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[FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky vs. Louisville[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]March 31, 2012
NCAA Tournament National Semifinals
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky moved 37-2, while Louisville dropped to 30-10.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats are 30-14 all-time against Louisville and 3-2 against the Cardinals in the NCAA Tournament.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK is now 110-46 in NCAA Tournament games. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky’s 110 tournament wins is the most in the country.
— The Wildcats are 18-7 in Final Four games and 8-3 in national semifinal games.
— Kentucky is 36-13 all-time in New Orleans and 6-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in New Orleans.
— Head coach John Calipari is 37-13 in the NCAA Tournament.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– John Calipari will coach in his second national championship on Monday night.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats will face the winner of the Kansas/Ohio State game on Monday in the national championship game. It is Kentucky’s first appearance in the championship since winning the 1998 National Championship.[/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 28[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] time this season. UK is 27-1 with that starting five.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Darius Miller was the first sub off the bench for UK. It was his 26[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/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 826 games, the third-longest streak in the country.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With seven blocked shots, the Wildcats pushed their NCAA record number of blocks to 333.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– After Louisville scored the game’s opening basket, Kentucky hit its first four shots of the game, going on an 8-0 run to take an 8-2 lead. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats went into the locker room at halftime leading 35-28. Kentucky is 31-0 when leading at halftime.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK shot 60 pct. in the first half, the third time in the tournament the Cats have hit better than 50 pct. from the field in the first half.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats shot 57.1 pct. from the field for the game, the fourth time in five NCAA Tournament games UK has hit better than 50 pct. from the field.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Anthony Davis’ five blocked shots are the third most in a Final Four game and second most in a semifinal game in tournament history.[/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]#1 Darius Miller[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with 13 points pushing his career total to 1,243 points, placing him 35th on the UK all-time scoring list.
— Ranks 10[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th [/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]on UK’s all-time 3-point field goals list with 174.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Averaging 13.2 in NCAA Tournament.
— Has hit 21 of last 22 free throws. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#3 Terrence Jones[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With six points, Jones moves to 53rd on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,055 career points.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#14 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Averaging 12.6 points and 6.6 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament.[/FONT]
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#20 Doron Lamb[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 10 points moved to within 4 points of his 1,000[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] career point. Would be the 60[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] member of the 1,000-point club and the third one this season.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Averaging 15.4 in NCAA Tournament.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#23 Anthony Davis[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 18 points and 14 rebounds, recorded his 20[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] double-double, tying the UK freshman record (DeMarcus Cousins) for double-doubles. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With five blocks, moved to second on the NCAA all-time freshman block list with 180. He is two blocks shy of tying the freshman record 182 (Hassan Whiteside, Marshall; 2010).[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Averaging 15.2 points, 11.6 rebounds and 4.6 blocks in NCAA Tournament.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial Narrow]#25 Marquis Teague[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with five assists to three turnovers. In last 21 games, has 112 assists to 51 turnovers, a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.
— Averaging 13.2 points and 5.2 assists in NCAA Tournament.[/FONT]
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