Sunday’s lopsided victory over Hofstra at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, was yet another stepping stone in the season-long quest for fans, analysts, Kentucky players, and coaches, that seeks to determine the identity of another completely different Kentucky basketball team than the one they were watching a season ago.
Kentucky began Sunday’s contest holding a fairly steady, 7-12 point lead through the game’s first 12 minutes. Then, all of a sudden, a 31-20 Wildcats lead turned into just a three-point lead after the Pride went on a 13-5 run. But Kentucky proceeded to score 12 unanswered points to end the half, negating any sort of earlier challenge from Hofstra.