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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Cats lose SEC home opener to Elston Turner..I mean Texas A&M

Not the way Coach Cal and his Wildcats wanted to spend a Saturday.  Ending the week with a 10-5 record and a loss to Elston Turner, I mean Texas A&M.  Turner's 40 points propelled the Aggies to an 83-71 over the Cats at Rupp Arena.  The loss gave Coach Cal his first SEC loss at home since his taking over. The win left UK with 10-5 record overall and a 1-1 record in the SEC while the Aggies are now 12-3 overall and 2-0 in the SEC.  Down with about 10 minutes to go in the second half and the Cats down, Coach Cal was issued a technical, putting the Aggies on the line for two shots.  UK retained possession after the free-throws and were able to capitalize, and start closing the gap.  With the scored tied at 63, guard Fabyon Harris hit a jumper which put the Aggies ahead by 2, and the start of an 11 unanswered point run.  the Cats could not come back from the deficit.  Archie Goodwin led the Cats in scoring and Nerlens Noel led every other category.  Don't worry fans, last time UK had a slow start like this one, the following year they won the championship...just make it through this year first.