[B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky vs. Tennessee[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]January 14, 2012
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky improves to 17-1, 3-0 in the Southeastern Conference, while Tennessee falls to 8-9, 1-2.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats are 147-66 all-time against Tennessee and 53-47 in Knoxville.
— UK is now 891-246 in SEC regular season action. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats have now won nine-straight games, their longest winning streak of the season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky has won four-straight in the series against Tennessee, the longest streak for either school since UK ran off eight-straight between the 2002 and 2005 seasons[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK returns to action on Tuesday, hosting the Arkansas Razorbacks. Tip-off is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. ET and the game will air live 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 Darius Miller, Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Marquis Teague and Anthony Davis for the second-straight game.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Doron Lamb was the first sub off the bench for the second-straight game.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 805 games, the third-longest streak in the country.
— The Wildcats trailed at the half 34-28. It was the first time this season in league play Kentucky trailed at the half. It was also the largest halftime deficit UK has faced this season. UK is 3-1 when trailing at the half this season.
— Kentucky was 0-2 from 3-point range in the first half, the fewest number of 3’s attempted in the first half this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK trailed by eight in the second half; it was the team’s largest deficit in league play this season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Trailing 47-39 at the 12:46 mark, UK went on a 15-5 run to take a 54-52 lead. Then with the game tied 54-54, Kentucky went on an 8-0 run and never looked back for the victory.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Down the stretch, Kentucky came up big at the free throw line. The Wildcats hit 5-of-7 “clutch free throws” (final three minutes of regulation and OT in a six-point game). Darius Miller was 2-2, while Doron Lamb was 2-3 and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 1-2.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– After shooting 36 pct. from the field in the first half, Kentucky was 12-24 (50 pct.) in the second half. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky, the SEC’s top free throw shooting team, shot 72.4 pct. from the free throw line. It was the seventh time in the last eight games UK has shot 72 pct. or better from the charity stripe.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky attempted only five 3-pointers, the fewest attempts in the John Calipari era and the fewest since five attempts against West Virginia on Nov. 29, 2008 in the Las Vegas Invitational.[/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]– Scored four points and now has 1,027 career points to move into sole possession of 54[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow] on UK’s all-time scoring list.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#3 Terrence Jones[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Fouled out for only the second time in his career.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with 10 points, his fourth-straight game in double-figures.
— Tallied three blocks, the most since blocking three against North Carolina.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
#14 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Recorded his third career double-double.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with career-highs in points (17) and rebounds (12) in league play.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored in double-figures for the first time since the Louisville game. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Tied career-high with eight made free throws.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#20 Doron Lamb[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Came off the bench for the second-straight game.
— Attempted just one 3-pointer, his fewest attempts this season and fewest since he attempted zero against Princeton in the NCAA Tournament last season.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#23 Anthony Davis[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Blocked four shots giving him 82 blocks on the season, a UK freshman record.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– With four blocks, has 82 blocks on the season, one shy of the school record. [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Scored in double-figures in seven-straight games and eight of the last nine.[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#33 Kyle Wiltjer[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kept Kentucky’s 3-point streak alive with his 3-pointer at the 13:27-mark of the second half.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B]
