Koby Brea unleashes inner Steph Curry with no-look three-pointer

Koby Brea unleashed his inner Steph Curry during Kentucky’s 103-62 season-opening win over Wright State on Monday night.

For those unaware, Curry has become well-known in the NBA for his willingness to not watch some of his three-pointers once they leave his hand. Instead, he’ll turn (usually with a smirk) to his team’s bench or the opposing bench and stare them down while they watch his shot float straight into the net. Curry even has his own highlight package of these exact shots. It only happens on occasion, but it draws spectacular reactions whenever he pulls it off.

The Rupp Arena crowd couldn’t have loved it more when Brea did the exact same thing against the Raiders.

With the outcome of the game already decided midway through the second half, the Dayton transfer received a beautiful no-look pass from Kerr Kriisa in the corner. Brea lined himself up, fired off a clean look, and was facing the Rupp Arena crowd before his shot could reach the apex of its arc.

Of course, the ball dropped right in. The crowd erupted and jaws dropped.

“When I turned around, I was waiting for the guy in front of me to react, so I could know if it was going in or not,” Brea said postgame. “I just waiting to see if he was going to give me some reaction. He finally put his hand up and was like ‘Yeah’ and I was like okay we’re good.”

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Statistically the best outside shooter in college basketball, Brea finished his official Kentucky debut with 18 points on 7-8 shooting, which included a perfect 4-4 mark from deep. He also added two rebounds and two assists in 20 minutes of action. His fourth and final three-pointer was the one he didn’t even feel the need to watch.

When you’re that hot and in such a rhythm, the release of the ball is all you need to know if the shot is good or not.

“I didn’t realize he did that until he told me in the locker room afterward but that’s crazy,” Amari Williams said. “That’s just the confidence he has as a shooter. The best three-point shooter in college basketball.”

“I didn’t know he did that until we got back into the locker room,” Otega Oweh added. “Although he did that last year. He shot it and started talking smack to someone before it even went in. I’m not even surprised he did it.”

As Oweh mentioned, Brea has done this during a college game before, but he only does it when the moment is right. Near the end of a 41-point win with a hyped-up crowd in the first-ever game of the Mark Pope era sure felt like the perfect time to have some fun. Brea was already 3-3 at that point — why not fire off one more with some extra flair?

“It kinda just happens off of instincts. I never plan it, it just happens,” Brea said with a smile. “Sometimes as a shooter, you just know that there’s no way it’s not going in.“

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