When Oscar Tshiebwe took the Rupp Arena floor on Thursday night, there was a familiar face on the other side of the benches.
Sandwiched in between matchups against Michigan State and Gonzaga, Kentucky took easy care of South Carolina State by a final score of 106-63. Tshiebwe played just 14 minutes as he continues to recover from minor knee surgery, but was still incredibly effective with six points and seven rebounds.
His performance came against the Bulldogs’ first-year head coach, Erik Martin, who was an assistant at West Virginia beginning in 2007, where he stayed until this past offseason before taking the job he has now.