The first round of the Lexington TBT Region was a major win for the Cats. La Familia is lead by former Kentucky players with the likes of Willie Cauley-Stein, Eric Bledsoe, Kellan Grady, and several others. La Familia matched up against the 305 Ballers a Miami, Florida based team with former college players like Isaiah Reese (Canisius), CJ Bryce (NC State), and others.
The former Cats got off to a fast start in front of a large lower bowl crowd at Rupp Arena, with a 44-30 lead going into half time where former Kentucky guard, and NBA draft pick Eric Bledsoe stole the show with a solid 10 points and 3 assists which lead the Cats in both categories entering the break. The second half saw much of the same as you would expect a high-powered Kentucky team. Nate Sestina got hot in the second half from three to expand La Familia’s already large lead to get the C-A-T-S cheer going. Not long after Willie Cauley-Stein brought the house down with not one but two blocks and a defensive stop.
Who says Kentucky’s most recent player, Brennan Canada a former walk-on helped close out the game in the Elam Ending with a game winning free throw. The Elam Ending rules the clock stops at the first dead ball under 4 minutes in the 4th quarter with 8 points being added to the higher scoring team and that becomes the target score, first one to the target wins, no clock just basketball.
La Familia will be back in action Sunday at 2 o’clock inside Rupp Arena taking on The Nawf you can catch the game on Fox if you can’t be there in person. The Cats are one step closer for a chance at 1 million dollars.
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