The offensive output was like watching grass grow or paint dry in the first half for Kentucky, putting up just 28 points with shooting splits of 32/13/46 while scoring .875 points per possession through 20 minutes. The Wildcats turned the ball over six times compared to just seven assists with only 15 combined points for the starters. It was a different story for the defense, though, Nicholls making just three baskets on 12/7/89 splits with three players scoring all of their points at the break.
Kentucky was bad, but Nicholls was worse — or the defense was that good, a point of emphasis coming off such a letdown effort on that end of the floor in the exhibition finale vs.