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SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK PATRICK TOWLES RUNS OFF THE FIELD AFTER SATURDAY’S LOSS AGAINST GEORGIA. PHOTO BY JONATHAN KRUEGER
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Calipari warns Cats ahead of opener SPORTS
Cats finished with busy offseason KYLE ARENSDORF karensdorf@kykernel.com UK Basketball plays its highly-anticipated season opener tonight at 8 p.m. against Grand Canyon University, making it just more than three months since the Cats played their first game at the Big Blue Bahamas Tour. UK has only gotten better since, blowing out opponents in its two exhibition games, which has caused UK head coach John Calipari to wonder if his team is playing its best basketball too soon. “I’ve seen teams play unbelievable in November and December and everybody thinks they’re going to do this and this, and they peter out,” Calipari said. “Normally when I see a team like that I say they’re too good, too early.” Despite the lopsided margins of victory in the two exhibition games against Pikeville and Georgetown and the efficient
platoon system, Calipari ensured that this will be yet another season-long process. “Right now they’ve all bought in, they’ve all taken pride in this,” he said. “But going forward is going to be the challenge.” The Grand Canyon Antelopes, who begin their second season in Division 1 tonight, are coming off a 15-15 record a season ago. Despite their 0-6 record in non-conference games away from home, the Antelopes shot 35 percent from behind the 3point line a season ago, something that UK has had trouble defending in its exhibition matchups. In the Cats’ Nov. 2 game against Pikeville, junior K.K. Simmons put on a clinic from beyond the arch, converting on six of nine 3-point attempts. Grand Canyon will feature two players who shot over 40 percent from three seasons ago, senior forward Daniel Alexander and senior guard Jerome Garrison. With all of the talk of platoons, playing time and anticipation, junior forward Alex Poythress put everything in perspective. “We’re just excited that it’s finally here,” he said. “We’re excited to play people (other) than ourselves. We’re just ready to get out there and have some fun.” Having fun is one thing, but Calipari is hoping there is more in store for this Cats team early in the season. “We need adversity so bad,” he said. “We need to get hit in the mouth as soon as we can, we need to be down 10 and let’s figure out who we are.” And it only took until the third game last season for the Cats to get hit in the mouth.
NEXT GAME
PHOTO BY EMILY WUETCHER | STAFF
Who: Grand Canyon at UK When: 8 p.m., Friday Where: Rupp Arena Televised: SEC Network
Sophomore forward Marcus Lee is among the five players on UK’s second platoon.
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Tennessee’s depth will beat Cats SPORTS
JOSHUA HUFF Sports Editor
Have you “Hurd”? With zero road wins this season, zero wins since the beginning of October and just one win against Tennessee since 1984, the task of defeating the Volunteers appears daunting for a UK football team desperate for a sixth win. More daunting for the Cats is the trip into a hostile
Neyland Stadium against a “rival” that has repeatedly thumped UK throughout the years. The Cats have not been playing good team football at all during their current four-game losing streak. Having been run off the field in the past two weeks by Missouri and Georgia, UK needs to find that inner warrior if it wants to play in a bowl game in December. That task will not be made any easier against a Volunteer team that is eerily similar to the Cats. However, Tennessee boasts a roster with depth at nearly every position, which has been a nagging issue for UK this season. Five different receivers for the Volunteers have caught 20 or more passes this season as they have an abundance of young talent on the perimeter. No better example of that young talent can be found than in freshman running back Jalen Hurd. He is drawing rave reviews from coaches who say he has talent beyond his years and the work ethic of a veteran back. Hurd leads a backfield that has three rushers who have rushed for over 200 yards. Hurd has 598 yards and two touchdowns this season and will probably pad his stats on Saturday against a terrible
