LEXINGTON, Ky.
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couldnt wait to apply those tweaks to his jump shot, and the first one he made
against UT Arlington told him it could be a good night. The Kentucky freshman
made sure of that early and often. Young scored 26 points, including five
3-pointers, which helped No. 4 Kentucky put away the Mavericks 105-76 on Tuesday
night. The Wildcats 6-foot-6 swingman made his first three from long range to
jump-start an 8-of-14 shooting night and provide Kentuckys third different top
scorer in three games. The career-best effort followed a meeting with coach John
Calipari, video review and practice to change his mechanics from the fadeaway
motion Young was developing back to squaring up. Everything worked. "I felt like
I was back to my normal way of shooting, and I was getting more comfortable with
shooting it," Young said. "We have a lot people who score, so if its somebodys
night we just try to give him the ball as much as we can. I guess tonight was my
night." Youngs hot shooting rubbed off on his talented fellow freshmen
teammates. Julius Randle added 22 points with 10 rebounds, Andrew Harrison
scored 15 and Marcus Lee 10 as Kentucky started an all-rookie lineup for the
second consecutive game. Willie Cauley-Stein added 14 points and 10 rebounds as
Kentucky (4-1) shot 35 of 69 (51 per cent) to win its inaugural matchup against
UTA (2-3). The Wildcats also earned their second consecutive win since losing to
Michigan State a week ago as the top-ranked team. Brandon Edwards 24 points led
the Mavericks, who were outrebounded 46-34 including 29-13 in the second half.
Leading just 42-33 at halftime, Kentuckys 13-5 run over 3:24 provided breathing
room from UTA and the Wildcats steadily pulled away from there for their first
100-point game since beating LIU Brooklyn 104-75 last Nov. 23. Reger Dowell
added 20 points for the Mavericks, who shot 26 of 63 (41percent). "The first
half, I thought we did a great job to be able to outrebound them, it was
definitely a positive for us," UTA coach Scott Cross said. "Of course, Kentucky
responded well in the second half and absolutely mashed us on the boards."
Calipari used his first-year players for longer stretches this time and the
combinations were effective in wearing down the fast and stubborn Mavericks.
While standing around certainly was out of the question against a UTA squad that
always seemed a couple of 3-pointers away from mounting a run, Kentucky quickly
seized the tempo right after the break and sustained that energy from then on.
The Wildcats ended up with 18 assists and 28 second-chance points after tallying
just nine in the first half. "My whole thing was an energy level where you had
Edwards just going and smashing the boards and just taking the ball out of our
hands," Calipari said. "Well, you just cant have that. In the second half, I
thought we played with some emotion." Kentucky came in feeling pretty good after
drubbing Robert Morris on Sunday night, where Aaron Harrison grabbed the
spotlight away from Julius Randle with a career-high 28 points. His point total
also marked a season best for the Wildcats and their crop of talented freshmen.
Though everything remains a work in progress, the Wildcats took a step forward
in that game with good perimeter shooting while dominating the Colonials in
rebounding and in the post -- all of which pleased Calipari. Kentucky followed
that up against the high-scoring Mavericks, who came in with a two-game winning
streak and averaging nearly 89 points per game thanks to 34 per cent 3-point
shooting. Despite falling behind 19-8 behind Youngs 13 points including 3-of-3
shooting from long range, UTA wasnt fazed by the deficit or Kentuckys numerous
advantages in size and talent. The Mavericks managed a couple of baskets inside
but stormed back into the contest with their strong perimeter game. UTA was 4 of
8 from beyond the arc in the first half thanks to Brandon Edwards, who sank a
couple and scored 10 points during a 20-9 run over 6:24 to bring the Mavericks
28-25 late in the half. Kentucky answered with a 12-0 over 3:25 for its biggest
lead at 40-25 but UTA closed the half with an 8-2 spurt to enter the break down
just 42-33 and pleased with its rebounding edge. After that it was all Kentucky
thanks to some chiding from Calipari to pick up the intensity. "He gets on
everybody about it," Andrew Harrison said. "If hes saying it, hes not just
saying it just to say it. Its true, and youre going to see it on film the next
day, so you better not argue with him."
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strokes after the second round of the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament.
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australian Jason Day shot a 5-under 66 Saturday to take
a one-stroke lead into the final round of the World Cup at Royal Melbourne. Day
had a three-round total of 9-under 204 playing in his first tournament since
finding out eight relatives, including his grandmother, died in Typhoon Haiyan
in the Philippines on Nov. 9. The wind picked up Saturday, taking away any
advantage some morning rain did to slow down the slick greens. "You just have to
have some patience," Day said. "I like playing difficult golf courses, thats
what I do better at." Second-round leader Thomas Bjorn of Denmark shot 71 and
was in second place, while American Matt Kuchar had 68 and was in third, three
behind. "I felt like I was in control, as sharp as I would have liked to be,"
Kuchar said. "I did miss out on a couple of good opportunities, but I also made
a handful and got up and down from some pretty ugly places." Stuart Manley of
Wales had an incredible up-and-down day, following a hole-in-one on the third
with an 11 on the fourth. But he recovered with an eagle and birdie on the back
nine to finish with a 72 and tied for eighth. "The highest high to the lowest
low," said Manley, who patted the roof of a car on the tee after the shot,
thinking he had won it, but the car is only available for a hole-in-one during
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World Cup team standings at 11 under, one ahead of the U.S team of Kuchar and
Kevin Streelman. Italys Francesco Molinari moved up the leaderboard with a 66
and was fourth, while Streelman had a 74 and is in fifth place, five strokes out
of the lead. Molinari won the World Cup with his brother Edoardo in 2009. "It
was obviously a very good day," Molinari said of Saturdays round. "I seemed to
play better on the front nine for some reason and then it was a bit of a battle
really coming back in. I dropped a shot on 16 and holed a few nice putts for
par." Masters champion Adam Scott also was tied for eighth after a 68. After an
opening 75 that included an 11 on one hole, the Australian has slowly moved up
the leaderboard as he attempts to win his third straight tournament. But Scott
said the Royal Melbourne greens are wearing him down. He won last weeks
Australian Masters at Royal Melbourne after winning the Australian PGA the week
before and will try to win the Australian Open next week at Royal Sydney to
capture the so-called Triple Crown. "Ive hit so many putts from 50 and 60 feet
in the last two weeks, its hard to make them all the time," Scott said. "Its
hard to even just two-putt them around here because youre fearful of knocking it
seven or eight feet by all the time."
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