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PHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES I STAFF The UK bench celebrates a block by forward Alex Poythress of the UK Wildcats during the game against the Louisville Cardinals at Rupp Arena in Lexington on Dec. 26.
Holiday full of highs and lows Cats return to campus with 3 wins, 2 losses during winter break By Josh Ellis
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GAME 1
GAME 2
GAME 3
Ohio State 74, UK 67
UK 75, Louisville 73
UK 83, Ole Miss 61
The Cats opened the break with a neutral site game against Ohio State in the CBS Sports Classic. And if history was any indication, UK would have bode fairly well and probably have won easily over a struggling Buckeye team at the time — but history was no indication, not even close. Ohio State led for 35 and a half of the 40 minutes of play, controlling the game from opening tip to final buzzer. The Buckeyes had more fight and energy than UK and were firing on all cylinders. They shot an uncharacteristic 50 percent from 3-point land and had four different players score double-digits. Despite a late flurry from Jamal Murray, who finished with a career-high 33 points, UK was unable to overcome what was at one point in the second half a 16-point deficit.
The day after Christmas, the Cats hosted instate rival Louisville to Rupp Arena, one of the most anticipated — if not the most anticipated — games on UK’s schedule. The matchup did not disappoint, as it was a back-and-forth battle for most of the game. UK began to pull away midway through the second half, but the Cardinals wouldn’t go away. UofL’s Damion Lee pulled the Cards back with his 27 points, but he missed a contested three at the buzzer that gave UK its fourth win in a row over Louisville. Tyler Ulis had (at the time) a career-high 21 points and dished eight assists while Alex Poythress had 14 points and Murray had 12 points. Perhaps the best performance was from Kentucky native Dominique Hawkins, who also scored a careerhigh 13 points in his 26 minutes of play.
UK kept the momentum rolling in its SEC opener against Ole Miss behind another strong performance from Tyler Ulis. The sophomore had a career-high 10 assists and also poured in 20 points to lift the Cats to their first conference win. Ole Miss was forced to play catch-up the entire game and was even trailing by 29 at one point during the second half. UK played an excellent allaround game that left John Calipari happy with his team, proving they were heading in the right direction. Skal Labissiere was another bright spot in UK’s win over Ole Miss, as his nine points and three rebounds in 14 minutes hinted he was in the process of shaking off a midseason slump.
GAME 4
GAME 5
LSU 85, UK 67 In what was arguably UK’s worst showing of the season, the Cats got little to no contributions from any of its big men. Marcus Lee, Isaac Humphries, Skal Labissiere and Alex Poythress combined for seven points and nine rebounds in 54 minutes. LSU star freshman Ben Simmons recorded 14 points and 10 rebounds in 27 minutes. Ulis’ new career-high 23 points and Murray’s 21 points helped the Cats make a late push to bring the deficit to just four, but UK had no answer for Simmons’ supporting cast. Tim Quarterman and Craig Victor II — along with Simmons — posted double-doubles for the Tigers. It was a big step backward for UK, as Ulis would put it. The Cats had lost their two true road games by an average of 14 points, and they would travel to Tuscaloosa just four days later for another road test.
UK 77, Alabama 61 UK ended its winter break on a high note, earning its first true road game of the season in reasonable fashion. The Cats’ frontcourt responded well after a no-show against LSU; winning the rebounding battle, holding Alabama to just 20 points in the paint and swatting four shots. Poythress had a career-high 25 points while grabbing seven rebounds. Murray had 21 points and five rebounds. Isaiah Briscoe had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists. It was a collective team-win and there was no better way for the Cats to end their winter break. There were more ups than downs for the Cats over this five-game stretch, but now UK can regroup and refocus as classes start back up on Wednesday, and it approaches the thick of its SEC schedule with a game at No. 1 Kansas in the mix.
Hoverboards banned on campus
Reports of self-balancing scooters bursting into flames prompts universities to take a stand By Will Wright wwright@kykernel.com
Students who received hoverboards during the holidays will need to leave them at home, as UK has issued a temporary ban on the self-balancing, handleless scooters. All students, faculty and staff must comply with the rule, which prohibits using or storing hoverboards on all university-operated properties, including Greek houses, classroom buildings and campus.
