Armed with a handful of players who bypassed chances to enter the NBA Draft, this was set to be the season Kentucky relied on veterans to get the job done on the road.Two precocious freshmen, however, have decided they want in on the action.Three away games into their UK careers, Devin Booker and Tyler Ulis are having little trouble coping with life on the road.”It shows their character,” Willie Cauley-Stein said. “It shows how much fight and will power they have to win the game. It starts in the gym. They’re the two dudes that stay in after, and they’re there first. They get their shots up before and after practice, and it starts there for real.”Booker and Ulis combined for 24 points as No. 1 UK ran its record to 17-0 (4-0 Southeastern Conference) with a dominant 70-48 win at Alabama (12-5, 2-2 SEC). They shot 7 of 12 from the field and 6 of 10 from 3-point range as the Wildcats decimated a solid Crimson Tide defense to the tune of 1.25 points per possession and had home fans heading to the exits well before the final buzzer sounded.This is no new phenomenon either. In three road games – wins at Louisville, Texas A&M and of course Alabama – Booker is averaging 13.7 points on 12-of-23 shooting, while Ulis is averaging 9.3 points and hit a clutch 3 in that double-overtime thriller at A&M.”Each game that goes by they’re building their confidence,” Calipari said.It’s scary to think Booker could get much more confident, particularly when it comes to his outside shot.”Super impressive, especially for a freshman and especially games like this,” said Cauley-Stein, who had nine points, five rebounds and two blocks in UK’s second straight blowout win. “The crowd’s into you, they’re bad-mouthing you, they’re doing stuff, so to be able to shoot like that is remarkable to me.”The sweet-shooting 6-foot-6 guard, who led a balanced effort with 13 points, has made 20 of his last 28 attempts over UK’s last seven games. On the season, he’s now shooting 34 of 67 (50.7 percent) from deep, rending his 1-of-11 start through three games a distant memory.”It’s like I’m shooting into the ocean now,” Booker said. “It’s really coming easy for me. At the beginning of the year I started out in slumps and I kept telling everybody, ‘Shooters keep shooting.’ That’s what I did, and now it’s falling.”Though they keep on falling, Booker refuses to force his shots.”I’m shooting shots that the team needs,” Booker said. “Like, for instance, Dakari Johnson was working real well today. So I was throwing it in to him every time, and he was making easy layups for us. And that opened up the 3 for us.”Booker and the Cats went to Johnson when it counted, as Alabama cut an 18-point deficit to nine with 13:14 left before Johnson drew foul, hit a free throw and bullied his way to a layup to spark a decisive 16-2 run. It should come as no surprise that Ulis hit a pair of 3s during the run and Booker another.”I thought the game was won by Dakari today though,” Calipari said of his 7-foot sophomore, who joined Booker in Ulis in double figures with 11 points. “The game was touch and go, and then Dakari just went basket, basket, basket, and the team went crazy because they knew what he was doing.”For a couple games to start SEC play, sharing in and celebrating teammates’ success in that way went by the wayside. But with the return of the platoons, that’s come back as well.”Instead of tolerating each other they’re celebrating each other,” Calipari said. “So it’s good. We’re a good team. I got players.”Calipari hopeful for Hawkins’ return on TuesdayAfter Dominique Hawkins was impressive after Coach Cal inserted him into the starting lineup on Tuesday, the sophomore guard was forced to miss Saturday’s game after undergoing a medical procedure.Hawkins traveled with the team to Tuscaloosa, Ala., but was unable to participate in shootaround and missed the game. Calipari hopes Hawkins will play when UK hosts Vanderbilt at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday in Rupp Arena.