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There’s been one constant this season for the Kentucky Wildcats and head coach John Calipari — Oscar Tshiebwe dominating basketball games. Despite Kentucky’s season opening loss to Duke in the Champions Classic, Tshiebwe was an unstoppable force down low and has sustained that momentum over the team’s last two wins at home to get above .500 at 2-1.
After Tuesday night’s blowout win over Mount Saint Mary’s, Tshiebwe is now averaging more than 18 points and as many rebounds per game. He’s been a one-man-wrecking-crew for the opposition and now appears to be making his jump-shots — a true nightmare for future Kentucky opponents.
Kentucky big Oscar Tshiebwe dominated in the paint tonight.
— B/R Hoops (@brhoops) November 17, 2021
24 points
16 rebounds
Tshiebwe is averaging 18.3 points and 18.6 boards per game so far this season @Oscartshiebwe34 pic.twitter.com/m1PpPzVqli
Tshiebwe made five jump-shots on Tuesday night and while it’s early in the season, it appears that Calipari intends to “let Oscar be Oscar.” What an exciting thought.
Look out if Oscar Tshiebwe hits that jumper consistently. Calipari has been talking about how well Oscar shoots the ball.
— Shawn Smith (@gbbcountry) November 17, 2021
Again, it’s early in the season. But this year’s team appears to be one of Calipari’s better shooting teams since coming to Kentucky over a decade ago. If Tshiebwe can consistently knock down his mid-range jumper, the opposing defense will have to allocate even more attention to him which will free up other Wildcats to make shots within the offense.
Tweet of the Day
Stephen Curry has 3 games with at least 9 made three-pointers this season. The rest of the NBA has 1 such game combined (Patty Mills).
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 17, 2021
Curry recorded his 37th career game with at least 9 made threes. The next 5 players on the list have 34 such games combined. pic.twitter.com/JKkWLB8k8m
The skinny kid from Davidson.
Headlines
Highlights: Kentucky’s 80-55 Victory over Mount St. Mary’s - Kentucky Sports Radio
Lots of Oscar Tshiebwe here.
Top seven in College Football Playoff rankings remain unchanged - ESPN
Will we see some shakeup next week?
Calipari provides update on injured Wildcats - Kentucky Sports Radio
Thankfully Kentucky has quality depth.
Texas AD urges Longhorns fans not to support Steve Sarkisian - ESPN
How do you rebound from giving up a fifty burger to Kansas?
$220K bettor cashed thanks to late walk-on free throws - Kentucky Sports Radio
Shoutout Zan Payne.
Noah Syndergaard, Angels agree to one-year, $21 million deal - Yahoo!
This seems like a bad idea.
Lincoln Riley downplays speculation of his interest in LSU job - ESPN
If you were Riley, would you leave Oklahoma for the SEC?
OBJ’s first game as a Ram? Not great - Yahoo!
Second straight blowout loss for LA.
Duke’s Michael Savarino and Paolo Banchero face DWI charges - ESPN
Oops.
Giannis Antetokounmpo hints at future Bucks exit - Yahoo!
This is odd, right?