In Saturday’s round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament, Kentucky faces the Division I record holder for career three-pointers. UK’s defensive plan? Make Fletcher Magee and his teammates two-point shooters.
“They’re known for three-point shooting,” associate coach Kenny Payne said of Wofford, which ranks sixth nationally in three-point quantity (11.0 baskets per game) and second in quality (41.6 percent accuracy). “And our job is to make it a tough two-game for them. To get them off the three-point line and make them beat us shooting twos.”
Job One will be containing Magee, a 6-foot-4 senior guard. His seven three-point baskets in Thursday’s first-round victory over Seton Hall increased his career total to 509 and surpassed the previous record of 504 set by Travis Bader of Oakland.