
The 7-foot sophomore who plays with all those high-profile freshmen blocked consecutive shots by Providence's Kadeem Batts and then took off down court and completed the fast break with an emphatic dunk. He's playing longer,'' Kentucky coach John Calipari said of Cauley-Stein after he scored 15 points on 7-of-8 shooting, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked a career-high nine shots in 36 minutes. ''He's never played this many minutes and he's never played this hard.'' James Young scored 18 points and Aaron Harrison added 15 for the Wildcats (7-1), who shot 64.3 percent from the field (27 of 42) and led by as many as 17 points in the second half. ''The last couple games it's been pretty good,'' Cauley-Stein said.
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