“My first game was amazing,” he told KSR. “I tried to come off the bench and bring the intensity on defense and play as hard as I can. Coach told me, if I just play my game, it will all come through in each way, on offense and defense, so I was just trying to play my game.”
When the Bahamas National Team cut Kentucky’s lead to two towards the end of the first half, Hagans checked in and flipped the script, stealing the ball and scoring on a nifty layup and cleaning up his own miss on the boards to score again moments later.