Kentucky - 64 (Head Coach: Orlando Smith) - [Ranked 4th by AP]

Player	Min	FG	FGA	3pt FG	3pt FGA	FT	FTA	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	PF	Ast	St	BS	TO	Pts
Heshimu Evans	32	3	8	0	3	3	4	2	7	9	2	3	1	0	2	9
Michael Bradley	23	3	5	0	0	2	4	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	2	8
Scott Padgett	20	1	5	0	2	1	5	2	4	6	3	3	1	1	3	3
Wayne Turner	31	4	10	0	1	2	2	1	7	8	3	1	2	1	3	10
Tayshaun Prince	29	7	10	1	3	0	0	1	4	5	2	0	2	3	1	15
Saul Smith	18	1	2	0	1	4	6	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	3	6
Souleymane Camara	20	4	7	0	0	0	0	3	5	8	3	1	0	2	0	8
Jamaal Magloire	19	1	3	0	0	1	2	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	3
Desmond Allison	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Ryan Hogan	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team										7					1
Totals	200	25	55	1	12	13	23	13	35	55	16	10	7	10	19	64

Colorado - 52 (Head Coach: Ricardo Patton) - [Unranked]

Player	Min	FG	FGA	3pt FG	3pt FGA	FT	FTA	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	PF	Ast	St	BS	TO	Pts
Will Smith	13	2	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	4
Ernest Renfroe	33	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	5	7	2	0	0	0	2	6
Kenny Price	34	6	18	2	12	2	2	4	4	8	4	0	1	0	1	16
Jaquay Walls	20	2	9	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	5	3	2	0	2	4
Dwight Jones	26	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	0
Jose Winston	17	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	1	0	4	0
Aki Thomas	22	5	10	0	0	2	6	4	2	6	0	1	1	1	0	12
Nick Mahr	17	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2
Carlton Carter	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kyle Williams	11	1	10	0	5	6	7	3	1	4	1	1	1	0	0	8
Team										7
Totals	200	20	73	2	27	10	19	16	16	39	21	8	9	3	14	52

Game Writeup - Courtesy of Dr. Jeffrey Neil Burch; Dr. J's UK Newsletter, Vol 8. No. 20. (All Rights Reserved)

Colorado Low:

A lackadaisical 4th ranked Kentucky team defeated Colorado 64-52 in opening round action at the Puerto Rico Shootout at Bayamon. The Cats were led in scoring by freshman Tayshaun Prince, who as a 6'8" shooting guard was taller than any Colorado starter (he was covered for much of the game by 5'11" Dwight Jones). UK advanced to play Pitt in the 2nd round, which was an upset winner over #13 ranked Xavier (O). This game was televised by ESPN2.

The Buffalos took early leads of 9-0 and 11-2 before UK got on track. But the Cats zoomed ahead as Colorado was stuck at 11 pts, and later in the 1st half, UK led 30-15 as Colorado went 12 minutes without a basket and 8 minutes without any pts scored (they missed 17 consecutive shots during Kentucky's 20-1 scoring streak). Kentucky's 1-2-2 zone stymied Colorado, which made only 4 of 33 1st half FG attempts.

Yet Colorado remained relatively close to the Cats because UK could not connect from 3 pt range. With 11 minutes left in the half, Kentucky was ahead by only a 40-36 margin. But a late 11-0 run, coupled with a defense which caused Colorado to miss 7 consecutive shots, combined to provide a final 64-52 margin of victory for UK.

Coach Tubby Smith received his 1st technical foul while at Kentucky, with 5:30 remaining in the contest. His son Saul was knocked to the floor during a rebound but no call was made. According to Smith, all he said to the officials was, "Who's supposed to be watching that?" Smith apologized afterwards for the T, saying that a coach never wants to get a technical foul.

Jamaal Magloire (#42) is defended by Colorado's Kyle Williams

Wayne Turner (#5) grabs a rebound in front of Colorado's Jose Winston

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