UK faces a quick turnaround from Saturday's thwacking of Austin Peay to face a Drexel team that has the dual honor of honor of a cool nickname (the Dragons) and a head coach with a cool name (Bruiser Flint).  Seriously, how cool of a name is Bruiser Flint?  Would you mess with someone with that name?  I wouldn't.  As for the game, this is an otherwise thoroughly standard late-December contest with no special significance what-so-ever.  Nope, none what-so-ever.  Just another chance for a win that is no different than any other win.

Series History:

This is the first ever matchup between Drexel and UK.  The players should note what happened this weekend though, as Old Dominion - another CAA school - beat Georgetown at Georgetown.

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GOG 2009 #2000: Drexel [Max 40 Points]

1. Drexel has a good defense centered around making it difficult for their opponents to hit shots; permitting 40.9% on 2pt shots and 30.1% on 3pt shots for an eFG% of 42.2%.  What is Kentucky's eFG% for the game?  Any guess that is within 3 percentage points of the answer will be counted correct. [3 pts] I was way off on this one.  UK shot an exceptional 61.2% eFG%.  Anything from 58.2 to 64.2 would have received 3 points, but no one guessed that high.
   
2. Drexel also is one of the most whistled teams in the nation, fouling 22 times per game and sending opponents to the free throw line 25 times per game.  How many free throw attempts do the Cats attempt? [3 pts] The Cats attempted 19 free throws.  There probably would have been more if the game hadn't gotten out of hand quite so quickly.
   
3. After a terrific 18-18 mark from the line against Austin Peay, does UK shoot better or worse than 75% from the line against Drexel? [+1 point if correct, -1 if incorrect] UK made 17 of those 19 free throws and shot much better than 75%.
   
4. How many second chance points for UK? [4 points if correct, 3 points if within 1, 2 points if within 2, 1 point if within 3] 17 points
   
5. How many points in the paint for UK? [4 points if correct, 3 points if within 1, 2 points if within 2, 1 point if within 3] 38 points
   
6. How many point off turnovers for UK? [4 points if correct, 3 points if within 1, 2 points if within 2, 1 point if within 3] 16 points
   
7. Which team scores more points off turnovers? [+1 point if correct, -1 if incorrect] UK edged Drexel 16 to 14 in this category.
   
8. Which team has more bench points? [+1 point if correct, -1 if incorrect] UK again narrowly edged Drexel, 31 to 29.
   
9. DeAndre Liggins has played in two straight games and Cal noted in his post game radio interview that he liked the energy Liggins brought to the floor.  Personally I hope Liggins can give the team 10-15 minutes a game and provide another ball handler to give Wall more of a break so he doesn't have to play so many minutes every game.  Predict Liggins' points/assists/turnovers against the Drexel. [2 pts each] 6/0/0
   
10. One way to measure the efficiency of a player's scoring ability is points-per-shot (pps): points scored divided by field goal attempts.  The meausure includes points scored at the free throw line but does not include free throw attempts.  Which player leads the team in pps (minimum 2 field goal attempts) against Drexel? [3 pts] Liggins was 2-2 from 3pt range for a 3.0 pps.
    
11. Ramon Harris continues to give the team good minutes off the bench.  Against Austin Peay he had 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 0 turnovers in just 7 minutes.  Predict Harris's rebounds/assists/turnovers against Drexel. [2 pts each] 2/1/0
    
12. Drexel plays at a slow pace and plays good defense.  Combining the two trends, it would not be a surprise if Kentucky scored their fewest points to this point in the season.  The current low is 64 points against UConn.  Does UK score less than 64 points in this game? [+1 point if correct, -1 if incorrect] UK blew past this one scoring 88 points - their 6th highest total of the season.
    
13. Which player scores the point(s) that gives UK the lead for good against Drexel? [3 pts] Cousins took care of this with the first basket of the game.
    

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