UK run defense after a 125-yard performance against South Carolina two weeks ago. UK allowed Georgia freshman Nick Chubb to rush for 170 yards on Saturday and also gave up 198 yards and two touchdowns to Mississippi State running back Josh Robinson three weeks ago. Tennessee is ranked near the bottom of the SEC in rushing yards and last in yards per attempt (3.4). However, the Volunteers’ stats will get better after Saturday. The Edge — Tennessee Undisciplined, Young and Shallow The biggest issue against Georgia for UK was winning the individual battles, which means playing four quarters of disciplined football. With the lack of depth on defense at almost every position, that means players have to step up and become the playmakers that UK coach Mark Stoops recruited them to be. For the most part, that hasn’t happened. J.D. Harmon for instance was called out by Stoops this week for his selfish play that was hindering the progress of the special teams. UK doesn’t have the depth or talent for players to decide to do their own thing. That has
been on display during UK’s four-game losing streak. Be it running backs who don’t follow their blocks or receivers who run the wrong routes, the inexperience and youthfulness of this team has turned what was a promising 5-1 start to the season into yet another subpar UK football season. With two challenging games remaining in the season, UK has placed itself on the outside looking in and with a trip down to Knoxville and then to Louisville looming, the path in may just be too hard to overcome. The Edge —Tennessee Prediction In the larger aspect of things Tennessee’s victory over South Carolina doesn’t hold much weight, as everybody seems to be beating the Gamecocks. Yet don’t tell that to the Volunteers, who will be entering this game full of confidence in front of a raucous crowd in Neyland Stadium. UK has been playing with no confidence of late and if Tennessee jumps out to a fast start, look for the Volunteers to pull away. UK’s road woes continue and it will fall once again to the Volunteers. Tennessee 35, UK 28
was going to hold individuals accountable. Stoops, who has been disappointed with the effort level he's seen out of some of his players in recent games, didn't know what the mental makeup of his team was on Monday during his press conference. Before the matchup with Georgia, Stoops expressed his frustration with the team but didn't get the result he wanted. "I do have to find myself sitting back and saying, ‘Okay, let's reevaluate,’" Stoops said. "You guys know the approach I took last week, obviously it didn't work, so that's my problem as a head coach, and you can't continue to do the same thing over and over again and get the same results, that's for sure." Stoops didn't have the answer but believes his team isn't to the point where he can push them through the wall. "That's always the million – dollar question, how to get to your team, get to your players," Stoops said. "I've always felt very comfortable dealing with half of the team; now the whole team, it's a little different. We've been inconsistent that way, it's been the offense playing well and the defense playing well and trading off."
Tennessee, who is 4-5, has a dynamic quarterback in sophomore Joshua Dobbs, who will create problems for UK's defensive front seven. Dobbs recently took over the starting slot but also started against UK last season. He's thrown for 493 yards and rushed for 241 in just two games, against Alabama and South Carolina. "You've heard me talk about it over and over again, anytime the quarterback is involved in run game you've got problems," Stoops said. "It's a numbers thing and he can run it and he can throw it and they're talented outside so they put up big numbers and created explosive plays." Stoops also touched on the offensive creativity that the Volunteers bring. "Since they've gone to Dobbs as quarterback, they're putting a lot of pressure on you with the creativity of their run game and he's thrown it extremely well," Stoops said. "They have talented wide receivers, as we know. So they're just doing a nice job, Butch (Jones) and his staff always offensively have been so creative." On the other side of the ball, Stoops believes that senior linebacker A.J. Johnson will
challenge his offense. "They're a good, tough football team and they just really play hard and it all starts with A.J. (Johnson), their linebacker in the middle, is a war daddy," Stoops said. "He's been around a long time and he's a very good football player." One of the main things Stoops is looking for out of his team against the Volunteers is something he hasn't seen since September. "I would like to play with the same mentality we did at the Florida game, just like to see our guys compete at that level across the board," Stoops said. "We could all live with the results if we play the very best we can. So that's what we're striving to do."
