For the third time this weekend, your University of Kentucky Wildcats are victorious. Tonight, John Calipari’s squad (mostly) cruised to a 81-56 win over Lamar to move to 5-1 on the season. Let’s run through the highlights before closing the book on a busy three days.
Welcome back, Tyrese Maxey
Maxey turned in his best performance since the season opener vs. Michigan State, sparking a 20-0 run to put Kentucky ahead comfortably at halftime. The freshman had a game-high 21 points off 8-11 from the floor, 4-6 from three, along with five rebounds and three assists. Per usual, when Maxey shot the ball, it in no way looked like it was going in and at times, he seemed super reckless (what was that behind-the-back pass under the basket?