THE ADVOCATE-MESSENGER | WWW.AMNEWS.COM LARRY VAUGHT, SPORTS EDITOR (859) 936-0353 | FAX (859) 236-9566 SPORTS DEPT. (859) 236-2551 or (800) 428-0409, extension 137 or 246 | To report a score, use extension 305. B FRIDAY SPORTS MARCH 16, 2012 KENTUCKY 81, WESTERN KENTUCKY 66 Kentucky cruises by WKU But Cats Jones, need to Lamb play better lead UK By COLIN FLY Larry Vaught Sports Editor AP Sports Writer
[email protected] LOUISVILLE — Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb fig- LOUISVILLE — On a ured Kentucky’s freshmen scale of one to 10, freshman might have the jitters. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist — Good thing the sopho- who is always blunt honest mores already have plenty of — only gave Kentucky NCAA tournament experi- about an eight for the way it ence to share. played in ursday’s 81-66 Jones had 22 points and win over Western Kentucky. 10 rebounds, Lamb scored If the Cats want to keep 16 and top-seeded Kentucky advancing in the NCAA began its quest for an eighth Tournament, Kidd-Gilchrist national title with an 81-66 and his teammates have to victory over Western Ken- do better, and they know it. tucky on Thursday night. “Last year we got better “For this to be the first every game in the NCAA NCAA game for us, fresh- Tournament and made the men are usually — well I Final Four,” said UK senior know I was last year — just a Darius Miller. “at’s what little nervous about all the we have to do again. You pressure put on us, and it can’t stay the same in this wasn’t even as much pres- tournament or you get beat.