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Gus Johnson: And we’re back for the second half. 1996 Kentucky up one on 1995 UCLA. Special K, what were your impressions of the first half?
Clark Kellogg: Kentucky seemed like it was going to pull away early but UCLA kept fighting back. Can Kentucky get Tony Delk and Derek Anderson going? How much will be left in the tank for the O’Bannon boys, who both played all 20 minutes in the first half. The Bruins got some solid minutes from freshman J.R. Henderson with Zidek in foul trouble; will they get anything out of their senior center from Germany?
Gus Johnson: Alright. At least 20 minutes remaining. What a second half this should be! Kentucky gets the ball first, with Anderson passing in to Delk.
Kentucky: Walter McCarty misses lay up. Rebound McCarty. McCarty shot blocked by George Zidek. Tony Delk recovers loose ball and hits three. Kentucky 45, UCLA 41.
UCLA: Ed O’Bannon misses three-pointer. Rebound Zidek. Zidek half hook is good. Kentucky 45, UCLA 43.
Kentucky: Pope makes lay up. Assist from Walker. Kentucky 47, UCLA 43.
UCLA: Tyus Edney calls 20 second timeout while getting stuck in Kentucky trap. Bailey misses jumper. Rebound Charles O’Bannon. O’Bannon misses running one-hander. Rebound Derek Anderson.
Kentucky: Walker misses three. Rebound Anderson. Lay in Anderson. Kentucky 49, UCLA 43.
UCLA: Offensive foul on Tyus Edney.
Kentucky: Delk misses three. Rebound Ed O’Bannon.
UCLA: Charles O’Bannon makes lay up. Assist to Bailey. Kentucky 49, UCLA 45.
Kentucky: Antoine Walker misses fade away on baseline. Rebound Anderson. Anderson fouled by Bailey on missed turnaround. Anderson makes first free throw. Hits second free throw. Kentucky 51, UCLA 45.
UCLA: Zidek misses chippie on the baseline. Ed O’Bannon rebound, lay in and the foul on Pope, his third. O’Bannon makes free throw. Kentucky 51, UCLA 48.
Kentucky: Anderson misses 18-footer. Rebound Zidek.
UCLA: Tyus Edney makes floater in the lane. Kentucky 51, UCLA 50.
Kentucky: Hand-check foul on Charles O’Bannon. T.V. timeout. Kentucky 51, UCLA 50.
Substitution out of the break. UK – Mercer for Pope.
Kentucky: Delk hits three. Assist from Walker. Kentucky 54, UCLA 50.
UCLA: Blocking foul on Antoine Walker during Charles O’Bannon drive. Foul is on the floor. Zidek bank shot off the glass is good. Assist to Edney. Kentucky 54, UCLA 52.
Kentucky: Ron Mercer misses three. Rebound Ed O’Bannon.
UCLA: Ed O’Bannon three from the top of the key is good. Assist to Charles O’Bannon. UCLA 55, UK 54.
20 second timeout Kentucky.
Substitution: J.R. Henderson for Zidek. Pope for McCarty.
Kentucky: Walker half hook in the lane is missed. Rebound Walker. Walker spinning lay up is good. UK 56, UCLA 55.
UCLA: J.R. Henderson dunk attempt is blocked by Mercer. Bailey with rebound. Bailey misses bank shot. Rebound Walker.
Kentucky: Mercer traveling violation.
UCLA: Ed O’Bannon misses baseline jumper. Rebound Pope.
Kentucky: Delk misses three-pointer. Walker rebound tip attempt is good. UK 58, UCLA 55.
UCLA: Ed O’Bannon three-pointer is no good. Rebound Anderson.
Kentucky: Blocking foul on Edney. T.V. timeout. 11: 40 remaining. UK 58, UCLA 55.
Substitution: UCLA – Zidek for Ed O’Bannon. Epps for Anderson.
Kentucky: Epps three is no good. Rebound Zidek.
UCLA: Edney is fouled by Delk. UK substitution – Anderson for Delk, McCarty for Walker. UCLA substitution – Dollar for the tired Edney. Dollar is fouled on drive by Epps. Foul is on the floor. Zidek four-foot jumper is no good. Rebound Pope.
Kentucky: Anderson three is good. Assist to McCarty. UK 61, UCLA 55.
UCLA: Charles O’Bannon misses 17-footer. Rebound McCarty.
Kentucky: Offensive foul on Epps. UK Substitution: Walker for Mercer. Delk for Epps. UCLA substitution—Ed O’Bannon for Henderson.
UCLA: Ed O’Bannon hits lefty hook in the lane. Assist to Dollar. UK 61, UCLA 57.
Kentucky: Delk bangs home three pointer. Assist to Anderson. UK 64, UCLA 57.
UCLA: Dollar turnover against the press. UCLA substitution – Edney for Dollar.
Kentucky: McCarty misses three pointer. Offensive rebound Walker. Walker is fouled by Ed O’Bannon on baseline jumper. Walker makes first free throw and misses second free throw. Rebound Zidek. UK 65, UCLA 57.
UCLA: Offensive clear-out foul on Zidek.
Kentucky: Delk misses wide-open open three-pointer. Rebound Charles O’Bannon.
