And with Tuesday comes game day. Good morning Kentucky Wildcat fans! Your Kentucky Wildcats are back in action tonight at 7:00pm facing the Coppin State Eagles. Although I don’t want to jinx anyone, this should be a sure win for the CATS before taking the road to play a red hot Louisville Cardinal team who have scored 100+ in their last two games. But again, let’s not overlook the Eagles who played Connecticut just a week ago and we’re only downed by 8.
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[CENTER][B]WILDCATS CLOSE OUT FOUR-GAME HOME STRETCH[/B]
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With visions of sugar plums now exhausted, the Wildcats return to action hosting the Coppin State Eagles, the fourth in a four-game home stretch. Freshman Doron Lamb gave the Big Blue Nation an early Christmas gift in Kentucky’s last outing. The 6-4 guard lit up Winthrop to the tune of a UK freshman record 32 points, leading Kentucky to an 89-52 win. Lamb hit 7-of-8 from behind the 3-point line and 11-of-12 overall, all career highs in his recordbreaking performance. Brandon Knight chipped in 21 points and Terrence added 11, while Josh Harrellson pulled down 10 rebounds and DeAndre Liggins finished with team-season high and personal best nine assists.
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• Kentucky is in its 108th season of basketball.
• Kentucky is the all-time NCAA leader in wins with 2,032.
• Kentucky won the only meeting with Coppin State, 77-46 in the 2005 season. The Cats are a perfect
4-0 all-time against schools comprising the MEAC.
• UK ranks eighth in the country in RPI and 14th in strength-of-schedule according CollegeRPI.com.
• UK is the only school in the league to have four players ranked in the top 30 in scoring.
• Kentucky is also the only school to have two players in both the top five of scoring (Terrence Jones
and Brandon Knight) and rebounding (Jones, Josh Harrellson).
• Jones has recorded five double-doubles so far this season, tying for first nationally among freshmen. He
also leads all freshmen nationally in scoring (18.2) and rebounding (9.6).
• Kentucky’s 24-game home winning streak is the fourth longest in the country.
[CENTER][B]Coppin State Notes[/B]
[LEFT]• Coppin State enters the contest with a 4-5 overall record and will be attempting to halt a two-game losing streak
• Coppin State is 4-0 at home and 0-5 on the road
• This marks the third game of a four-game road swing against Connecticut, Wisconsin, Kentucky and Texas
• Michael Harper has reached double fi gures in scoring in all nine games this season
• Tony Gallo has reached double fi gures in scoring in each of the last six games
• Michael Harper leads the Eagles averaging 15.3 points per game
• Akeem Ellis tops the team in rebounding averaging 5.6 per game
• Antonio Williams is shooting 57.8 (26-45) percent from the floor, which ranks third in the MEAC
• Michael Harper is ranked amongst the MEAC leaders in scoring, steals, field goal percentage, threepoint field goal percentage and three-point field goals made per game
• Kentucky leads the all-time series with the Eagles 1-0
• Kentucky defeated the Eagles 77-46 in 2004
• Coppin State is 2-4 all-time against the SEC
• Coppin State defeated South Carolina in 1997 and LSU in 1994
• Th e victory against South Carolina came in the NCAA Tournament and stands as the Eagles greatest win in school history
• Ron Mitchell has coached 731 games at Coppin State and 484 of them have been on the road or at a neutral site (66.2 percent)
• Vince Goldsberry ranks 11th all-time at CSU shooting 78.7 (199-253) percent from the FT line
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