Derek on the sidelines Cats used impressive defense and new- came out flat as the second half began.
-_ I V _ V found hustle and rebounding from Ron Kentucky put together a 15-1 run at the I
Ile went frorrr a lotterv pick to perhaps _ . . . .. 1
I. _ _ _ I · _ . . Mercer. scoring from Edwards and start of the game and followed rt with a 11- 1
a late frrst or ear ly second round pick rn _ s _
. * . Padgett and increased rrnnutes from 2 run when the second half got underway.
the coming srrrnrner National Basketball I _ I _
II . . _ I _ . . Turner to beat \randerbrlt 56-46. The Hrlltoppers, however, started con-
Assocratron dr aft bv a pro team willing to . I . . .... .
IIIIIII II IIIII ‘ After the \andy outing, Prtrno was nectrng on the 3-pointers to close wrthrn
, ` 'I _ ._ I I enthusiastic. "This has been a great dav. 71-70 with 2:45 remaining. The crowd of
I`hat srrrns up the twist of fate that . “ .
. . . _ V I _ . _ Derek Anderson had hrghlv successful over 1,400 were on tlrerr feet for the dura-
accorrrparrred the rnrury of UK sernor I —I · . I
_ VI · I. “ V . V — surgery and Im reallv proud of the wav tron.
Derek Anderson who finds himself on the · ·_ I · _ _ _
I. . I _. .I I. _ I . . .. V these ¤uvs plaved tonight. Well take our Tlns rs the second time second-year
srdelrrres during hrs frrral vear of elrgrbrlrty *¤ · I · ~ _ I
_ __ ._ _ · _. I _ . * lumps. \Ve re not No. 4 rn the country coach Mattoxs teams have defeated a
recovering from a second anterior crucrate _ _ -r _
I. ‘ _ .V . . I . _. II right now, but we aspire to be bv the end rratronally ranked opponent. UK beat
rgarrrerrt tear; tlrrs time rn ns right nee. . I I _ _ q _
., I . _ _ I 2 · _ of the vear. \\e ll have to win srrnrlar to the Arkansas rn ]anuarv 1996.
\\e re extremely disappointed for . · , . ., . ‘
_ ,. 1 . I . Unforvettables team; we ll have to wm on I m very proud of the wav we played
Derek Anderson, said coach Puck Prtrno. ¤ _ II _ II _ II ~
I, _ .... _ heart, heart with our talent. tonight, sard Mattox. Our heart, our
Ile was having a farrtastrc senior vear. _ _ I I
. , ‘ . _ .‘ poise, our confidence. V\eve played the
llrght now well rust trrrn our attention to _ _ _ _
.‘ . . . · I I . toughest teams rn the nation and tornght rt
hrs relralnlrtatron. \\·e expect lnrrr to make The Best S0 Fur _ _ _
‘l full r‘ecovery in time for the NBA drift in . , Paid Off- F0? tl1€ {1151 t1111€‘ all y€€l1`, W6 Pllt
II I I II I I'   III I _   A III . I I II EVGW l’*`Og"*““ that IS 1‘€1>¤11d¤1s €xP€' two halves together. Now we have to con-
I‘l (   I‘ili( Ill  M If OIT? I2 llIn7g)\l’€ °‘ilI riences milestone achievements along the IIIIIIE vvith the COIIpId€IIC€I·r
O ""l ( ““ ( lf ‘l"l 0 P ‘l}"“f— lm) (**10]]* way. The UK wornen's basketball program
lraskethall arealrty." IIIIII OIIG Of IIIOQQ I
Anderson was the only member of the IIIIIGSIOIIGS III  I  I   r        •
tearrr about wlrorrr Prtmo said he drd not IIIIIIIIIIIIIIQ IIIQVIIIISEI ‘ ’ III   ‘‘r _ I
expect to improve. "\\'hat rrrore can you No 'I8 “';€SI€III _ A ‘’1-  
ask ofthe guy?" asked Pitino rhetorically KC,IIIIICkI. UIIIVGISIIV   .t‘ '
during one press eonf`erenee. 79_73 1 · .  
This year Anderson was leading the The CIIII were    
Southeastern (Ionferenee in scoring with III,IIIIIg IIIGII. IOIIIIII   V `“\‘ fp
‘ ( ' I Z I\
lb.6 ppg. Il Ire 6-5 grrard alsoI was leading IIIIIIOIIIIIII, I.IIIIk€Id yI I »
the team ur steals, tlrree-porrrt shootrng_ IGIIIII III II SIX gIIIII€ - I»,:»_ I
free throw shooting, and was second in SIIIIICIIITIIGCIIISIIISI   ··  I   “ V ‘ ~
assrstsI lle was an Illll-r\IIlt‘I`l(‘tl and a III NIII 25 LIIIIISIIIIIIIII {_ I___\ I I I/I      I I  
Narsrrrrth award candidate. and ranked by SIIII) NII S I   VII _\ I II f I
various scorrts as one ofthe top two guards y_IIIII€I.IIIII ,IIIII NO 9 I _` '   -I ` »\    _  
nr the country at hrs posrtrorr. TGIIIIMQEI, b€I·III.E * E, é *· { ii    I \ »  
. · ,. I. I , . _ _.. r. · · . _   V `_I·• { »¤..T.T,;»       _ J.
lrorurally. IthI d.Iy r\nd¢rsorrsIrr2pr€I III_II,IIIIIIg the     I  
was announcer . re a so was narnec . . , I   4   V "   . r
IIII I II I_ II I \\_I III llrlltoppers and then ’·     I I   Ip _·
‘l:°_l 0 if I ff ` I II I I faced No. 6 Alaharna   . ·· w ‘ .,,; II'¤;’II   ’ —\
II I\ouII can t replac