Kentucky is cruising at halftime vs. NC Central

Technically true: UK leads by 21 points while shooting 59.4 percent from the field, 42.9 percent from three and 88.9 percent at the line. The Cats are scoring 1.486 points per possession and scoring on 65.7 percent of possessions with 12 assists on 19 made field goals with just four turnovers.

Also true: Kentucky should be leading by more and it’s still not beautiful basketball, especially against the No. 350 team in college basketball — who looks every bit of it.

Otega Oweh leads all scorers with 12 points and six rebounds, followed by Trent Noah with 11 points and a trio of 3-pointers, Jasper Johnson with seven, Denzel Aberdeen and Malachi Moreno with six, Brandon Garrison with five, Andrija Jelavic with three and Collin Chandler with two.

The Eagles are shooting just 38.7 percent overall and 28.6 percent from three with Khouri Carvey the only player with 10-plus points. Star Gage Lattimore has been limited to just two points on 1-10 shooting and 0-4 from three.

Interestingly enough, Jaland Lowe and Kam Williams haven’t played a single second while Brandon Garrison checked out with 8:06 left in the first half and didn’t return. That’s left a core rotation of just seven the majority of the way with Oweh, Aberdeen, Chandler, Noah and Moreno all playing 14-plus minutes with Johnson and Jelavic earning nine and eight, respectively.

Nothing to make fans feel too much better about the big picture with Kentucky, but hey, it’s a start, I suppose.

20 minutes to keep their foot on the gas and run the Eagles out of the building. A 21-point lead won’t cut it knowing the current pulse of the fanbase.