Even as spoke of high hopes for the season, Matthew Mitchell was quick to point out it would take time for Kentucky to round into offensive form.For that reason, he was unsure what to expect as the Wildcats played their lone exhibition vs. Pikeville.”To be honest with you, I was a little concerned what it might look like offensively if it got into a half-court game,” Mitchell said.Fortunately for UK, that rarely happened on Thursday night.UK Hoops raced paced visiting Pikeville both on the floor and on the scoreboard, 141-63. The Cats shot 56-of-89 (62.9 percent) from the field in putting together an offensive night that would have eclipsed the school record for points in a game had it been a regular-season affair.”I was just happy to see them run. No matter who the opponent is–I hope Pikeville has a great season, but we just really weren’t concerned with the opponent,” Mitchell said. “We were just trying to run tonight and I thought they did that really well.”Though the final box score showed just 18 fast-break points, the Cats continually sprinted past the Bears, scoring 52 points off 37 turnovers. Jennifer O’Neill and Alexis Jennings led eight players scoring in double figures with 20 points apiece.”I think we have potential to be like we were today,” O’Neill said. “But the thing that got us into the one hundreds was the fact that everybody was running the floor.”The most impressive statistical performance, however, belonged to Makayla Epps. The sophomore flirted with a triple-double, posting 18 points, eight assists and eight rebounds.”Honestly, I was completely unaware until I came off the bench and (assistant) Coach Adeniyi (Amadou) was like, ‘Oh, two more rebounds,’ ” Epps said. “And I was like, ‘Wow, I’ve never even been close to 10 rebounds.’ Ever, like in my life.”Mitchell, however, was more concerned with the way Epps looked than her stat line.”I don’t even really look at the numbers, just the way she moved out there,” Mitchell said.On that front, Epps is unmistakably a different player than the one who had an up-and-down freshman season.”That is easy to spot, which is a compliment to her because that shows you hard she’s worked,” Mitchell said. “She’s worked really hard and she just looked super.”Epps, like her teammates, has room for growth though, but that’s to be expected with the regular season still eight days away from starting with a Nov. 14 matchup with Appalachian State. “I thought the players did what they were charged to do tonight,” Mitchell said. “We really tried to talk about energy and effort and playing hard. We are a long, long away from being a finished product, but we have worked very hard on our effort and conditioning and running the floor.”