For one night at least, the Kentucky men’s basketball team did a pretty good job of answering any questions as to how the team will fare without Enes Kanter. Opening the 2010-11 season under the disappointing news that the Turkish big man (Kanter) is permanently ineligible, pending an end-of-the-month appeal, 6-foot-8 freshman Terrence Jones went wild in squashing any concerns about UK’s inside shortcomings. At least he did for a night.Jones posted his first career double-double with 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead Kentucky comfortably past East Tennessee State, an NCAA Tournament team a year ago, 88-55. In posting a first-game double-double, Jones became the first Wildcat to post a double-double in his debut since Jules Camara in 1998-99.Much like his second exhibition game and the Blue-White Scrimmage, Jones continues to show unmatchable versatility. In addition to being UK’s rock inside, Jones knocked down two 3-pointers, showed an ability to drive to the basket and came up with three steals. Best of all, Jones didn’t record a single turnover. The downside is he made just 3-of-10 foul shots.”He’s hard to guard,” ETSU head coach Murry Bartow said. “He’s one of those guys that can float out and make the 3. He’s got the (isolation) game. He can go by you off the dribble. He’s got that midrange game off the dribble, plus he’s athletic and he can offensive rebound.”He’s not really a four, he’s not really a three, he’s not really an outside guy or an inside guy. He’s kind of got that whole game, which makes it hard to match up on him and hard to guard. He’s very talented.” Jones, a young man with a lot suddenly resting on his shoulders, will have to be all of the above without Kanter. “He has to be a monster down low (without Kanter) like he was tonight,” said Knight, who came up with a big 17 points of his own. “He has to have that intensity that he had tonight.”With UK’s only other two post players struggling to find a groove (Josh Harrellson started but scored just two points in 16 foul-riddled minutes while Eloy Vargas had zero points), it was on Jones to slow ETSU big man Isiah Brown and produce some type of an inside game.Jones was slow to get going, but he took over the game early in the second half with 12 straight points. In his typical dynamic fashion, Jones scored the points off a dunk, midrange jump shot, free throws and 3-point shot.”I was just in the flow of the game,” Jones said. “It was fun just going up and down. When the ball is in your hands you’ve got to make it. I could have done a lot better in the first half, but that was a good little run for me.”While admitting the team didn’t take the disappointing Kanter news well, Jones said he took it upon himself to become the lone presence in the post.”I accepted that to be one of my priorities, to get rebounds and help our team have more plays,” Jones said. And after 6-foot-8, 210-pound Brown scored ETSU’s first nine points, Calipari had to look Jones’ way to become the interior defensive stopper. “What he did is he competed because Brown was killing us,” Calipari said. “What I told him after the game is, ‘You may be our post defender. It may be you. You may be it so they can’t throw it to the post on us and score.’ “Jones slowed Brown but the junior forward for ETSU finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds. “Being versatile, I wanted to play all over,” Jones said. “With (Kanter) gone, whatever the coach wants me to do is what I’ll do.”Kentucky’s long-range shooting also did well to cover up UK’s interior game. In a stark contrast from the last time we saw the Cats in a game that counted, Kentucky buried 13-of-26 shots from behind the arc, including 10 first-half 3-pointers.”You’re not going to do this every game,” Calipari said. “You’re not going to shoot that well. If you defend, attack that glass, make free throws like we didn’t today, you’ll be fine.”Freshman guard Doron Lamb, who made a surprise appearance off the bench after starting the two exhibition games, provided an energetic spark as UK’s sixth man. Lamb scored 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting.”We just felt comfortable,” Lamb said. “We know each other very well on the court. We’ve played with each other without Kanter so we know the system very well.”The Cats were braced for game one without Kanter. Will they be for the rest of the season?