Vols rushing attack will test UK’s toughness
ANNIE DUNBAR sports@kykernel.com The question of the week leading up to UK's matchup with Tennessee has shifted from whether the Cats will break through to snag a sixth win and become bowl eligible to whether the team has enough grit and heart to finish out the season. After the Cats' humiliating loss to Georgia last week on Senior Day, head coach Mark Stoops began calling out players and said he 4 | Timeout | 11.14.14
NEXT GAME Who: UK at Tennessee When: 4 p.m., Saturday Where: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tenn. Televised: SEC Network
UK Hoops begins season SPORTS
KEVIN ERPENBECK kerpenbeck@kykernel.com An offseason worth of workout sessions and practices that spanned half a year, has led to the UK Hoops 2014-15 season opener, and head coach Matthew Mitchell cannot wait for it to begin. “It’s finally here and it’s time to play,” Mitchell said. “(I’m) looking forward to this season. A lot of time’s been spent preparing for the 2014-15 season.” No. 11 UK will face Appalachian State in its first game against a Division I team since its loss to Baylor in the Sweet 16 of the 2014 NCAA Tournament. . Mitchell said he would like to see the team succeed in the three goals he set for the first game of the season — being fast, disruptive and really tough. “That needs to be in the forefront
of our mind,” Mitchell said. “I think we can be the fastest team in the country, from top to bottom. We’d also like to be a full-court disruptive team with our defense and be the real tough team that takes charges and gets on the floor after basketballs. They’re capable of it, but we have to commit to it.” UK is coming off a 141-63 win in an exhibition game against Pikeville last week. The point total was the highest amount scored by the Cats in program history, as eight out of the 11 players on the roster scored in double figures. Senior guard Jennifer O’Neill said that although the game was against an NAIA opponent, this year’s team has a chance to consistently score a high amount of points because of the talent it possesses. “If everybody runs the floor like we did, we’ve got the potential,” O’Neill said. “That’s why we were able to get into the 100s.”
The Cats return seven letter – winners from a team that went to the Sweet 16 last year and boast an impressive 32-8 record in season openers. According to UK Athletics, UK is currently on a 44-game winning streak in regular season games vs. nonconference opponents in Memorial Coliseum. Appalachian State opens the season against No. 10 UK coming off a disappointing 13-16 season. The game on Friday will be the Mountaineers first game as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. It also will be the first ever matchup between the teams. The Mountaineers return first-team All-Conference team member Maryah Sydnor, who finished last season averaging 19.1 points per game and 8.7 rebounds per game. Sydnor and the Mountaineers will try to turn around a sub .500 average in season openers (24-33) when they travel to Lexington on Friday.
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Senior guard Jennifer O’Neill looks to pass the ball to a teammate during UK’s exhibition win over Pikeville last week. O’Neill said she feels confident that “if everybody runs the floor like we did” against Pikeville, the Cats can score a lot of points this season.
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Volleyball faces challenging weekend MADISON TINDER sports@kykernel.com
Just five games remain in the regular season for a UK volleyball team that has won four straight games and the team will look to make it six straight when they travel to Ole Miss on Friday and host No. 7 Florida on Sunday. With the NCAA Tournament set to begin in December, the Cats look to finish a remaining conference schedule in resounding fashion against teams from the bottom of the league. However, before UK (22-4, 11-2 SEC) enters the homestretch, it faces a tough weekend test as two of the best teams in the SEC square up against the Cats. The weekend starts with a clash against the Rebels down in Oxford, Miss., where Ole Miss is a dominant 10-1 this season. The Cats though, are no strangers to Ole Miss. They hold a 37-11 all-time record against the Rebels and have won the last six matchups in impressive fashion. No. 15 UK has not lost a set in its last nine wins, which doesn’t bode well for a Rebels team that has lost three of its last five games. The weekend does not end there as UK travels back to chilly Lexington to host its second to last home game of the season against the blazing hot Gators. If history doesn’t bode well for Ole Miss against UK, than the same and more can be said about Florida’s dominance over UK. Florida (20-3, 14-0 SEC) has had the Cats’ number throughout the teams’ history. The Gators hold a 48-10 all-time and a 46-3 record against the Cats under Florida head coach Mary Wise. Florida has yet to play UK this season so they come face-to-face with current SEC Players of the Week seniors Lauren O’Conner and Jackie Napper. The award was the second consecutive player of the week award for O’Conner while Napper also earned her fourth Defensive Player of the Week award for her against Georgia and Missouri. The three awards bring UK’s total award count this season to eight, the most in program history. UK will play Ole Miss at 7:30 p.m. in Oxford, Miss. and will travel back home to host Florida at 12 p.m. on Sunday in Memorial Coliseum. 6 | Timeout | 11.14.14
