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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky., Jan. 21, 2012[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Attendance: 24,246[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 77, Alabama 71[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky is 19-1 overall, 5-0 in the Southeastern Conference, and the Wildcats have won 11 in a row.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Alabama is 13-6 overall, 2-3 in league play. [/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky leads the series 102-36 and has won seven of the last eight. [/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky goes on the road for two games next week, beginning Tuesday at Georgia. The 9 p.m. game will be televised by ESPN.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky started with the lineup of Marquis Teague, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Darius Miller, Terrence Jones and Anthony Davis for the fourth-straight game. UK is 4-0 when starting this lineup.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Tied at 8, the Wildcats broke the deadlock with threes from Doron Lamb and Miller, followed by a steal by Miller and a fastbreak layup from Kidd-Gilchrist. [/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]That gave UK an eight-point lead, the Cats’ largest of the game.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky led the remainder of the game.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK led at intermission, 37-32.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]The teams battled evenly throughout the second half. [/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Alabama got within one at 49-48 but the Wildcats responded with two free throws each from Lamb and Davis.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Leading 62-57 after a Terrence Jones jumper, Kentucky did not make a basket in the last 6:57 of the game. UK’s final 15 points all came from the foul line.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky tied its largest lead of the second half at 69-63 when Alabama rallied with four points to cut it to 69-67 with 1:07 to go.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]In the final minute of the game, Kentucky made eight-consecutive foul shots to preserve the victory.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky had six players score in double figures, the first time that has happened since Feb. 19, 2005 vs. Mississippi State.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky blocked nine shots today. The Wildcats have 186 blocked shots this season, already ranking seventh on the UK single-season list.[/FONT]
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[*][COLOR=#222222][FONT=Arial Narrow]The Wildcats extended their home winning streak to 47 games, the longest active streak in the nation. The run includes the 2009 NIT game at Memorial Coliseum and the last 46 games at Rupp Arena. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[*][COLOR=#222222][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK is a perfect 46-0 under Calipari at Rupp Arena, the longest win streak in venue history. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[*][COLOR=#222222][FONT=Arial Narrow]UK owns a 472-60 all-time record in Rupp Arena. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[*][COLOR=#222222][FONT=Arial Narrow]Since the 2000 season, Calipari-coached teams have posted a 200-19 record at home. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]In its 109th season of basketball, Kentucky is the NCAA’s all-time wins leader with 2,071 wins. [/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Anthony Davis tallied 11 points and led the Wildcats with nine rebounds, four blocked shots and a career-high four steals. [/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Davis has blocked at least two shots in every game this season. He entered the game leading the nation with 4.7 blocks per game.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Davis has scored double figures in nine-straight games.[/FONT]
[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Davis has made 45 of his last 54 foul shots (83.3 percent). [/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Terrence Jones led the Wildcats with 15 points[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Has scored double figures in six-straight games [/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Marquis Teague tied his career high for minutes played with 38, contributing 10 points, two rebounds and an assist.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Darius Miller notched 11 points and a team-high four assists.[/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Now has 1,049 points in his career, moving him past Jim Line (1,041) for 53[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]rd[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] place on the all-time UK scoring list. [/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Doron Lamb hit a couple of three-pointers early and finished with 14 points. [/FONT]
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[*][FONT=Arial Narrow]Limited by foul trouble, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist played only 23 minutes before fouling out, yet still contributed 13 points and six rebounds. [/FONT]
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