Breaking News: UK’s confirms his 300 consecutive made free throws, adjusting to college game
Kentucky freshman Travis Perry is the talk of summer workouts with his outrageous shooting accuracy, but know that much of that confidence comes from his adjustment from Lyon County High School to college.
It turns out rumors of Travis Perry’s shooting prowess did not tell the entire story.
Yes, the narrative that the freshman made 100 of 100 free throws during a drill in practice is true. But he accomplished the feat three days in a row, pushing that outrageous streak to 300.
That is true,” Perry confirmed Thursday. “We started a new shooting competition this week as a good team building thing and also to make sure we’re all getting our shots in.
Like a pitcher twirling a no-hitter into the latter innings, nobody says a word to jinx the streak as the tally reaches into the 90s.
It’s pretty silent,” Perry said. “To be honest, the guy rebounding for me, I think he’s almost more focused than I am. If I have something close to a miss, but it still goes in, he’ll take a breath and make sure I take a breath and then throw it back to me. It’s great like to see that that those guys are really taking it as serious as you are.”
The obvious question, how many of the free throws even drew iron?
Not many,” Perry said with a smile. “Got pretty hot those days, yes sir. They’re free, you got to make them.
Some, however, did flirt with bounding out.
“If you have a couple a couple of shots in a row that maybe you make them, but they’re a little bit too far right and they’re not perfectly down the middle, you might tweak a couple things,” Perry said. “But I’ve done so many reps at the free-throw line and the 3-point line, it’s just trying to do the same thing every time.
“I’m trying to almost be mindless about it,” he said. “I allow myself maybe one shot thought, but that’s about it. If you start getting two, three, four shot thoughts every time then you’re thinking more than you’re shooting.”
Perry, the 2024 Kentucky Mr. Basketball and Sweet 16 champion with Lyon County, holds three all-time state prep records – 5,481 points, 712 3-pointers and 650 steals. In an earlier UK practice, he made 59 consecutive 3-point baskets from the left corner.
You’re standing there shooting an open shot, like there shouldn’t be any pressure,” Perry said. “But when you start getting above 30, you start thinking about it a little bit, started getting a little bit pressure in your head. But it’s fun to kind of compete against yourself every day.
Turns out Perry competes with himself a lot as students don’t return to the nearly empty campus until next month.
