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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- No. 1 Kentucky puts its perfect season on the line Friday night when Tennessee-Martin visits Rupp Arena, and if the Wildcats are to win they might have to do so without their leading scorer.Sophomore guard Isaiah Briscoe, who was averaging 18 points per game through the first four games, sat out Wednesdays win over Cleveland State because of a lower back injury. His status for Friday remains unclear.He tried to practice, but you cant be 75 percent with the way were playing, coach John Calipari said Wednesday. So he took today and tomorrow off and well see if he can go Friday. If he cant go Friday, well just hope hes ready for Monday.Briscoe was hurt during Sundays win over Duquesne when he was fouled hard on a drive to the basket. He landed awkwardly on his tailbone and managed to play only three minutes after intermission. Briscoe sat on an ice pack the second half.Kentucky didnt need Briscoe in Wednesdays 101-70 rout of Cleveland State, but Friday wont be so easy when UT-Martin brings its 5-1 record to Lexington.The Skyhawks lost the season opener 86-83 at Ole Miss, but has since ripped off five straight wins. Three of the victories are against common opponents in the Bluegrass Showcase, a loosely aligned, round-robin event.UT-Martin defeated Cleveland State, 85-74; and won at Canisius, 72-69, and at Duquesne, 66-63, on Wednesday thanks to a 38-25 second-half spurt that erased a 10-point halftime deficit.Kentucky defeated Canisius, 93-69; Duquesne, 93-59; and Cleveland State, 101-70. The Wildcats also own a 69-48 win over Michigan State.Tennessee-Martin had Mississippi beat, lost by three, and they won every other game. Theyve beaten all the teams, Calipari said. They press, they trap, they drive the ball at every chance.The Skyhawks have five players averaging double figures scoring, led by Jacolby Mobley at 17.4 points per game. Martinez is the top rebounder at 8.2 per game.Without Briscoe, Kentucky is led by freshman guard Malik Monk at 17.2 points per game. Next comes freshman guard DeAaron Fox at 15.4 and freshman forward Bam Adebayo at 10.2.Most impressive, Kentucky has 92 assists in five wins while forcing opponents into 103 turnovers.Theyre relentless when they come at you, Cleveland State coach Gary Waters said. The thing thats scary about them is they enjoy getting out there and doing it. Theyve also got good inside presence. They want to score inside. Theyre physical and youve got to match that size.Calipari said his team would be serving meals at the Salvation Army on Thanksgiving morning, meet at his house for a team meal at 3 p.m. and then do a walk-through for UT-Martin at 7 p.m. at the Craft Center on campus.I think Im going to give them the day off, which I usually wouldnt do the day before a game, but this is going to be a tough run, Calipari said. We play Friday and then Saturday morning were in the Bahamas for three days before we come back and then its on again.Kentucky faces Arizona State in the Bahamas on Monday before returning home to host No. 14 UCLA on Dec. 3. Clete Boyer Braves Jersey .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. Adam Duvall Jersey .ca! Kerry, Two nights after the Scott-Eriksson incident in Buffalo, the Bruins returned home to play San Jose. 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Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly wasnt revealing much about his quarterback situation after playing two at Texas.We still have two very good quarterbacks, he said Tuesday.It appeared that DeShone Kizer had mostly settled the issue in a 50-47 double-overtime loss at Texas on Sunday night. He completed 15 of 24 passes for 215 yards and five touchdowns, also running for 77 yards and a score.Malik Zaire, the former starter who missed most of last season because of an ankle injury, completed 2 of 5 passes for 23 yards.The competition was one of the countrys most intriguing in fall camp, and Kelly apparently will keep some mystery to it, not saying as of Tuesday whether hell continue to use both quarterbacks when the No. 18 Irish play host to Nevada (1-0) on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET.The game will mark the 250th consecutive sellout at Notre Dame Stadium, a streak that began after the 1973 season.Kelly said Kizer missed a couple cupcake throws against Texas and misread a couple of protections that led to sacks.For some reason, he missed, Kelly said. He checked out of a pass play into a run play late in the game where we had a pass on, and just tried to do a little too much.So a lot of it is probably late in the game trying to do a little bit too much. Just let the offense run itself. You being the player that you are, youre going to make something good happen instead of trying to manufacture something.Kelly also talked about keeping the No. 2 quarterback engaged in the process.You cant let your teammates down and you cant let yourself down, Kelly said.Thats really 99 percent attitude and accepting the role that you have. If you cant accept the role, then you need to move out of the way and let somebody go into that role that can accept it and prepare themselves accordingly, so when they are called upon theyre ready to play.Nevada won its opener, 30-27 in overtime against visiting Cal Poly of the Football Championship Subdivision. Junior running back James Butler scoredd the winning points on a 5-yard run.dddddddddddd He has 2,100 career rushing yards.The Pack is a run-first offense out of the Pistol formation. Returning starting quarterback Tyler Stewart completed 17 of 23 passes for 189 yards and two touchdowns last week.Notre Dames reconstructed and relatively inexperienced defensive line gave up 237 rushing yards to Texas, including 131 to DOnta Foreman and 53 -- including three rushing TDs -- to quarterback Tyrone Swoopes. Two of Swoopes scores came in overtime after Notre Dame had rallied from a 17-point second-half deficit.Linebacker Nyles Morgan had a career-high 13 tackles. Freshman safety Devin Studstill had four tackles in his debut and could start this week with safety Avery Sebastian being evaluated for a concussion. So, too, was wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr. Both likely will be evaluated close to game time.A couple of bright spots on offense were sophomore receiver Equanimeous St. Brown (five catches for 75 yards and two touchdowns in his first start) and running back Tarean Folston, who missed most of last season because of a torn ACL. He had a 54-yard run on the games opening drive and closed with 88 yards on 18 carries.Folston and running back Josh Adams will be a formidable challenge for Nevadas defense, which gave up 191.4 rushing yards per game last season. Fourth-year Wolf Pack coach Brian Polian called them both big dudes.Polian is returning to Notre Dame after serving as an assistant from 2005 to 2009 under head coach Charlie Weis. He is embracing the opportunity, saying, Who wouldnt want to play in front of Touchdown Jesus?He added: Were excited to go play at a really cool place.This is Nevadas second all-time trip to South Bend. Notre Dame won 35-0 on Sept. 5, 2009, marking only the third time coach Chris Aults team was shut out in his 25 years as the Wolf Pack coach. ' ' '