Wednesday Quickies: Ashton Hagans shines against UGA Edition

In the past, we’ve seen some mixed results when Kentucky players go against their home-state school, especially when that school was heavily involved in their recruitment.

For Ashton Hagans, a Georgia native, he always seems to shine when going up against the Georgia Bulldogs and last night, the Wildcats point guard turned in one of his best performances of the season in leading the Wildcats to a 89-79 win.

Hagans scored 23 points while shooting better than 50 percent from the field. He accompanied that with nine assists, five rebounds, and four steals as well as a blocked shot.

Hagans’ 23 points is tied for the second-highest of his Kentucky career. The other 23-point performance just so happened to come last year when the Wildcats traveled to Athens.

In three career games against the Bulldogs, Hagans is averaging nearly 19.7 points per game, to go along with 4 steals and 6 assists.

Sometimes we see players try to do too much when playing against their home state school, but Hagans continues to play within the flow of the offense while putting up big time numbers and most importantly, leading his team to victory.

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A highlight of the night.

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Quickies

Aside from Hagans, other Wildcats provide optimism - Herald Leader

Nick, EJ, Brooks, and Quickley also had solid performances.

Projecting Kentucky’s offensive depth chart - Cats Pause

A lot of talent and experience on that side of the ball.

Kentucky hosts talented in-state football recruits - KSR

A good start to keeping the Kentucky kids in the Bluegrass state.

Evansville fires Walter McCarty - Herald Leader

The investigation has apparently turned up some disturbing allegations.

NCAA is on the clock over student-athlete NIL issues - SI

The NCAA is preparing for its annual convention this week.

NFL will experiment with onside kick rules at Pro Bowl - ESPN

I like this idea.

Derek Jeter, Larry Walker headed to Baseball Hall of Fame - Bleacher Report

Two worthy inductees.

L.A. City Council publicly advocates for Dodgers to be awarded WS titles - Yahoo

Not sure that’ll work, but hey, maybe worth a try.