NCAAs starts for women’s soccer SPORTS
In my preview column for the 2014 UK women’s soccer season, I wrote that this year should be viewed with optimism and could set the standard for the program for years to come. It’s now the end of the regular season, and the Cats have a No. 3 seed heading into their fourth-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance on Saturday. That preKEVIN season-level of optimism has ERPENBECK been fulfilled and a standard Kernel Columnist of success is being set. No. 15 UK will face Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in the first round of the tournament and is considered a heavy favorite in the match. Considering UK’s national ranking and the fact that the game will be at the Bell Soccer Complex, anything but a UK win will be a surprise. There was a point in the year, however, when the preseason projection for the Cats looked laughable. They had a 7-5 record in the beginning of October and looked dead in the water when it came to earning an at-large
bid for the tournament. Even head coach Jon Lipsitz struggled to see optimism in the midst of the team’s woes. “Our RPI was 59 at that time,” Lipsitz said. “I told the team that we’re not in the NCAA Tournament, and we’re not even on the bubble.” It was a thought that senior leader Arin Gilliland shared, recalling that she told her teammates the season was over. Lineup changes were made, attitudes were altered and an inner strength was displayed as the Cats focused on turning their season around. UK didn’t lose a single regular season game after that, beating three nationally ranked teams in the process. The Cats continued to win in the SEC Tournament, making it all the way to the conference championship game for the first time since 2006. Despite failing to win the SEC, optimism has returned to the team and a standard of consistent success was set for UK women’s soccer. The 2014 seniors will leave UK as the most successful class in program history, earning an NCAA Tournament appearance in every year they played. Gilliland is the most
decorated player it’s ever had and she will leave an astonishing legacy behind, along with the rest of her senior teammates. However, the legacy isn’t complete. The standard has been set by this year’s Cats and when the season looked like a bust, they showed the strength that’s expected of UK women’s soccer and rallied to earn a national seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in UK history. Winning their first tournament game is expected of the Cats. With the second game at home, they have a great opportunity to take UK where it’s never been before: the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
NEXT GAME Who: Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at UK When: 7 p.m., Saturday Where: Bell Soccer Complex Televised: None
Polar Plunge raises $11,000 NEWS
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Despite the snow and freezing temperatures, participants in the Phi Sigma Kappa campus-wide Polar Plunge willingly immersed themselves in bitterly cold water to raise money for Special Olympics Kentucky on Thursday night. The event had raised more than $11,000 for the organization, which provides athletic events and training for special-needs people, said pre-business management senior Tyler Skaggs. “Even with the cold, it was a huge turnout,” Skaggs said. “Over 300 people attended — I can’t ask for much more.” Skaggs, who helped organize and host the event, said he hopes next year’s attendance will only increase. Wes Reynolds, a volunteer and Special
Olympics Kentucky coach, also expressed his gratitude and appreciation for the event’s support. “The athletes are constantly fighting the odds each day,” Reynolds said. “Their disabilities disappear when they see things like this.” Reynolds’ son Ty is an athlete for Special Olympics Kentucky. “I get to see my son grow in confidence and with self esteem,” Reynolds said. “It has played a huge part in my family’s life.” Claire Mynear is a BCTC student on the Special Olympics basketball, softball, bowling and track teams. “This means a lot to me,” Mynear said. “I wanted to come watch them and I love how they are raising money for people like me.” Spectators came to support the frozen
students in costumes and glow-in-the-dark gear. A polar bear mascot made its way through the crowd of watching students. “It is for a good cause and I see special-needs students in my classes ... it is a great way to get involved in the community,” said Sam Franke, a secondary english education senior. “The anticipation of the jump when you’re on the ledge is the worst part.” The night ended with much of the crowd huddled together against the below-freezing weather, wrapped in blankets to ward off the chill. “This is something new, I’ve never heard of this before,” said computer science sophomore Michael Smith. “I might do this next time, it’s just too cold this year.” SEE PLUNGE PAGE 7
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