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[FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky vs. Iowa State[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]March 17, 2012
NCAA Tournament Third Round
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky moved to 34-2, while Iowa State dropped to 23-11.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats are 3-0 all-time against Iowa State and 2-0 against the Cyclones in the NCAA Tournament.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky has the most NCAA Tournament wins in the history of the tournament with 107.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK is now 106-46 in NCAA Tournament games.
— The Wildcats are now 19-6 in NCAA Tournament third round games (previously second round).
— Kentucky is 125-33) all-time in Louisville.
— Head coach John Calipari is now 34-13 in the NCAA Tournament.[/FONT]
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[/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 25[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] time this season. UK is 25-1 with that starting five.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Darius Miller was the first sub off the bench for UK. It was his 23[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]rd[/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 823 games, the third-longest streak in the country.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With five blocked shots, the Wildcats moved to second on the all-time NCAA team blocks list with 313.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky led 38-27 at the half. The Wildcats are 28-0 this season when leading at halftime.
— The Wildcats attempted 13 3-pointers in the first half, the 11[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] time this season UK has attempted double-figure 3s and the second time in three games (16 vs. Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament championship).[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With the game tied 42-42, the Wildcats went on a 20-2 run to take a 62-44 lead.
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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]#1 Darius Miller[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with 19 points pushing his career total to 1,203 points, placing him 41[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]st[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] on the all-time scoring list.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#3 Terrence Jones[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With eight points, Jones moved to 55[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,025 career points.
— Fouled out for the third time this season.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#20 Doron Lamb[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 16 points moved to within 49 points of his 1,000[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] career point.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Has hit a 3-pointer in 18-straight games.
— Hit a NCAA Tournament career-high five 3-pointers.
— Five 3-pointers tied for fifth most 3s in a NCAA Tournament game for UK.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#23 Anthony Davis[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With two blocks, is in fourth on the NCAA all-time freshman block list with 166.[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Also sits in third on the SEC single-season blocks list.
— Tallied 10 first-half points, the ninth time this season he’s gone for double-digits in the first half.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Recorded his 18[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] double-double of the season, fifth in the last six games and eighth in the last 10 games.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#25 Marquis Teague[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with seven assists to only two turnovers. In last 18 games, has 97 assists to 42 turnovers, Teague boasts a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio.
— Scored 13 first-half points, the first time this season he’s hit double-figures in the first half.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished a career-high 24 points.
— Teague’s 24 points ties for fourth most among UK freshmen in an NCAA Tournament game.[/FONT][/B]
