[B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky vs. South Carolina[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]February 4, 2012
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky improves to 23-1, 9-0 in the Southeastern Conference, while South Carolina falls to 9-13, 1-7.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats are 46-10 all-time against South Carolina and 18-6 in Columbia.
— UK is now 894-251 in SEC regular season action.
— Kentucky has won five-straight against South Carolina by an average of 22 ppg.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK extended its winning streak to 15-straight games and has won five straight on the road. The 15-game streak is the second longest streak in the Calipari era behind the 19-0 start by the 2009-10 squad.
— Kentucky has won its first nine in league play, the best SEC start for the Wildcats since the 2004-05 team started 10-0.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats have held three of their last four opponents to 50 points or less, and allowed only 51 points today.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky has won three-straight by 20 or more for the first time since the 1995-96 season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK returns to action on Tuesday, hosting Florida. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET and the game will be televised on ESPN.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Team game notes[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
— The Wildcats used the starting combination of Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Doron Lamb, Anthony Davis and Marquis Teague for the 15[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] time. UK is 14-1 with that starting five.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Darius Miller was the first sub off the bench for the 14[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] time this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 811 games, the third-longest streak in the country.
— The Wildcats led 52-25 at the half and are now 19-0, 8-0 in the SEC when leading at the half.
— UK’s 27-point halftime lead was its largest in league play this season.
— The Cats shot a blistering 58.6 pct. from the field in the first half. It was the third time in the last four games UK has shot 56 pct. or better from the field in the first half.
— Kentucky registered double-digit blocks for the 10[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] time this season.
— The Wildcats’ 34-point victory is their largest in league play this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky shot 51.6 pct. from the field, while holding South Carolina to 30.5 pct. shooting.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats committed just three turnovers, the fewest all season.
— UK dished out 17 assists to just three turnovers.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Individual game notes[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#1 Darius Miller[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with five points pushing career total to 1,090 career points 48[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] on the UK all-time scoring list.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Shooting .452 pct. from 3-point range in league games (14-31) compared to .339 pct. in 15 non-conference games.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#3 Terrence Jones[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored a season-high 16 first-half points. It was his fifth time this season scoring double-digits in the first half.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#20 Doron Lamb[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Has hit multiple 3-pointers in seven of his last nine games.
— Hit double-figures in the first half for the sixth time this season.
— Scored 18 points, a personal best in league play this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#23 Anthony Davis[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Tallied eight blocks, giving him 116 on the season, breaking Shaquille O’Neal’s SEC freshman record for blocks.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Davis is now ninth on the league’s single-season blocks list.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– His eight blocks was the most by a Wildcat against South Carolina.
— Tied his personal-best for blocks.
— Tallied a season-high 18 first-half points. It was his sixth time this season going for double-figures in the first half.
— Of his nine made field goals, seven were dunks.
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#33 Kyle Wiltjer
[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored a SEC career-best 12 points and it was the most since he scored 24 against Loyola on Dec. 22.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B]
