[B][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky vs. LSU[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]March 9, 2012
SEC Tournament Quarterfinals
New Orleans Arena – New Orleans, La.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky improves to 31-1, while LSU drops to 18-14.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats are 82-24 all-time against LSU and 15-2 against the Tigers in the SEC Tournament.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK is now 118-22 in SEC Tournament games.
— The Wildcats extend the nation’s longest winning streak to 23 games.
— The Wildcats are 39-11 all-time in SEC Tournament quarterfinal games and 4-1 against LSU in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals.
— Kentucky has won 45 of its last 53 SEC Tournament games.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Coach John Calipari has won 19-straight conference tournament games and 22 of his last 23.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK will play the winner of the Alabama/Florida in the semifinals. Tip-off is scheduled for noon ET and the game will be televised on ABC.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]Team game notes[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]
— The Wildcats used the starting combination of Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Doron Lamb, Anthony Davis and Marquis Teague for the 22[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]nd[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] time. UK is 21-1 with that starting five.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Darius Miller and Kyle Wiltjer were the first subs off the bench for UK. It was Miller’s 20[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] time as the Wildcat sixth man and Wiltjer’s eighth.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 819 games, the third-longest streak in the country.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 9 blocked shots, the Wildcats moved to fourth on the all-time NCAA team blocks list with 287.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Trailing 12-7, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Doron Lamb combined for Kentucky’s final 18 points of the first half.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK led 25-24 at halftime. The Wildcats are now 25-0 when leading at the half.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats’ 25 first-half points was a season low for points scored in the first half.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Trailing 35-30 in the second half, Terrence Jones went on a 9-0 run to give the Wildcats a 39-35 lead.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky held LSU to its two lowest scoring games of the season. 50 points on January 28th and 51 on March 9th[/FONT]
[CENTER][FONT=Arial Narrow]Individual game notes[/FONT][/CENTER]
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#3 Terrence Jones[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 15 points, is now 32 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]– Tallied his second double-double of the season and the 15[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] of his career.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]#14 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with 19 points, the most he’s scored since tallying 24 against Louisville.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored in double-figures in the first half for sixth time this season.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]#23 Anthony Davis[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With six blocks, moved to 4th on NCAA Freshman blocks list with 152.
— Moved in to a tie with Patrick Patterson at seventh on UK’s career blocks list.
— Tallied his 15[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] double-double of the season, second most all-time among UK freshmen.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]#25 Marquis Teague
[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]– 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio over the last 14 games.
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