What a night for Nate Sestina. The Bucknell grad transfer crossed the 1,000-point mark in his career in a big way, hitting three of four threes to help Kentucky hold off LSU 79-76. Sestina finished with eleven points, his first double-digit scoring outing since Kentucky’s loss to Ohio State almost two months ago, and a team-high eight rebounds, his most since he had 12 vs. Utah Valley on Nov. 18.
Afterwards, Sestina credited his breakthrough to 10-Minute Toughness, a book by Jason Selk that John Calipari recommended.
“It’s a mental toughness training thing,” Sestina said.