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Charles Bassey opens eyes and set a record at the Nike Hoop Summit

Posted by Curtis Burch | Apr 16, 2018 | Basketball |

Portland, OR — Charles Bassey is normally the biggest player when he walks into a gym. That wasn’t the case when he lined up for the tip in the Nike Hoop Summit. Even the 6’10” Bassey has to look up at 7’2″ Bol Bol. In addition to being over seven feet tall Bol also has has a 7’6″ wing span. Bol won the tip, but then Bassey won the individual match up and his team won the game. Bassey enjoyed going up against Bol, “Going up against him was great. I had to be strong against him to match...

Herro felt he should have played more in the Team USA loss

Posted by Curtis Burch | Apr 14, 2018 | Basketball |

Portland, OR — The World Team defeated Team USA 89-76 in the Nike Hoop Summit.Secondly, the healthy future Wildcat on the rosters, Tyler Herro only played 7:18 minutes in the game. Herro had 2 points on 1-3 shooting, including 0-1 from behind the arc and added a rebound in those minutes. After the game Herro was aware he didn’t get much time on the court “I thought I played pretty well when I was in, but coach didn’t play me much, but I just tried to do whatever I could do to help the team win.” Coach Mike Jones...

Kentucky Football Postgame Quotes and Stat Sheets

Posted by Curtis Burch | Apr 14, 2018 | Football |

From UK Athletics Kentucky Football Postgame Quotes Blue-White Spring Game Kroger Field – Lexington, Ky. April 13, 2018 MARK STOOPS: We had a pretty good and physical spring and came out of there relatively healthy. That’s always a good thing. I felt like we got better. The guys really worked hard. I challenged them, as I said the other day. We got back from spring break, we had a couple practices before spring break out back, after spring break and challenged them for a solid month. They’ve been in here every day early, working hard on the off days,...

Blue Team Tops White Squad in Kroger Spring Game

Posted by Curtis Burch | Apr 14, 2018 | Football |

From UK Athletics Wildcats Begin 2018 regular season against Central Michigan on Sept. 1 LEXINGTON, Ky. – A.J. Rose rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns as the Blue (offense) beat the White (defense) 45-32 in Kentucky football team’s annual Blue-White Game, presented by Kroger, on Friday night at Kroger Field. Rose, who carried 15 times for 37 yards during his redshirt freshman season in 2017, had five carries of 10 yards or more and scored three of the game’s five touchdowns. Quarterbacks Gunnar Hoak and Terry Wilson each spent time with the first-team offense, producing similar results. Hoak...

Extra Special: Cats Rally in Ninth, Win in Extra Innings

Posted by Curtis Burch | Apr 13, 2018 | Baseball |

From UK Athletics Down to final strike twice, No. 8 Kentucky claim series-opening win ATHENS, Ga. – Down to its final strike twice in the ninth inning, No. 8 Kentucky staged a three-run rally to tie the game and Trey Dawson’s game-winning double in the 11th provided the most stirring victory of the season as the Wildcats downed No. 18 Georgia, 6-4, at Foley Field. Trailing 4-1 entering the ninth, battled against one of the Southeastern Conference’s top closers to even the game. Luke Heyer drew a one-out walk, Kole Cottam sliced a two-strike, two-out single through the right...

Author: Curtis Burch

Charles Bassey opens eyes and set a record at the Nike Hoop Summit

Herro felt he should have played more in the Team USA loss

Kentucky Football Postgame Quotes and Stat Sheets

Blue Team Tops White Squad in Kroger Spring Game

Extra Special: Cats Rally in Ninth, Win in Extra Innings

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