By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky made it look easy in the GLOBL Jam on Thursday night.
The Wildcats led from start to finish in a 93-69 win over Team Canada. Kentucky will face Team Africa at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Toronto and will play in the gold medal game at 8 p.m. Sunday.
For the second straight game, Antonio Reeves led the Wildcats with 23 points. Reeves connected on three 3-pointers and led four players in double figures.
Kentucky freshmen Reed Sheppard and Justin Edwards combined for 30 points. Both players made five of Kentucky’s 11 shots from long range.
Sheppard knocked down back-to-back threes in the first half and led Kentucky with 10 points. Sheppard, whos cored 14 points, added four assists, four steals and a pair of blocks. Sheppard had a block and a steal that led to a highlight-reel dunk in the second half. Edwards collected on back-to-back treys in the second half.
Sheppard started alongside Rob Dillingham, Adou Thiero, Tre Mitchell and Reeves. Thiero added 11 points.
Kentucky had 27 assists on 35 made field goal attempts and collected 12 steals. Dillingham led the Wildcats with nine assists and Thiero added six rebounds and five assists.