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Article: UK GOES AFTER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS BOOKENDS.(SPORTS)
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- The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
- Article date:
- January 31, 1996
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Byline: Janet Graham, Post staff reporter
University of Kentucky basketball coach Rick Pitino, who already has offered a scholarship to University Heights Academy forward Isiah Victor, may be going for a matched set with Victor's teammate, 6-foot-9 Lamont Barnes.
Barnes is averaging 16 points and nine rebounds a game for University Heights, which is 16-1 and ranked eighth nationally in the USA Today poll.
University Heights assistant coach Terry Birdsong said UK and Duke have
begun heavily recruiting Barnes, whom he calls ''a true center.''
Barnes has already made one official visit, to Temple, and is in the process of ...