Nashville, Tennessee – 18th kentucky wildcats Have lost consecutive games and have lost three of their last five games. What’s worse is that he is struggling to shoot.
Panic is spreading across the Bluegrass State.
Fans escorted the Wildcats off the court at halftime Friday night and headed to the exits before Kentucky 94-59 loss At No. 11 Gonzaga that dropped the Wildcats to 5-4.
At one point, Kentucky’s lone star DeMarcus Cousins didn’t hold back from voicing his opinion on social media: “Can’t lie…this UK team has no heart! It’s hard to watch.”
Kentucky coach Mark Pope did not dispute Cousins’ opinion and accepted blame.
Pope said, “As a former player, I too am angry with the coach and that’s all right.” “There is nothing inappropriate in what he said.”
The Wildcats missed their first 10 shots and their first seven from beyond the arc. The Wildcats shot so much worse than Gonzaga graham ike Made more buckets inside the arc (10) than Kentucky (nine). Kentucky finished 16 of 60 (26.7%) overall and 7 of 34 (20.6%) from 3-point range.
Asked if the Wildcats were trying to do too much to help, Pope said it was more about being indecisive: “It’s all coming from me. It’s on me.”
When the fans tried to energize Kentucky by roaring denzel aberdeen Lost first 3 games. It didn’t help that Kentucky was 5 of 31 from the field and 3 of 20 from 3-point range in the first half, leading to more upsets. The Wildcats trailed 43-20 at halftime.
Pope said, “All the complaints we heard tonight were incredibly appropriate to me and we have to fix this.”
This is the second consecutive game that Kentucky has struggled to shoot beyond the arc. The Wildcats made just 1 of 3 attempts and lost to No. 16 North Carolina 67-64 on Tuesday night. Against Gonzaga, he hit balls from almost every part of the rim, and some shots were airballs, but he continued to shoot.
That was not the only issue. Kentucky was defeated 43–31 and outscored 46–18 in the paint and 32–19 in bench points.
Expectations are always high for a program with eight national championships. Pope led the Wildcats to the Sweet 16 and finished with a 24–12 record in his first season. Then, the Wildcats defeated top-ranked Purdue by 13 in an exhibition in October, further increasing the general hype.
projected starting point guard jaland lowe He missed the last five games due to a right shoulder injury, although Lowe came off the bench wearing a brace against Gonzaga. mohammed diaubet Missed his fourth game Friday night.
Still, another tough non-conference schedule hasn’t helped. Each loss has come against a ranked opponent, beginning with in-state rival Louisville on November 11. michigan state On 18 November. The Pope said that this is a bad situation right now.
“We have to pull ourselves out of this,” the Pope said.
