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Bam Adebayo’s mom calls out Darral Willis

The only thing that got shut down was Willis, who put up a dud against Bam.

NCAA Basketball Tournament - Second Round - Wichita State v Kentucky Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images

Darral Willis said he was going to shut down Bam Adebayo on Sunday, but that was far from what actually transpired.

Bam was a force down low for Kentucky in a game that came down to the wire. The freshman forward picked up his eighth double-double of the season by scoring 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting and grabbing 10 rebounds in what turned into a 65-62 win for the Cats.

After the game, Bam’s mother made sure to let everyone know Willis wasn’t shutting down her boy:

There may not be any one player in college basketball capable of shutting down Bam on his own, and that was evident today.