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Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - The top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats continue their extended homestand on Sunday evening, as they play host to the Eastern Kentucky Colonels in a non-conference matchup at Rupp Arena. John Caliparis Wildcats have looked very much like the top team in the land, sprinting out to a flawless 8-0 record. The team already has a couple of marquee wins on the season against top competition, blowing out Kansas (72-40) back on Nov. 18 and most recently taking care of business against powerhouse Texas (63-51) on Friday. Jeff Neubauers Colonels are sporting a winning record as well, sitting at 4-2 on the young season. However, Eastern Kentucky opened the season with four straight wins at home, but has dropped back-to-back games of late, falling at BYU (90-76) and most recently to Valparaiso (72-66). Kentucky has won all 10 previous meetings with EKU, with the last meeting coming back in 2006. Scoring points hasnt been a problem for Eastern Kentucky this season, as the team is generating a healthy 86.8 ppg, doing so on .464 shooting. The team has thrived defensively as well, leading the nation in both turnover margin (+15.3) and steals per game (13.0). The Colonels boast of a deep scoring pool, with five players currently in double figures. Corey Walden is pacing the team with an impressive 18.3 ppg, as he shoots .547 from the field. He is topped however by Eric Stutzs .596 efficiency, with the senior forward putting up 12.3 ppg. JaMill Powell (12.2 ppg), Jaylen Babb-Harrison (12.0 ppg) and Timmy Knipp (10.0 ppg) get into the act offensively as well. EKUs potent offense didnt materialize against Valpo last time out, as the Colonels managed to shoot just .361 from the floor overall. Knipp led the way with 16 points. He was joined in double figures by three others, as Walden (13 pts), Stutz (11 pts) and Babb-Harrison (10 pts) had solid games in defeat as well. The Colonels better be red-hot right from the get-go in this one, as Kentucky has proved to be one of the nations stingiest teams. The Wildcats boast of the nations top defense, limiting foes to a meager 45.2 ppg and an anemic .282 shooting. In addition, Kentucky leads the nation in blocked shots (69). UK is now the first team in the modern era to hold its first eight opponents under 40 percent shooting. Offensively, the team doesnt have any prolific scoring threats, but rather a strong collective that manages 77.0 ppg. Dakari Johnson (10.4 ppg) leads the way despite not starting a single game. Willie Cauley-Stein (10.3 ppg) is a close second, followed by Aaron Harrison (9.4 ppg) and Devin Booker (9.0 ppg). The Wildcats were at it again on Friday, as their suffocating defensive play limited the usually explosive Longhorns to a mere 51 points on a season-worst. .298 shooting effort. 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Rookie Mark Scheifele, defenceman Zach Bogosian and both Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little on the power play scored for the Jets, who outshot the Leafs 31-27 after regulation play and 32-28 following overtime. Little also had an assist and Ladd added two assists for Winnipeg (24-24-5). Toronto (27-21-6) got a power-play goal from defenceman Dion Phaneuf, centre Troy Bodie scored his second of the season and defenceman Tim Gleason marked his first goal of the year. Jets coach Paul Maurice said Byfugliens versatility is a big plus for the team. "Its a huge, huge luxury," Maurice said. "It makes us run our bench. It makes my pairs right coming off the bench up front. You get all your best offensive players on the ice that way." Byfuglien was moved to forward by former coach Claude Noel in his last game before he was fired and replaced by Maurice on Jan. 12. The Jets are 5-1 under Maurice, but they let a 4-1 second-period lead get away that seemed a little reminiscent of the past. Phil Kessel tied the game 4-4 with 1:33 left in the third period on a sharp-angled shot that beat goalie Ondrej Pavelec. "I know the scoring progression is going to say we blew a 4-1 lead, but I didnt feel we didnt generate anything and that they were all over us," Maurice said. "They had some flurries, they have some real good players. And we had some great chances, too." Little said his team didnt lose its confidence as the scoreboard shifted. "Its never fun when you start to let a team back in the game," Little said. "When they scored that fourth (goal), I tell you we handled it real well. We stayed pretty level-headed. Even if it took longer than 60 minutes, I thought we felt we were going to get the job done." Pavelec stop 24 of the 28 shots he faced. James Reimer started for the Leafs, but let in four goals on 18 shots andd was replaced by Bernier midway through the second period.ddddddddddddBernier stopped 13 of the 14 shots he faced. "We felt that it would be the decision to let a guy play in his hometown," Toronto coach Randy Carlyle said of the decision to go with Reimer, who was born in Morweena, Man. The Jets went up 2-0 early in the first period after scoring on their first and fourth shots of the game. Toronto coughed up the puck in its own end and Jets forward Evander Kane got it and sent a pass to Scheifele. Reimer got a piece of Scheifeles shot, but not enough as the Jets went up 1-0 at 3:10 on the rookies 10th goal of the season. Winnipeg made good on its first power play of the game, courtesy of a hooking penalty on Leafs defenceman Morgan Reilly. Pavelec got things started with a pass out to defenceman Jacob Trouba, who then sent the puck to Wheeler just outside Torontos blue-line. Wheeler raced in alone on Reimer and put a shot through his pads at 6:34. "Obviously, the first two goals were goals that I thought that were scored in the middle of the net and those are tough ones," Carlyle said. "I contemplated whether to do something at that point, but I felt get him through the period and give him an opportunity to fight and battle himself back. "And then he did that because he came out in the second period and made some big stops. He made a stop on a breakaway. He battled hard for our hockey club." A five-goal second period saw each team scoring twice in a span of 3:01. The Leafs used a power play for Phaneufs fifth goal of the season, a long one-timer straight at the net through traffic at 6:13 while Jets defenceman Keaton Ellerby was in the box for boarding. Littles 17th goal of the season came just over a minute later as he redirected a shot by Toby Enstrom to make it 3-1. Bogosians shot 37 seconds later beat a partially screened Reimer and sent the goalie to the bench in favour of Bernier, who entered his 100th career game with his team down 4-1. "Well, it was more mercy because one was a deflection and the another one was posted in," Carlyle said. "We just needed a little bit of a change." Toronto made it 4-2 on Bodies goal 61 seconds later at 9:14 and then made it a one-goal deficit at 16:44 when Gleasons shot hit Trouba and went through Pavelecs pads. James van Riemsdyk assisted on Kessels goal and saw a silver lining in falling just short of a successful comeback. "We got down and were able to battle back and showed character," van Riemsdyk said. "But again, well take the point." Youth NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Throwback Jerseys Disocunt Football Jerseys China Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Wholesale NFL Gear Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
