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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Indiana

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  • is now 10-0 on the season. Indiana falls to 4-5.
  • is 30-23 against the Hoosiers.
  • Kentucky is 93-56 against the Big Ten.
  • The Wildcats are 3-8 all-time in Assembly Hall, claiming their first win the arena since the 1981 season.
  • UK's 10-0 start is its best start since opening the 1993 season 11-0.
  • Kentucky returns to action next Saturday, returning home for the first time in two weeks, hosting Austin Peay. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. with the game being televised on CSS.

 

 

 Team game notes

  • The Wildcats used the starting combination of , , , and for the ninth straight game. Kentucky is 9-0 with that starting five.
  • After not playing in its road blue uniforms for the first eight games, Kentucky played in its road blue uniforms for the second straight game.
  • Indiana won the opening tip. The Wildcats have on the opening tip eight times this season.
  • was the first sub off the bench for Kentucky. It was his team leading sixth time this season to be the first Wildcat off the bench.
  • Kentucky extended its streak of game with a three-pointer to 721 games, the third longest streak in the country.
  • After a back and forth first half, UK took the lead 49-48 at the 17:16 mark of the second half on an alley-oop from Darius Miller to John Wall.
  • The Miller to Wall alley-oop also sparked an 18-0 run for the Wildcats, UK's largest run of the season.
  • Kentucky led 42-41 at the half; the Wildcats are 7-0 when carrying a lead into halftime.
  • Scored most points in the series since a 99-65 victory over the Hoosiers in the 1997 season.
  • The win was number 1,998 for UK, the winningest team in college basketball.

 

Individual game notes

 

#3

  • Converted his first three-point play this season.

 

#11 John Wall

  • Finished with 11 points, the ninth straight game he has scored in double-digits.
  • Pulled down a season high seven rebounds.
  • Also dished out eight assists.

 

#15 DeMarcus Cousins

  • Finished with 12 points and six rebounds in the second half and is currently averaging 9.6 points and 5.8 rebounds in the second half this season.
  • Recorded eighth multi-block game this season.

 

#24 Eric Bledsoe

  • Finished with 23 points, the most since tallying 24 in the season opener against Morehead State
  • Scored 20 points for the second time this season.
  • Four three-pointers was most since hitting five against Sam Houston State (11/19)
  • Recorded first dunk of the season.

 

#33 Daniel Orton

  • Tied season high with two steals
  • Fouled out for the second consecutive game

 

#34

  • Saw his first action of the season

 

#54 Patrick Patterson

  • Moved to 40 th on UK's all-time scoring list with 1,185 points
  • Scored in double-digits in five straight games and nine of 10 games this season.
  • Reached double-figures in the first half for the second time in three games and the fourth time this season.
  • Recorded team and SEC leading fifth double-double of the season. It was his 26 th career double-double, tied for ninth most in UK history

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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