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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — There is a feeling of direness approaching over Kentucky.
The 24th-positioned Wildcats have battled and now confront a testing stretch that could decide if they go after a fourth continuous Southeastern Conference general season title.
Officially three diversions behind No. 8 Auburn, the Kentucky (17-6, 6-4) have No. 15 Tennessee (17-5, 7-3) on Tuesday before taking off for recreations at Texas A&M on Saturday and against the marking No. 8 Tigers on Feb. 14.
One of the regions Kentucky needs to center around is its offense in the wake of posting season lows in a week ago's 69-60 misfortune at Missouri . The Wildcats shot only 31 percent and 2 of 20 from long range, bringing about their most minimal aggregate.
"To improve shots we need to show signs of improvement looks, the looks we want to make," sophomore forward Sacha Killeya-Jones said Monday.
"It's not a matter of us shooting 20 3's each diversion, yet clearly we need to make more than two. That is simply going to accompany hostile congruity, figuring out how to play with each other and more ball development to show signs of improvement shots."
Kentucky appeared to build up a hostile stream with rebound wins against No. 19 West Virginia and Vanderbilt, where the Wildcats defeated twofold digit deficiencies.
The Wildcats began off better at Mizzou before breakdowns on the two closures brought about a Tigers' 10-0 run that grabbed the lead for good.
Kentucky mentor John Calipari has utilized that misfortune to pressure the significance of protection to players who landed in Lexington with offense-first outlooks — planning to change their reasoning with expectations of making more — and better—hostile open doors.
"On the off chance that you protect and we get out and run, you will be fine," Calipari said. "In any case, on the off chance that they're scoring and they're being the attacker on safeguard, you truly have issues so I'm as concerned protectively."
Kentucky's test is abating a Tennessee squad that has won five out of a column, including Saturday's 94-61 home defeat of Mississippi.
The Volunteers beat Kentucky 76-65 a month ago in Knoxville and look for their first season clear since 1998-99. It won't be simple, considering they've won only four times at Rupp Arena and have lost 10 sequential visits going back to 2006.
"The greatest thing for us is we can't stress over them or the group or the scene," Vols junior forward Admiral Schofield said. "We must stress over ourselves like we've been doing, guarding and contending at an abnormal state and staying together."
The Wildcats' would like to broaden Tennessee's wretchedness however realize that requires better execution — especially with threatening conditions approaching after Tuesday.
"The greatest thing is simply playing 40 minutes," Kentucky green bean forward PJ Washington said. "We need to begin off recreations a considerable measure better. I felt like we didn't generally begin off that okay and we ought to have the capacity to get groups down extremely early, and we have to begin taking a shot at that."
Notes: Calipari said sophomore forward Tai Wynyard and green bean monitor Jemarl Baker likely won't play this season in light of wounds. Wynyard has been disturbed by a back issue while Baker is recuperating from left knee surgery the previous fall.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — There is a feeling of direness approaching over Kentucky.
The 24th-positioned Wildcats have battled and now confront a testing stretch that could decide if they go after a fourth continuous Southeastern Conference general season title.
Officially three diversions behind No. 8 Auburn, the Kentucky (17-6, 6-4) have No. 15 Tennessee (17-5, 7-3) on Tuesday before taking off for recreations at Texas A&M on Saturday and against the marking No. 8 Tigers on Feb. 14.
One of the regions Kentucky needs to center around is its offense in the wake of posting season lows in a week ago's 69-60 misfortune at Missouri . The Wildcats shot only 31 percent and 2 of 20 from long range, bringing about their most minimal aggregate.
"To improve shots we need to show signs of improvement looks, the looks we want to make," sophomore forward Sacha Killeya-Jones said Monday.
"It's not a matter of us shooting 20 3's each diversion, yet clearly we need to make more than two. That is simply going to accompany hostile congruity, figuring out how to play with each other and more ball development to show signs of improvement shots."
Kentucky appeared to build up a hostile stream with rebound wins against No. 19 West Virginia and Vanderbilt, where the Wildcats defeated twofold digit deficiencies.
The Wildcats began off better at Mizzou before breakdowns on the two closures brought about a Tigers' 10-0 run that grabbed the lead for good.
Kentucky mentor John Calipari has utilized that misfortune to pressure the significance of protection to players who landed in Lexington with offense-first outlooks — planning to change their reasoning with expectations of making more — and better—hostile open doors.
"On the off chance that you protect and we get out and run, you will be fine," Calipari said. "In any case, on the off chance that they're scoring and they're being the attacker on safeguard, you truly have issues so I'm as concerned protectively."
Kentucky's test is abating a Tennessee squad that has won five out of a column, including Saturday's 94-61 home defeat of Mississippi.
The Volunteers beat Kentucky 76-65 a month ago in Knoxville and look for their first season clear since 1998-99. It won't be simple, considering they've won only four times at Rupp Arena and have lost 10 sequential visits going back to 2006.
"The greatest thing for us is we can't stress over them or the group or the scene," Vols junior forward Admiral Schofield said. "We must stress over ourselves like we've been doing, guarding and contending at an abnormal state and staying together."
The Wildcats' would like to broaden Tennessee's wretchedness however realize that requires better execution — especially with threatening conditions approaching after Tuesday.
"The greatest thing is simply playing 40 minutes," Kentucky green bean forward PJ Washington said. "We need to begin off recreations a considerable measure better. I felt like we didn't generally begin off that okay and we ought to have the capacity to get groups down extremely early, and we have to begin taking a shot at that."
Notes: Calipari said sophomore forward Tai Wynyard and green bean monitor Jemarl Baker likely won't play this season in light of wounds. Wynyard has been disturbed by a back issue while Baker is recuperating from left knee surgery the previous fall.
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