November 3, 1998

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – Heshimu Evans scored 20 points and Scott Padgett 19 asKentucky beat the California South All-Stars 103-74 in an exhibition gameTuesday night.

Padgett had six points during a 19-3 run that gave the defending nationalchampion Wildcats a 70-35 lead with 13:27 left in the game.

Evans, who finished 8-of-13 from the field, had seven assists as Kentuckyfinished with 26. Padgett had eight rebounds and six assists. Michael Bradley,starting for the first time in his career, added 15 points, seven rebounds andfive assists along with two blocked shots.

“We need a lot of improvement, but I was impressed with the 26 assists,”Kentucky coach Tubby Smith said. “I knew Heshimu, Scott and Michael could passthe ball.”

The All-Stars were led by Brad Quinet, who played at San Jose State, with 18points and seven rebounds. B.J. Flynn and Damion Dantzler, who both played atLouisville, finished with 12 and 10 points respectively. Dantzler added sevenrebounds.

Charles O’Bannon of UCLA added 12 points and four rebounds. Jelani McCoy hadeight points and 12 rebounds.

Kentucky freshman Jules Camara had 13 points and seven rebounds and anotherfreshman, Desmond Allison, added 10 points. Tayshaun Prince, also a freshman,added eight points.

“We did some good things,” Smith said. “We played very unselfishly andmoved the ball well. I thought the freshmen played well and are veryathletic.”

Kentucky hit 41 of 76 shots from the floor for 53.9 percent, but wasoutrebounded 51-46. The All-Stars were 27-of-78 for 34.6 percent.

Kentucky led 9-8 with 15:38 left in the first half. The Wildcats thenoutscored the All-Stars 17-2. Evans had 12 of the Wildcats’ first 20 points.

Kentucky led 31-20 with 5:29 in the first half before scoring nine straightpoints to lead 40-20.