http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/ncaa/men/gameflash/2009/12/09/57489_recap.html?eref=sihp
“NEW YORK(AP) John Wall has played nine games for Kentucky. His latest was his best – and the end of this one showed the freshman guard is as good as advertised.
Wall scored a season-high 25 points, including 12 of his team’s last 15, and the fourth-ranked Wildcats beat No. 14 Connecticut 64-61 on Wednesday night in the SEC/Big East Invitational.
”He’s phenomenal, one of the best players out there,” Kentucky forward Patrick Patterson said. ”If we need a crunch-time basket we give it to John and we know we are going to have the advantage. Pretty much when we need baskets we know who to get the ball to.”
What made Wall’s performance in his first appearance in Madison Square Garden even more remarkable is that he was saddled with foul trouble in the first half before dominating the game over the final 7 1/2 minutes – even when Connecticut made a defensive switch that slowed him down for a few possessions.
”I just try to be a point guard,” Wall said. ”I struggled some in the first half then picked it up in the second and led us to the victory.”
Connecticut’s Kemba Walker , considered one of college basketball’s fastest guards, spent most of the game covering and being covered by Wall.
”He’s not a freshman, not at all,” Walker said. ”The ball is always in his hands and that’s good for him and his team.”
Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said Wall ”is no freshman. He’s a great player.”
The Wildcats (9-0) moved John Calipari closer to one of the icons at the school that has more wins (1,997) than any other program. The only coach to have a better start to his career at Kentucky was Adolph Rupp, who started 10-0 in 1931.”
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