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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Wake Forest

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  • Kentucky improves to 34-2 on the season while Wake Forest is now 20-11.
  • is 5-0 in the series against the Demon Deacons and 3-0 against the Deacons in the Tournament.
  • The Wildcats are 100-44 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. UK is 5-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in the New Orleans metro area. UK also is 18-6 in NCAA second round games and 31-8 while playing as a No. 1 seed.
  • Kentucky is 6-2 against No. 9 seeds.
  • This is the most wins for Kentucky since the 1998 team went 35-4.
  • The Wildcats will be in action again on Thursday taking on the winner of the Cornell/Wisconsin game in the Sweet 16.
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    NCAA Tournament team notes

  • UK outscored East Tennessee and Wake Forest by a combined 59 points. It is UK's largest combined margin of victory in the first and second rounds since outscoring San Jose State (110-72) and Virginia Tech (84-60) by a total of 62 points in 1996.
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    Team game notes

  • The Wildcats used the starting combination of , , , and for the 27 th time this season. Kentucky is 25-2 with that starting five.
  • was the first sub off the bench for Kentucky. It was Orton's team-leading 19 th time as the first Wildcat off the bench.
  • UK extended its streak of games with a three-pointer to 747 games, the third longest streak in the country.
  • During a stretch in the first half, the Wildcats held Wake Forest scoreless for over five minutes from the 11:50 mark to the 6:44 mark.
  • Leading 29-24, the Wildcats closed the first half on a 15-4 run to carry a 44-28 lead into halftime. Kentucky is 28-1 when leading or tied at the half.
  • UK shot 66.7 pct. in the first half, the team's highest percentage this season.
  • UK finished at a season-high 60.3 percent from the field. It is the 18 th time this season that the Wildcats have shot at least 50 percent from the field.
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    Individual game notes

     

    #1 Darius Miller

  • Made fifth straight start
  • Finished with a career-high 20 points
  • Has connected on a three-pointer in three of the last four games.
  • Pulled down a game-high nine rebounds, most for him this season and one shy of his career high vs. Miami on Dec. 6, 2008
  • Scored in double-digits in the first half for the second time this season, and the first time since scoring 11-first half points against Sam Houston State (11/19/09).
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    #3

  • — Has hit a three-pointer in seven straight games.
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    #11 John Wall

  • Finished with a game-high seven assists and averaged 9.0 assists in the first and second rounds.
  • Extended his UK freshman season scoring record to 589 points.
  • Extended his UK freshman season assists record to 228 assists.
  • Extended his UK freshman season free throw record with 171 made.
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    #15 DeMarcus Cousins

  • Totaled 19 points and eight rebounds
  • Extended his UK freshman season rebounding record to 349 boards.
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    #24 Eric Bledsoe

  • Has hit a three-pointer in four straight games and has totaled 16 during that span.
  • Averaging 17.0 points in UK's five postseason games.
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    #33 Daniel Orton

  • Made all three of his field-goal attempts, good for six points
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    #54 Patrick Patterson

  • Moved to within 28 points of 12 th on UK's all-time scoring list with 1,547 career points.
  • Posted his 13 th multi-block game of the season.
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    #4 Jon Hood

  • Contributed two points and a season-high three rebounds
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    #12

  • Bagged a three-pointer, his second of the season and fourth of his career
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