Mississippi State at Kentucky
Men’s Basketball Post-Game Notes
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky., February 27, 2013
Attendance: 24,023
FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 85, Mississippi State 55
Team Records, Notes
Kentucky won its third game in a row and is 20-8 overall, 11-4 in the Southeastern Conference.
Mississippi State is 7-20 overall, 2-13 in the league
Kentucky leads the series 89-20 and has won the last five meetings.
UK leads the series 45-5 in games played in Lexington.
Kentucky honored the 1996 national championship team at halftime of tonight’s game, presenting the players with championship rings.
Kentucky also recognized 18 student-athlete inductees into the UK Athletics Frank G. Ham Society of Character at halftime.
Kentucky begins a two-game road swing Saturday, March 2, at Arkansas. The game will be at 4 p.m. EST and televised by CBS.
First-Half Facts
Kentucky started with the lineup of Ryan Harrow, Julius Mays, Archie Goodwin, Alex Poythress and Willie Cauley-Stein for the third-straight game.
After an early 2-2 tie, Kentucky led the remainder of the game.
Ahead 11-8, UK made a 13-0 run for a 24-8 lead.
Kentucky took a 42-19 lead into halftime. The Wildcats are 18-1 this season when leading at intermission.
Second-Half Story
UK began the second half with an 8-0 run to make it 50-19.
UK led by as many as 35 points at 85-50.
Team Notes
Kentucky won its 20th game tonight. It is the 57th season that UK has won at least 20 games, including all four seasons under Coach John Calipari.
Kentucky shot 54.8 percent from the field. It’s the third game in a row that the Wildcats topped the 50 percent mark, and UK is 11-0 this season when making at least half their shots.
UK is 10-0 this season when scoring at least 78 points.
UK had a decisive edge in points in the paint, 46-18.
All five starters scored in double figures.
Under Coach Calipari, UK is 73-2 when limiting the opponent to 63 or fewer points.
Under Coach Calipari, UK is 31-0 when holding the opponent to 55 or fewer points.
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Individual Notes
Willie Cauley-Stein had 12 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots.
Has scored double figures in five of the last seven games
Archie Goodwin had 11 points, his 19th double-figure scoring game of the season.
Ryan Harrow had led all scorers with 19 points and had seven rebounds and four assists.
Averaging 15.7 points and 6.7 rebounds over the last three games
Reached double-figure scoring for the 15th time in the last 19 games
UK is 11-0 this season when Harrow has at least four assists
Jon Hood tallied five points, three rebounds and an assist.
Most points this season against an SEC opponent
Tied his season best for rebounds
Julius Mays had 11 points, four rebounds and three assists.
Has made a three in 17-straight games
Has made at least two threes in eight-straight games
Reached double-figure scoring for the seventh time in the last eight games
Jarrod Polson had nine points, tied his career best for rebounds with four, and had three assists
Alex Poythress had 16 points and eight rebounds.
Had 13 points in the first half, the second-consecutive game he reached double figures in the opening stanza.
