肯塔基男篮表演赛10月23日晚76比65胜得州理工 威尔金斯13分7助攻
10月23日晚，肯塔基大学男篮在列克星敦的拉普球馆举行季前表演赛，以76比65战胜得州理工队。转学后卫亚历克斯·威尔金斯成为比赛亮点之一，他得到13分并送出全场最高的7次助攻，出场29分钟，比赛末段两记三分球帮助球队锁定胜局。主教练马克·波普赛后最称赞的却是威尔金斯的防守，他说威尔金斯在防守端的努力是“精英级”的，专注而坚决，如果能一直保持这种状态，他会成长为一名大场面球员。
赛后发布会上还出现有趣一幕：当《信使日报》记者自报家门提到“路易斯维尔”时，威尔金斯立刻打断对方，引得全场发笑——在肯塔基与路易斯维尔的死敌氛围里，这句玩笑足见他已迅速融入球队文化。表演赛不计入常规赛战绩，但为新赛季磨合阵容提供了实战检验。
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Kentucky Men's Basketball Wins Exhibition 76-65 Over Texas Tech on the Night of Oct. 23; Wilkins Scores 13 Points With 7 Assists
On the night of Oct. 23, the University of Kentucky men's basketball team played a preseason exhibition at Rupp Arena in Lexington and beat Texas Tech 76-65. Transfer guard Alex Wilkins was one of the game's standouts, scoring 13 points with a game-high 7 assists in 29 minutes, and two three-pointers late in the game helped seal the win. Head coach Mark Pope reserved his highest praise for Wilkins's defense, saying his effort on the defensive end was elite, focused and determined, and that if he keeps it up he will grow into a big-stage player.
The postgame press conference also produced a light moment: when a Courier Journal reporter introduced himself and mentioned Louisville, Wilkins cut in at once, drawing laughter from the room — in the fierce Kentucky-Louisville rivalry, the joke showed how quickly he has settled into the team's culture. Exhibition games do not count in the regular-season standings, but they give the team a real test as it builds its rotation for the new season.
Source: GSM News
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