Hoverboards have hit the spotlight recently amid stories and videos of the electric skateboards bursting into flames. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating at least 28 hoverboard fires in 19 states and has warned consumers about the dangers of the popular holiday gift. Patty Davis, a spokeswoman for the commission, said while there are safety standards for the individual parts of hoverboards, including the
batteries and motors, there are no safety standards for hoverboards as a whole. “We believe the industry needs to come to the table and get a standard in place for hoverboards,” Davis said. The commission has received reports of multiple hospital room visits from hoverboard accidents, but most of those injuries are from people falling rather than the boards catching fire. There are no ongoing hoverboard investigations in Ken-
tucky, and UK Fire Marshal Greg Williamson said there have been no reports of hoverboard fires on campus. “Nobody has regulated these things to keep them safe. You have lithium ion batteries, then you have a very small motor that is pulling a lot of load. The batteries … will cause a fire,” Williamson said. “There is a potential for them to be made safely at some point in time.” Overcharging can also increase the risk of a fire, Wil-
liamson said. There have been reports of the boards catching fire while charging and also while people were riding them. UK is not the first institution to ban the boards. The U.S. Postal Service, New York City, the United Kingdom, Disney theme parks and universities including the University of Alabama and the University of South Carolina all prohibit using the scooters. Students who already have a hoverboard on campus are not completely out of luck. People
who cannot ship their board home or have nowhere off campus to store it can give the hoverboard to the UK Fire Marshal’s department, which will keep the board until the student is able to move it off campus. Students caught with boards will be reported to the Dean of Student’s office. People who have been injured while on a hoverboard or have had a hoverboard catch fire can report the incident to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Glover has championed equity and justice for a number of causes from the time he was a teenager.” institutional racism and highly publicized shootings of black citizens in the past few years. Like Glover’s partici-
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State Senate should follow Bevin’s lead, help ex-felons WILL WRIGHT Editor-in-Chief
Most people want criminals to reform themselves and become productive members of society, and Kentucky is poised to give them that chance. Gov. Matt Bevin recently announced support for an expungement bill that would allow some people — 94,000 people, according to the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce — to have their records wiped clean. Bevin’s call for expungement was coupled with political jabs against former governor Steve Beshear, who created an executive order restoring voting rights of some nonviolent convicted felons. According to the Associated Press, Bevin suspended the order and called it “illegal.” Whether or not Beshear was acting lawfully, it is reassuring to see two Kentucky governors standing up for felons. Cary Plummer of Jubilee Jobs of Lexington, a group that helps unemployed and underemployed find work, said the legislation would help Kentuckians with felony convictions find steady jobs. “We believe in second chances,” Plummer said. The legislation would allow people convicted of non-
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Boards too dangerous to keep around campus Breaking news: students will now be found walking on campus. As the New York Police Department has waged war against hoverboards, UK has followed suit with a temporary ban on the most explosive holiday gift. For the uniformed, a hoverboard is a self-balancing, twowheel, motorized board, like a present day Razor scooter. However, does the UK administration not understand the fad of hoverboards, or is the “2015 must have” really dangerous? “Based upon University of Kentucky safety standards and recent instances of batteries from electronic skateboards and self-balancing devices bursting into flames, all hoverboards and similar devices are temporarily banned on campus, effective immediately,” Blair Hoover, a UK spokeswoman, said on UKNow. “All students, faculty and staff must leave these devices at an off-campus location.”
UK joins more than a dozen other universities in banning the boards. From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to Kean University in New Jersey, campuses have prohibited the use and charging of hoverboards inside residence halls and on campus. “We didn’t expect to have this problem until it started becoming a national issue,” UK Fire Marshal Greg Williamson said. “At this point most of them are shipped from overseas. They have not been regulated and there are no agencies throughout the United Kingdom and the U.S. that have any control over how these things are manufactured.” Throughout past semesters, students increasingly have used hoverboards on and around campus. Whether they are a fad, or the new, slightly more attractive Segway, hoverboards are dangerous and have consumers worried.
