[B][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky vs. Western Kentucky[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]March 15, 2012
NCAA Tournament Second Round
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, Ky.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky improved to 33-2, while Western Kentucky ended its season 16-19.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– The Wildcats are 4-2 all-time against Western Kentucky and 2-1 against the Hilltoppers in the NCAA Tournament.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky currently has the most NCAA Tournament wins in the history of the tournament with 106.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK is now 106-46 in NCAA Tournament games.
— The Wildcats are now 42-10 in NCAA Tournament openers and have won 20 of their last 21 tournament opening games.
— Head coach John Calipari is now 33-13 in the NCAA Tournament.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]Team game notes[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/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 24-1 with that starting five.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Darius Miller was the first sub off the bench for UK. It was his 22[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]nd[/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 822 games, the third-longest streak in the country.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With nine blocked shots, the Wildcats sit in third on the all-time NCAA team blocks list with 308, one shy of second.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky opened with a 10-0 run, its 21st 10-0 or better run this season.
— The Wildcats led 45-26 at the half. UK is 27-0 when leading at halftime.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– UK’s 45 first-half points are the most points by Kentucky in the first half since tallying 52 against South Carolina on Feb. 4.
— The Cats’ 19-point halftime lead was its largest since leading South Carolina by 27 at the half at the same game.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Kentucky’s 15-point victory was its largest margin of victory in the NCAA Tournament since the 2010 Sweet 16 when the Cats beat Cornell 62-45.[/FONT]
[CENTER][FONT=Arial Narrow][/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]Individual game notes[/FONT][/CENTER]
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[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]#1 Darius Miller[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– Finished with six points pushing his career total to 1,184 points, placing him 41[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]st[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] on the all-time scoring list.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]#3 Terrence Jones[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 22 points, Jones became UK’s 59[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow]th[/FONT][FONT=Arial Narrow] member of the 1,000-point club. He now has 1,017 career points, placing him 56th on UK’s all-time scoring list.
— Scored in double-figures in the first half with 15 points for the eighth time this season.
— Scored NCAA Tournament career-high 22 points.
— Recorded fourth double-double of the season.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]#23 Anthony Davis[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With seven blocks, moved to fifth on UK’s all-time blocks list with 164.[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]– Broke the UK single game NCAA Tournament record for blocks.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]#20 Doron Lamb[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 16 points moved to within 65 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 17-straight games.
— With 14 first-half points, has eight games hitting double-figures in the first half.
— Scored NCAA Tournament career-high 16 points.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Narrow]#25 Marquis Teague[/FONT][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Arial Narrow]
[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial Narrow]– With 90 assists to 40 turnovers, Teague boasts a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio over the last 17 games.[/FONT][/B]
