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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]February 11, 2012
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky improves to 25-1, 11-0 in the Southeastern Conference, while Vanderbilt falls to 17-8, 6-4.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats are 135-44 all-time against Vanderbilt and 53-27 against Vandy in Nashville.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– John Calipari is now 2-1 in Memorial Gym as Kentucky’s head coach.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Calipari is now 70-1 when holding an opponent to 67 points or fewer.
— UK is now 896-251 in SEC regular season action.
— UK is currently riding a 16-game winning streak and has won six straight on the road. The 16-game streak is the second longest streak in the Calipari era behind the 19-0 start by the 2009-10 squad. The last Wildcat team to win six-straight on the road in SEC was 02-03 team that went 8-0.
— Kentucky has won its first 11 in league play, the best SEC start for the Wildcats since the 2002-03 team went 16-0.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK returns to action on Saturday, hosting Ole Miss. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. ET and the game will be televised on SEC Network.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Team game notes[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
— The Wildcats used the starting combination of Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Doron Lamb, Anthony Davis and Marquis Teague for the 17[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] time. UK is 16-1 with that starting five.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kyle Wiltjer was the first sub off the bench for the sixth time this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 813 games, the third-longest streak in the country.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats held Vanderbilt scoreless for a five-minute stretch (12:20 – 7:20) in the first half. It was the 13[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] time this season UK has held its opponent scoreless for a five-minute stretch.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats led at the half 36-23 and are now 21-0, 10-0 when leading at halftime.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky held Vanderbilt to 27.6 pct. shooting from the field in the first half, the ninth time this season and the third time in the last four games the Cats have held their opponent below 30 pct. from the field in the first half.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats held Vanderbilt to 36.5 pct. from the field, the fifth straight opponent to shoot less than 40 pct. from the field.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky committed just six turnovers; the fourth time in the last seven games UK has had single-digit turnovers. The Wildcats are averaging only 8.3 turnovers in their last seven games.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK has not had a negative assist-turnover ratio in the last eight games.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Individual game notes[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#3 Terrence Jones[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored in double-figures (14) in the first half for the sixth time this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with 14 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and two steals.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#20 Doron Lamb[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored game-high 16 points.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Has led the Cats in scoring a team-high eight times.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Has hit multiple 3-pointers in seven of the last eight games.
— Averaging three 3-pointers per game over the last three games. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#23 Anthony Davis[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with seven blocks, giving him 127 on the season and moving him to seventh on the SEC single-season blocks list and 12[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] on UK’s career blocks list.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Averaging 6.5 blocks over last four games.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored in double-figures in five-straight games.
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#25 Marquis Teague
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Had a first-half stat line of eight points, five assists and three rebounds.
— Scored in double-figures in back-to-back games.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with 13 points, eight assists, four rebounds and only one turnover.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Has a 3.0 assist-turnover ratio in last two games.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B]
