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Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky vs. Auburn[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]January 11, 2012
Auburn Arena – Auburn, Ala.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky improves to 16-1, 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference, while Auburn fell to 10-6, 0-2.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats are 86-17 all-time against Auburn and 28-13 in Auburn.
— This was UK’s first game in the recently constructed Auburn Arena.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK is now 890-246 in SEC regular season action. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky has won 13-straight in its series against Auburn, one short of the longest streak in the series.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK returns to action on Saturday, traveling to Knoxville, Tenn. to take on the Tennessee Volunteers. Tip-off is scheduled for noon ET and the game will be live on ESPN.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Team game notes[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
— The Wildcats used the starting combination of Darius Miller, Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Marquis Teague and Anthony Davis for the first time this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Doron Lamb was the first sub off the bench for the first time this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 804 games, the third-longest streak in the country.
— The Wildcats led 32-28 at the half. Kentucky is 13-0 when leading or tied at halftime this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Darius Miller hit a 3-pointer with 3:28 left in the second half to give Kentucky an eight point lead (57-49), its largest lead of the game at the time.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The UK defense held Auburn to just two field goals over the final 11 minutes and outscored Auburn 23-6 during that time.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky held Auburn to just eight second-half field goals (33.3 pct.).[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky finished with eight turnovers, the first time since Dec. 20 the Cats have had single-digit turnovers.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky forced 15 turnovers resulting in 24 points, outscoring the Tigers in points off turnovers 24-6.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Cats tallied 10 steals, the most since recording 10 steals at Indiana.
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[CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Individual game notes[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#1 Darius Miller[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored nine points, pushing his career total to 1,023, tied for 54[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] on UK’s all-time scoring list.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#3 Terrence Jones[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored in double-figures in three-straight games.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
#14 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Tied his career-best with three steals.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Tied his career-best with three blocks.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#20 Doron Lamb[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Came off the bench for the first time this season and tied for the team lead in scoring with 14 points.
— Tallied his 100[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] career 3-pointer.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#23 Anthony Davis[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored in double-figures in six-straight games and seven of the last eight.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Has record three or more blocks in 16 of 17 games this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Tied his career-high with three steals.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– With four blocks, has 78 blocks on the season, one shy of the UK freshman blocks record. He moved to fifth on UK’s single-season blocks list, one shy of fourth and he is now five blocks shy of the school record. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#25 Marquis Teague[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Hit multiple 3s for the second time this season and the first time since knocking down three against Penn State on Nov. 19.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Has hit 21 of his last 24 free throws.
— Has scored in double-figures in back-to-back games.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B]
