According to basketball parlance, settling is bad. It’s taking the easy way out, as UK Coach John Calipari likes to say, rather than taking on contact en route to a basket and/or drawing a foul.
According to the dictionary, settling is adopting a more steady or secure style of life.
In defeating Mississippi State 78-65 on Tuesday night, Kentucky also scored one for the dictionary.
Led by Kevin Knox, Kentucky shot more freely from three-point distance. The Cats didn’t bury State in an avalanche of threes. But the five three-pointers equaled the number UK made in the last two games combined.