Posted at 6:20 p.m., Monday, November 20, 2006
No. 20 Kentucky beats DePaul in Maui Invitational
By Jim O'Connnell
Associated Press
The Wildcats (3-0) will play the winner of the late game between No. 5 UCLA and Chaminade in the semifinals tomorrow.
Kentucky was never able to shake the Blue Demons (1-3) in a game that saw both teams shoot better than 53 percent from the field.
Sammy Mejia and Wilson Chandler both had 17 points for DePaul, which was within 74-69 on a 3-pointer by Marcus Heard with 4:45 to play. Morris scored the last four points of a 6-0 run that had the Wildcats up 80-69 with 2:50 to play.
Morris' last field goal of the game, a baseline move with 2:10 to play, put Kentucky up 82-71, but DePaul scored six straight points to get to 82-77 with 1:22 to go.
Kentucky went 5-for-6 from the free throw line over the final 53 seconds and the Wildcats drew two charges to finally seal the win.
Ramel Bradley had 16 points for Kentucky, which shot 57.1 percent (32-for-56).
Heard had 11 points for the Blue Demons, who finished 32-for-60 from the field (53.3 percent).