UCLA: C. O’Bannon coast to coast slam dunk. UK 65, UCLA 59.
Kentucky: McCarty’s shot is blocked by Ed O’Bannon. Rebound Ed O’Bannon and foul on McCarty, his fourth. TV timeout. 7:29 remaining. UK 65, UCLA 59.
Substitution: Mercer for McCarty.
UCLA: Edney misses three-pointer. Rebound Mercer.
Kentucky: Three-second violation on Pope.
UCLA: Bailey misses three-pointer. Over the back foul on Zidek, his fourth. Kentucky in the one and one.
UCLA Substitution: Henderson for Zidek.
Kentucky: Pope’s free throw spins in and out. Mercer rebound. Mercer fouled by Henderson and makes over-the-shoulder lay up. Mercer makes free throw. UK 68, UCLA 59.
Timeout UCLA. 6:11 remaining. UK 68, UCLA 59.
UCLA: Charles O’Bannon floater is no good. Henderson rebound. Henderson lay up is good. UK 68, UCLA 61.
Kentucky: Delk misses 12-footer. Rebound Ed O’Bannon.
UCLA: Ed O’Bannon makes 17-footer. UK 68, UCLA 63.
Timeout Kentucky. 5:18 remaining.
Substitution: UK—McCarty for Pope.
Kentucky: Anderson misses three as shot clock expired. Rebound Henderson.
UCLA: McCarty blocks Edney lay up attempt. Toby Bailey rebound tip-in is no good. Rebound Walker. Walker is fouled by Henderson, his fourth.
Walker one-and-one. Foul situation: UCLA with 9 fouls. Kentucky with five fouls. Timeout situation. Kentucky with 2 full time outs and a 20. UCLA with 2 full time outs.
Kentucky: Walker makes first free throw. UCLA substitution Zidek for a gasping Henderson. Walker misses second free throw. Rebound Ed O’Bannon. UK 69, UCLA 63.
UCLA: Ed O’Bannon makes three-foot rising jumper in the lane. UK 69, UCLA 65.
Kentucky: Delk is fouled on hedge by Zidek, who is out with his fifth. Double bonus. T.V. timeout. 3:46 remaining. UK 69, UCLA 65.
Substitution: UCLA—Henderson is in for disqualified Zidek. UK Mercer in for Pope.
Kentucky: Delk makes first three throw, and hits on second. UK 71, UCLA 65.
UCLA: Charles O’Bannon is fouled on a hand check by Mercer. UCLA one and one coming up. UK substitution – Pope for Mercer. O’Bannon makes free throw. O’Bannon hits the second. UK 71, UCLA 67. 3:22 left.
Kentucky: McCarty misses free-throw line jumper. Rebound Henderson. Foul on Pope, his fourth. 2:48 left.
UCLA: Henderson at line for one and one. Free throw is no good. Rebound McCarty.
Kentucky: Walker three-pointer is good. Assist to Tony Delk. UK 74, UCLA 67 with 2:23 left.
UCLA: Ed O’Bannon scores on driving, spinning lay up. UK 74, UCLA 69 with 2:02 left.
Kentucky: McCarty misses 15-footer. Rebound Anderson with 1:48 remaining. Delk’s three is blocked by Charles O’Bannon with 1:16 remaining. Walker rebound. Walker misses desperation heave as shot clock buzzer goes off. Rebound Bailey with 1:11 left.
UCLA: Goaltending on McCarty, who swatted Tyus Edney’s floater on the way down. UK 74, UCLA 71 with 53 seconds remaining.
Timeout UCLA.
Here are the lineups. Delk, Anderson, Walker, McCarty and Pope for Kentucky. Edney, Bailey, C. O’Bannon, E. O’Bannon and Henderson for UCLA.
Kentucky: Timeout UK. Antoine Walker couldn’t get the ball inbounds. Timeout situation. UCLA with one full. Kentucky with two full left.
Kentucky: Anderson misses jumper, rebound Ed O’Bannon with 19 seconds remaining.
UCLA: Edney timeout with 13 seconds left. UCLA’s last timeout.
The lineups stay the same.
UCLA: Charles O’Bannon cutting lay up is good with 5.9 seconds left. Assist to Ed O’Bannon. UK 74, UCLA 73.
Kentucky: Walker fouled by Charles O’Bannon with 4.8 seconds left. Double bonus for the Wildcats.
Walker makes the first free throw. UK 75, UCLA 73.
UCLA substitution – Dollar, an extra-ball handler for Henderson. O’Bannon brothers move down on the block for second free throw. UCLA with no timeouts.
Walker’s shot is up and off the back iron. Rebound Ed O’Bannon.
UCLA: O’Bannon fires to Edney with 3.6 seconds left, Edney takes two dribbles, ball poked away from behind by reaching Anderson, Bailey recovers with 1.8 seconds 35 feet away from the hoop. Bailey pumps once, pumps twice; Delk goes straight up, Bailey leans in and throws it up at the hoop.
The ball caroms hard off the backboard as the horn sounds. Kentucky survives 75-73.
Bailey lies on the floor with head sunk in undershirt. Walker grabs the missed ball and fires it into the Astrodome crowd as Edney has to be restrained by a teammate over what he thought was a reach-in foul on Anderson.
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