Time to get tough?

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Skal Labissiere has to be more physical.

Right now, he’s mainly stepping away from the basket to get an easy shot.

Skal needs to bang.  He’s got to learn to go down low and live in the paint and start being aggressive.

That’s Coach Cal’s take on the freshman big fella.

Much like Karl Towns, Skal has a long way to go, but that’s what the Cats are focusing on right now…instilling in their big man a fiery will to win.

Being physical may not actually be a problem for Skal though.

If you ask Isaac Humphries, the two bigs go at each other pretty hard in practice.

In fact, they might be going a little too hard.

Hear from Cal on Skal plus Humphries on taking a few shots to the throat, in the video.