Morehead, Ky. – The Morehead State softball staff will conclude its aggressive fall season on Sunday because the Eagles journey to Western Kentucky for a pair of 7-inning video games with the primary starting at 1 p.m. CT on the WKU Softball Advanced in Bowling Inexperienced, Ky.
Will probably be the second time first-year coach Megan Griffith will get to see her squad in motion. Final Sunday, MSU swept a house 5-inning doubleheader over Kentucky Christian 6-2 and 8-1.
“Our objective is to go on the market and compete whereas implementing the ideas we have been engaged on all through the autumn,” Griffith mentioned.
The Eagles posted information of 8-36 total and 7-20 within the Ohio Valley Convention final spring. That staff batted .113, had a 5.49 earned-run common and a .941 fielding proportion, however the first set of scrimmages confirmed glimpses of with the ability to enhance considerably on these marks.
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“Apply has been nice this week. We now have had a heavy defensive focus this week and the gamers have been getting after it arduous,” Griffith mentioned. “Our defensive focus going into the video games is having a powerful assault mentality and being clear on all routine performs. (The) pitchers wish to assault their zones arduous and hold hitters off stability.”
The 2 groups have met eight instances through the common season, with the Hilltoppers proudly owning a 6-2 benefit. WKU went 38-13 final spring. Will probably be the primary two video games of an eight-game fall slate for Western Kentucky. All of these contests will probably be performed at house.
Griffith remains to be experimenting along with her lineups. As was the case final Sunday, a lot of the gamers will see time in quite a lot of totally different positions. As well as, junior catcher Kaytlyn Cripps (Value, Utah/Colorado Mesa Univ.) will costume for the doubleheader. She was not cleared to play this previous weekend.
“We’re nonetheless transferring gamers round and discovering alternatives for everybody to contribute to our success,” Griffith mentioned.
Within the KCU collection, sophomore pitcher Madi Ogden gained recreation one with freshman Jessie Begley incomes a save. Sophomore Maya Morris collected the victory within the second contest with junior Lennon Spicer credited with the save.
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The Eagles acquired strong performances all through the lineup each on the plate and within the discipline final weekend with all 11 eligible place gamers contributing.
The staff will proceed fall follow by way of Nov. 20.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Rivalry week has finally arrived. The Louisville and Kentucky football program are set to do battle once again, facing off in Lexington for the annual Battle for the Governor’s Cup.
Here are the depth charts for both the Cardinals and Wildcats:
Changes from Louisville’s Depth Chart vs. Pitt:
Quarterback
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9 Tyler Shough (6-5, 230, Gr.) 10 Pierce Clarkson (6-1, 190, R-Fr.) OR 15 Harrison Bailey (6-5, 230, R-Sr.) OR 12 Brady Allen (6-6, 220, R-So)
Running Back
25 Isaac Brown (5-9, 190, Fr.) 21 Donald Chaney Jr. (5-10, 210, R-Jr.) 26 Duke Watson (6-0, 180, Fr.) 22 Keyjuan Brown (5-10, 210, R-Fr.)
Wide Receiver
0 Chris Bell (6-2, 220, Jr.) 81 Cataurus Hicks (5-10, 180, R-Fr.)
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (3-2) at Kentucky Wildcats (5-0)
Lexington, Kentucky; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EST
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BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -22.5; over/under is 164
BOTTOM LINE: No. 8 Kentucky takes on Western Kentucky after Koby Brea scored 22 points in Kentucky’s 108-59 win over the Jackson State Tigers.
The Wildcats have gone 4-0 at home. Kentucky is 10th in college basketball averaging 12.6 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 42.3% from downtown. Brea leads the team averaging 4.0 makes while shooting 74.1% from 3-point range.
The Hilltoppers are 0-1 in road games. Western Kentucky ranks third in the CUSA shooting 37.4% from 3-point range.
Kentucky scores 97.0 points, 24.2 more per game than the 72.8 Western Kentucky allows. Western Kentucky averages 9.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.8 more made shots on average than the 6.0 per game Kentucky gives up.
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TOP PERFORMERS: Brea is shooting 74.1% from beyond the arc with 4.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 16 points.
Julius Thedford averages 2.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Hilltoppers, scoring 11.4 points while shooting 54.5% from beyond the arc.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Mark Stoops owns a five-game winning streak in the Governor’s Cup series. The Wildcats have won three games in a row at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium and have not lost to Louisville at Kroger Field since 2017 when Bobby Petrino was holding the call sheet and and Lamar Jackson was playing quarterback. The Wildcats have also covered a lot of spreads in this series.
Stoops is 7-2-1 against-the-spread (ATS) in this series with with covers as a double-digit dog in 2014 and 2016. Kentucky has beaten Louisville outright as a dog three times since 2016 and has covered five straight in this series. Those are not the only trends going in Kentucky’s direction heading into this Week 14 contest.
Louisville is 0-4-1 ATS as a road favorite under Jeff Brohm with outright losses to Pittsburgh and Stanford. Kentucky is 5-0-1 ATS as a dog in its last six outing including four games this season. Kentucky covered numbers as a double-digit dog against Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Texas this season.
The visitor is 11-3-1 ATS (5-10 outright) in the last 14 meetings of this series with 10 outright wins but Kentucky has won the last two meetings at Kroger Field covering each times as a three-point favorite. In 2019, Kentucky ran away for a 45-13 victory and cruised to a 26-13 victory in 2022.
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Kentucky has consistently overachieved pregame expectations in this series. The Wildcats are currently a 3.5-point dog with a total of 48.5. That’s a projected final score of 26-22.5. Will UK exceed expectations again against Louisville? A win would equal four outright upsets for the Big Blue in the last eight meetings of the series.
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