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“Hoverboards do not have a standard,” said Patty Davis, press secretary for U.S. Product Costumer Safety. “A safety standard is needed to increase the safety of this product.” Hoverboards’ popularity has been growing steadily, and they have especially picked up within the last months of 2015. Even UK royalty John Calipari tweeted a video of himself trying to hoverboard with the caption, “Old people should not try this.” “We recommend wearing safety gear,” Davis said. “The bottom line is, you can easily fall off a hoverboard.” While hoverboards seem like a fun way to roll into 2016, the boards are dangerous and are literally becoming “hot off the shelves.” Students need to stand behind UK’s temporary ban. And let’s be real, the walk from the W.T. Young Library to White Hall isn’t that far. Email opinions@ kykernel.com
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In an attempt to continue the conversation on race relations, the Late Night Film Series and the Martin Luther King Center are collaborating for a screening of the film “Selma.” Ali Curd, film coordinator with the Late Night Film Series, said the Late Night Film Series had already chosen “Selma” to be the first movie of the semester, but wanted to collaborate with, and support, the Martin Luther King Center. “I’m hoping to show that MLK Day is not just a day off,” Curd said. “You’re supposed to do something good with that time off.” Selma will play this Thursday at 10 p.m. in Memorial Hall, but Curd suggested arriving a half hour early. “Under the Same
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Cats face strong senior opponent, look to improve frontcourt presence By Josh Ellis jellis@kykernel.com
No. 9 UK (12-3, 2-1) v. Mississippi State (7-7, 0-2) Tipoff: 7 p.m., Tuesday, Rupp Arena TV: ESPN Radio: UK Radio Network Three points of emphasis for the UK-Mississippi State game on Tuesday: Bulldogs’ senior leader Mississippi State’s Gavin Ware is one of the Bulldogs’ five seniors and leads the team in scoring (17.2 ppg), rebounding (8.0 rpg) and field goal percentage (65.3 percent). It’s to be expected that UK’s main focus will be shutting down Ware. Not only does Ware shoot well from the floor, but he also shoots well from the charity stripe (77.6 percent) – which he gets to about four to five times per game. Expect Mississippi State head coach Ben Howland to exploit one of his only weapons and attempt to get the UK bigs in foul trouble early. Howland will need star
freshman Malik Newman, senior Craig Sword and junior I.J. Ready in Tuesday’s matchup as well, but if the Bulldogs want a chance to upset the Cats at Rupp, it all starts with Ware. Another opportunity for UK frontcourt John Calipari said after Saturday’s win at Alabama that Alex Poythress and Marcus Lee were “unbelievable.”
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Poythress tacked up a careerhigh 25 points and gathered seven rebounds while his counterpart Lee scored eight points and collected a teamhigh 11 rebounds. “If you don’t have a post presence, your team is a fraud. Can I tell you that again? If you don’t have post presence, your team is
a fraud,” Calipari said after a 16-point win in Tuscaloosa. The Cats’ big men will have another chance to prove their worth against Mississippi State, which ranks 274th nationally in rebounds per game. The Bulldogs also have a struggling defense (210th in the nation in points allowed per game), that Poythress and Lee could exploit. Jamal Murray heating up The Kitchener, Ontario native has scored 21 points in each of his last two games and has shown signs of improving. Murray’s 17.3 average on the season ties him for fifth in scoring in the SEC. As good as Murray has been, Calipari urged after Saturday’s win that his freshman scorer still has more to learn. The biggest hurdle Murray is facing thus far is maturing his shot selection. He’s shooting 42.2 percent from the field and 37.8 percent from three. “I thought Jamal played winning basketball more,” Calipari said on Saturday. “(But) he’s still got a ways to go.” Murray has a chance to make another stride forward against a frail Mississippi State defense.
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PHOTO BY JOEL REPOLEY I STAFF UK guard Jamal Murray (23) takes a jump shot during the first half of the game against Boston University at Rupp Arena on Nov. 24.