Kentucky men’s basketball signess Michael Gilrchrist was named a co-MVP in the McDonald’s All-American game held Wednesday night in Chicago. Gilchrist’s East squad, going up against fellow UK signess Marquis Teague, Anthony Davis and Kyle Wiltjer, won the game 111-96.
Like most all-star games, there wasn’t a ton of defense, so it’s hard to take a whole lot out of Wednesday’s performances other than the future Wildcats are super athletic and look to be a perfect fit for John Calipari’s offense.
Since I wasn’t there, I’m not going to pretend to break down how the Kentucky signees fared overall, but their numbers were pretty impressive:
Michael Gilchrist: 16 points, 12 reboundsMarquis Teague: Nine points, three assistsAnthony Davis: 14 points, six rebounds, four blocksKyle Wiltjer: 11 pointsJody Demling from the Courier-Journal has a pretty good recap of how all four fared here, plus you watch some player interviews from the CJ here. Steve Jones from The Cats’ Pause also has a pregame feature on Davis from earlier in the week in addition to a Q and A with Wiltjer. USA Basketball also has a Q and A with Gilchrist.
UK Hoops signee Bria Goss totaled three points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals. Goss was ranked the 17th overall player in the 2011 class, according to ESPN HoopGurlz.
Teauge, Gilchrist, Davis and Wiltjer are ranked No. 2, No. 3, No. 6 and No. 25, respectively, according to Rivals.com.