If you were ever having any doubts about Kentucky's ability to win a national championship with 3 freshmen leading the way, then Saturday erased them.
Kentucky completely dominated a good Wake Forest team, beating them 90-60.
Wake Forest stayed close for a while in the game, but things got out of hand when their team leader Al-Forouq Aminu went out the game with 2 early fouls. Aminu ended the game with 16 points and 8 rebounds.
The much hyped up Ish Smith and John Wall matchup was won by Wall. Ish Smith played horribly and finished with 2 points (1-9), 4 assists and 3 turnovers. Early in the first half things turned bad for Smith when he exploded to the rim for a dunk only to miss it. Wall finished with 14 points and 7 assists, but he too struggled with turnovers as he had 5 of his own.
Darius Miller also contributed a career-high 20 points for Kentucky. Freshmen Demarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsore added 19 and 13, respectively.
The Kentucky Wildcats move on to face the winner of Cornell/Wisconsin in the Sweet 16.
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