NEW YORK -- John Calipari sounded like a typical college student. He cant wait for finals to be over. Hes not thinking winter vacation, though. Hes thinking basketball. All basketball.I am so happy because Wednesday will be our last finals. I dont have to worry about anything academically, Calipari said after No. 6 Kentucky beat Hofstra 96-73 on Sunday.Well go 29 straight days, four-a-days. Nothing to worry about except basketball. Right now we got to get through Wednesday. Theyre off tomorrow, get through these finals, but we just have a lot of work to do.Malik Monk scored 20 points, Isaiah Briscoe had 19 and Kentucky took control with a 26-3 run spanning halftime to beat the Pride in the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival at Barclays Center.DeAaron Fox had 15 points and Bam Adebayo added 14 for Kentucky (9-1). The Wildcats closed the first half on a 12-0 run and opened the second with a 14-3 spurt to go ahead 62-36 with 16 minutes to play.We came out. We were playing good defense. The other team was making shots, Briscoe said. We kept calm knowing sooner or later well get into their legs and theyll start to get tired and well make our run. Right before halftime we did that.The Pride (6-5), who came in having won four of five, stayed with the Wildcats for 16 minutes, trailing 36-33 with 4 minutes left in the first half. Deron Powers had 18 points for Hofstra in the first meeting between the schools.When I walked off the floor to locker room, I said to my staff that Id love to have the last 3 minutes of the first half back, Hofstra coach Joe Mihalich said. The last three minutes of the first half and the first 4 minutes of the second half was a 26-3 run and that was the difference in the game.Monk had seven of the points in the 12-0 run and Adebayo had six in the 14-3 run. Kentucky started dominating inside, finishing with a 48-28 advantage in the paint, and on the perimeter, shooting 51.4 percent overall and 8 of 23 from 3-point range.This team has a long way to go. Were young. We show it. Were talented, Calipari said. We do some good things in stretches and then we do some bad things in stretches. We need to get in the gym and we need to get to the camp part of our season which is two- and three-a-days. They get time to sleep, to eat, well give video time, phone time. Theyve got to have that or theyll climb walls, but the reality of it is lets get down to getting better.Justin Wright-Foreman had 14 points for Hofstra and Rokas Gustys added 13.When the coaches shook hands after the game, Mihalich told Calipari he thinks Kentucky can win it all.BIG PICTUREHofstra: This game would have been a better matchup last season for the Pride. They had a senior-laden lineup that won the Colonial Athletic Association regular season title. ... Gustys came into the game leading the nation in rebounding at 13.5 per game. He had eight against the Wildcats. ... The Pride finished with 14 turnovers. They came in averaging 12.3 per game and Kentucky came in forcing 18.9 per game. The Wildcats scored 23 points off Hofstras turnovers.Kentucky: The Wildcats came into the game averaging 13.5 seconds per possession, fourth-best in the country. ... Monk has scored in double figures in all 10 games. ... The Wildcats are 3-1 all-time at Barclays Center. ... Through nine game Monk is on pace to beat Jamal Meeks season mark for 3-pointers and Fox is on pace to beat Tyler Ulis season mark for assists.BLUE NATIONAs usual, Kentucky fans were in the majority in a game played in the New York area. The crowd was announced at 7,514 and a good percentage wore Kentucky blue.SECOND CHANCEThe one stat that went Hofstras way was second-chance points. The Pride finished with a 24-7 advantage on second-chance points and they finished with 19 offensive rebounds, seven more than Kentucky.UP NEXTHofstra: The Pride host Stony Brook on Tuesday.Kentucky: The Wildcats change course in quality of opponents the next two games. On Saturday, they face No. 7 North Carolina in Las Vegas and then travel to No. 11 Louisville on Dec. 21.The games that were going to start playing are all going to be seven-, eight-point games, Calipari said. So theyre not going to be 30-point games where you could break off. Every game we play is someones Super Bowl. Elgin Baylor Lakers Jersey . Speaking to the Chicago Tribune at baseballs Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Boras called the former home of the Expos a "tremendous environment" for baseball. Magic Johnson Lakers Jersey . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. http://www.lakersbasketballshop.com/JaVale-McGee-Jersey/ . 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Cordoba lunged to get a foot on the ball in the six-yard box, poking the ball past Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush, who had given up a short rebound. "With five minutes left we were going to take a point. Its tough to swallow, especially to give up a goal on a set piece," said Montreal midfielder Davy Arnaud. "The red card changed the game completely." The teams were tied 0-0 after the first half. Although Montreal had a slight edge on possession — 50.3 per cent to Heredias 49.7 per cent — the Guatemalan side dominated play with two shots on target. Head referee Paul Delgadillo pointed to the penalty spot in the 19th minute, but Cordobas attempt for Heredia hit the crossbar. Three minutes later, a low blast from 30 yards out by Heredias David Espinoza skipped off the turf and changed direction on Bush, but he kicked out his feet to make the stop. More damaging to the Impact was Lopezs red card. "Its frustrating to lose a game like this when youu put a 90-minute effort," said defender Jeb Brovsky.dddddddddddd "Playing down a man was not easy but we knew it was not going to be easy with 11 players. And giving up a goal like that its tough." Montreal had a great chance to take a 1-0 lead at the 72nd minute when forward Daniele Paploni found midfielder Blake Smith at the top of the penalty box. A clever flick of the ball over the Heredia defender put Smith in an excellent position to score, but he bounced the ball off the crossbar. "We were organized in the second half and dealt with the situation we were in pretty well," said Arnaud. "We even got a good scoring chance." The Impact were missing some key players. Marco Di Vaio, who scored both goals in Montreals 2-1 win over D.C. United in Major League Soccer action Saturday, did not travel with the team. Veteran defender Alessandro Nesta and midfielder Patrice Bernier also stayed behind with the Impact facing a stretch of three games in eight days. Montreal sits second in Group 5 of the CONCACAF Champions League with three points after a win and a loss. Heredia is first with one win, while the San Jose Earthquakes are last with a loss. The Impact will play their remaining CONCACAF Champions League matches on Sept. 17 in San Jose, Calif., before hosting CD Heredia on Sept. 24. ' ' '