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posted 11-14-2019 05:53 PM
Cameron County’s Nate Sestina, who came off the bench as a big contributor for the Patriot League’s Bucknell Bison just a season ago, is now in the starting lineup for the nation’s top-ranked basketball program, Kentucky.
Sestina’s rise, from Emporium to Lewisburg to his new home in Lexington, Kentucky, is far and away the biggest accomplishment this area has seen by an athlete in some time.
If you aren’t on social media — which is probably a good thing — the UK graduate student has already received shoutouts on Twitter from the likes of Dick Vitale as well as some of the Wildcats’ biggest basketball fans and former players. There’s even a video of Sestina bringing former Kentucky basketball star and current Washington Wizard John Wall to his feet after he hit a 3-pointer against Michigan State. That video has been viewed over 35,000 times.
But yes, some of Sestina — and Kentucky’s — early season luster was lost Tuesday night when the Wildcats lost to 25-point underdog Evansville at home in one of the biggest upsets in school history. Though I don’t think that loss will stop any folks from watching UK games anytime soon with Sestina representing the area.
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