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Former Florida commit Shai Alexander is staying in the SEC, committing to Kentucky on Monday morning.Alexander, who decommitted from the Gators in October, chose Kentucky over Syracuse, Texas and UNLV. Florida also remained involved after the parting of ways last month. Forty-three schools reached out to Alexander once he decommitted, sources told ESPN.Alexander, a 6-foot-5 point guard, is ranked No. 44 in the ESPN 100. The Canada native plays at Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Tennessee).It was fast-paced, thats for sure, said Zach Ferrell, the head coach at Hamilton Heights. Just a ton of phone calls and interest at the beginning, then his family kind of shortened the list from there. It looked like one or two schools every day, coming in and spending time with him, watching practice.The relationship between Alexander and Kentucky moved quickly, with head coach John Calipari offering him a scholarship after going to watch him on October 31. Alexander then took a visit to Lexington on November 4.With Cal coming down and spending time with him, they tried to use all the time that they were allowed, to build the best relationship with him, Ferrell said. They showed him how, in the past, theyve played with multiple guards and the fact that they need to bring in more than one guard next year. Basically, This is what weve done in the past with multiple guards, and this is how we see you fitting into that mix.Kentucky has prioritized the point guard position in the 2017 class, shuffling through a variety of targets over the last six months. Five-star Trae Young (No. 15) has been atop the Wildcats board since the summer, but he is planning to wait until the spring to sign and is also strongly considering Oklahoma and Kansas. Kentucky also brought in Quade Green (No. 22) and Tremont Waters (No. 32) for visits, but Green also has Syracuse high on his list and Waters committed to Georgetown.Alexander, who has a 6-foot-10.5 wingspan, has continued to improve in the last year, rising up the rankings as a junior and then stringing together quality performances in the spring and summer. He averaged 15.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists in two events with the Arkansas Wings AAU program, and also put up 7.8 points and 5.4 assists in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Canada.Outside of his physical ability, he handles it great, is great off the ball screen. He has a great feel for the game, Ferrell said. What separates him a little bit is he plays with great pace. He plays with a very even keel. He doesnt get sped out of his comfort zone. Going forward, especially at the next level, hell be able to compete with that added intensity, as well as eliminate noise that can surround you in college basketball.Alexander joins a Kentucky recruiting class that was ranked No. 6 heading into the weekend. The Wildcats added five-star frontcourt prospects Nick Richards (No. 12) and P.J. Washington (No. 16) last Thursday, the first two commitments for Kentucky in the 2017 class. In addition to Young and Green, Calipari can now focus on the wing positions, where he is eyeing Kevin Knox (No. 7), Hamidou Diallo (No. 11), Lonnie Walker (No. 19) and Jarred Vanderbilt (No. 23). Cheap Robin Roberts Jersey . Los Angeles star goalie survived those perilous gymnastics with no problem, and he eventually backstopped the Kings to a skid-snapping win. 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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates will attempt to get back into the wild-card hunt by finishing off a sweep of the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday at PNC Park.After winning the first two games, the Pirates will send right-hander Gerrit Cole to the mound, where he will look to continue his recent string of impressive starts.Cole picked up his second consecutive win despite going just five innings against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday after pitching his first career complete game in a 10-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on July 27.Pittsburghs erratic pitching staff has primarily led to an inconsistent performance that has followed them into the second half of the season. That unpredictability likely wont change until the starters, with Cole at the forefront, begin to provide its balanced offense with more substantial outings.If Cole can work deep into the game Sunday, he could hand another lead to closer Tony Watson, who recovered from blowing a save on Friday by retiring the Reds in order during the ninth inning on Saturday.Thats the role of a closer, is to have a short memory as long as they have good stuff, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. We showed confidence in him and gave him the ball. Weve done it in the eighth inning before. ... You cant get off of him because of one mark, so it was a nice result tonight.Cincinnati would like to keep Pittsburgh from finding its footing Sunday, when it counters with right-hander Dan Straily, who has been on an uptick oof his own.dddddddddddd.Straily has pitched well in his past six starts since allowing seven earned runs in an 11-8 loss to the Chicago Cubs on June 27. In his last start, Straily surrendered two earned runs in six innings against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.In Strailys previous three appearances against the Pirates this season, he has been difficult to hit. He allowed fewer than three runs in each of those outings and surrendered two in each of his two starts against Pittsburgh.Straily first faced the Pirates on April 10, when he struck out three batters and walked one in three hitless innings.The Reds will have to put together a better effort at the plate to aid Straily if hes to defeat Cole. One player Cincinnati can seemingly rely on is second baseman Brandon Phillips, who has provided the bulk of the offense in the first two games of the series.Phillips homered twice in the Reds 5-3 loss on Saturday, ending a career-long stretch of 286 at-bats without a home run dating to May 7. That came after he went 2-for-3 with one RBI in Cincinnatis 3-2 loss on Friday.Reds manager Bryan Price said he was never concerned about Phillips drought.I dont keep tabs on that stuff too much but everyone else does, Price said. It seems right now, hes getting the barrel on the bat every time hes up to bat and the results are starting to show. ' ' '