After hearing about Kentucky’s shooters versus Kentucky’s makers all season, the Cats certainly found themselves falling in the former category, rather than the latter Wednesday night. Throughout the Cats’ 69-66 loss to Utah, UK attempted 21 more field goals and two more three-pointers than their opponent. Still, the Cats’ success rate was considerably lower than the Utes’.
Utah attempted 42 field goals and connected on 23 of them, good for nearly 55 percent. Meanwhile, the Cats threw up 63 attempts but found success on just 26 of them (41 percent). Behind-the-arc, the difference is even more drastic: 8-15 (53 percent) for Utah; 2-17 (11 percent) for Kentucky.