The Kentucky Wildcats and Indiana Hoosiers are playing at a terrific pace, and no one appears to be the least bit tired. Though the pace was more to Kentucky's liking, Indiana are hanging with them and they're only down three points. Kentucky's defense hasn't been terrific, but they're scoring like crazy and they lead 50-47 at halftime.
NCAA Tournament Scores, Kentucky Vs. Indiana: Wildcats Lead By Three At Halftime
Terrence Jones has been Kentucky’s best player thus far with 12 points and four rebounds. He’s hit one three and has a great alley-oop finish, among other baskets as part of a great first-half performance.
On the other end of the floor, Kentucky have done a terrible job of slowing down Christian Watford, who has been gifted a number of easy buckets. He leads all scorers with 17 points on 6-11 shooting. All of Indiana's other starters have been good offensively as well, but the Hoosiers only have two bench points.
Will Sheehey has been effective and is shooting 3-4. Unfortunately for him, the miss was more memorable than any of the makes.
Both teams are in a bit of foul trouble, though both coaches managed this very well. Cody Zeller picked up two early fouls, but only sat on the bench very briefly. He came back in with 10 minutes remaining in the half and did not pick up another foul. Alternatively, John Calipari opted to leave Anthony Davis on the bench in a similar situation. Zeller, Davis, Jordan Hulls, Victor Oladipo, Terrence Jones and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist all have two fouls, and the teams are lucky that no one has three fouls.
Indiana isn’t going to get easy buckets inside all game and they’re not going to continue to shoot 58 percent from the floor. They’re going to have to slow down the tempo to one that’s closer to their liking, keep themselves out of foul trouble and start hitting some outside shots to keep up with the Wildcats in the second half.
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