For four years, Dominique Hawkins has been a solid role player for Kentucky, giving the Cats a steady hand off the bench and defensive intensity when the team needs it the most. How fitting is it that in his final year, the home state boy is becoming Kentucky’s crutch? This season, Hawkins is averaging 17.6 minutes per game, an eight minute increase from last year, and on Saturday, he followed up a season-high 10 points vs. Tennessee with nine points in a crucial game at Georgia. Dominique is playing the best basketball of his life, and today, Kenny Payne couldn’t stop praising him.
Kenny Payne: “Dominique Hawkins shouldn’t take second fiddle to any player on this team because he’s just as good”
