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Pregame Energy

Kentucky fans packed the newly renovated Historic Memorial Coliseum for its first look at the 2025 La Familia squad with past players that everyone loves from the older days of 2012 Doron Lamb to the new age first Mark Pope squad in Lexington in Ansley Almonor, All fans could get attached to this squad. Fans were up to the Coliseum early to pack it out with over 5,000 fans of the 6200 available seating options. Even before the game many would see the blowout coming. The loud pregame hype fueled the Cats early.

First Half

However, there were some jitters to open up the game, especially with a brand new roster and brand new pieces, but plenty of former pro talent. The former Cats got to an early lead until Stroh’s squad started to heat up lead by Riley Grigsby (Seattle U) who was the team’s leading scorer (11 points). Later La Familia would pull away and pretty much seal the game as they drained three after three and steal after steal. A pair of twins were shining stars in the early goings as Aaron and Andrew Harrison were shooting very efficiently from the field. The half would come to an end as La Familia would lead Stroh’s Squad 44-29.

Second Half

The game became more like an all star game as La Familia would lead by more than fifty points late. Archie Goodwin was on Triple double watch down the stretch, he would come up short finishing with 17 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds. Aaron Harrison and Kahlil Whitney would both add in 14 points a piece. The former cats were far superior to the guys of Stroh’s Squad. Going into the Elam Ending where the shot clock would be turned off and the target score where 8 points were added to the pre shot clock score, La Familia was up 97-50 going into the Elam Ending.

Elam Ending

 La Familia only needed 8 points which was quickly done and the final score was 105-52, La Familia won by 53 points. Ansley Almonor would finish the game off with a game winner to move the Cats to the next round versus War Ready (Auburn) Sunday at 2:30 inside Historic Memorial Coliseum.

Box Score