After weeks of showing brief spurts of brilliance on the floor, sophomore forward EJ Montgomery finally put together a complete performance on both ends of the floor, finishing the victory with 12 points on 5-11 shooting, eight rebounds, three steals, one assist, and one block.
As the lead voice in Montgomery’s conditioning efforts in hopes of the former top-10 recruit putting together more than five-minute stretches of excellence and extending that to complete games, Kentucky head coach John Calipari was floored during his postgame press conference.
At the end of the day, this is what Calipari expected when he signed Montgomery in the spring of 2018.