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[FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky vs. Florida[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]March 10, 2012
SEC Tournament Semifinals
New Orleans Arena – New Orleans, La.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky improves to 32-1, while Florida falls to 23-10.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats are 93-33 all-time against Florida and 12-3 against the Gators in the SEC Tournament.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky swept all three games against Florida for the first time since the 2004 season. It marks the first time UK has defeated the same team three times in one season since the 2005 season (Tennessee).[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK is now 119-22 in SEC Tournament games.
— The Wildcats are riding the nation’s longest winning streak at 24 games[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow].
[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats are now 37-2 all-time in SEC Tournament semifinal games and 2-0 against Florida in the SEC Tournament semifinals.
— Kentucky has won 46 of its last 54 SEC Tournament games.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Coach John Calipari has won 20-straight conference tournament games and 23 of his last 24.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK will play the winner of the Ole Miss/Vanderbilt game in the championship. Tip-off is scheduled for noon CT and the game will be televised on ABC.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]Team game notes[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats used the starting combination of Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Doron Lamb, Anthony Davis and Marquis Teague for the 23[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]rd[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] time. UK is 22-1 with that starting five.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Darius Miller was the first sub off the bench for UK. It was Miller’s 21[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]st[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] time as the Wildcat sixth man.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 820 games, the third-longest streak in the country.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With four blocked shots, the Wildcats sit fourth on the all-time NCAA team blocks list with 291.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky led 40-39 at the end of the half. UK is 26-0 when leading at halftime.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Trailing 39-32 with 4:25 left in the first half, the Wildcat defense didn’t allow another point to the Gators for the remainder of the half, while closing on an 8-0 run to take a 40-39 lead into the locker room.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats shot 58.3 pct. from the field in the first half, their highest first half percentage since shooting 58.6 pct. in their first-half victory over South Carolina.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK trailed 56-51 at the 10:43 mark but then went on a 14-0 run to take a 65-56 lead. During that time the Kentucky defense held Florida scoreless for 6:30 minutes.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky had five players in double-figures[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK was 5-6 from the free throw line in the final three minutes.[/FONT]
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[CENTER][FONT=Arial Narrow] [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Individual game notes[/FONT][/CENTER][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]#3 Terrence Jones[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 15 points, Jones is now 17 points shy of becoming UK’s 59[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] member of the 1,000-point club.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Jones scored seven points and pulled down five rebounds during Kentucky’s 14-0 run that began with 10:43 remaining in the second half.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#14 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with 10 points and eight rebounds while playing 39 minutes.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#23 Anthony Davis[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With two blocks, sits in fourth on the NCAA Freshman blocks list with 154.[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Took sole possession of seventh on UK’s career blocks list, one shy of Jules Camara’s 155.
— Tallied 10 first-half points, the seventh time this season he’s gone for double-figures in the first half.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Recorded his 16[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] double-double of the season, second most all-time among Kentucky freshmen.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Has tallied three-straight double-doubles, his second longest streak of the season. He put together five-straight prior to the start of league play.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#20 Doron Lamb[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 16 points, Lamb led the team in scoring for the 10[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] time, the most of any player.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#25 Marquis Teague[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 80 assists to 37 turnovers, Teague boasts a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio over the last 15 games.[/FONT][/B]
