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Cold shooting ices Cats, fall to West Virginia 73-66 in Elite 8

John Wall - AP photo

John Wall - AP photo

Joe Mazzulla scored a career-high 17 points in his first start of the season to help beat top-seeded 73-66 in the East Regional final Saturday to advance to its first Final Four since 1959.  Da’Sean Butler scored 18 points for the second-seeded Mountaineers (31-6), who won their 10th straight game. Mazzulla started because West Virginia lost point guard Darryl Bryant to a broken foot this week in practice.

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On February 11, 1987, Kentucky defeated Tennessee 91-84 in overtime.  Kentucky was down 10 points to Don DeVoe’s Volunteers with 1:13 left in Rupp Arena when the Wildcats unleashed a ferocious rally. Rex Chapman hit a running 12-footer over 6-foot-11 UT center Doug Roth with three seconds left to force overtime —where UK won before 23,002 fans.  One of the all-time miracle comebacks in Kentucky basketball history.

 

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