th, the time for that is TBA, as is the network, but I have a feeling it will be on CBS.  Expect the Wildcats to be playing angry, as they want revenge after what happened last season, even though not many players currently on the team were part of that game.


Here is the game winning shot, courtesy of SI.com