Three charging calls complicated Kentucky freshman Alex Poythress’ homecoming Thursday night.
Poythress, who grew up in Cooksville, Tenn., fouled out of UK’s 60-58 victory at Vanderbilt.
He began the game with noticeable assertiveness. He finished with a busy stat line: seven points, six rebounds, four turnovers.
But UK Coach John Calipari noted a lack of aggressiveness at times. Vandy grabbed 20 offensive rebounds and won the boards, 42-37.
“You can’t let it happen,” Calipari said of gettable rebounds that eluded Poythress. “It’s unacceptable.”
Calipari suggested Poythress adopt an attitude of “I have to make it a point: I’m not getting outworked.”
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
