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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Pikeville

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  • Tonight’s attendance: 21,127
  • Kentucky leads the exhibition series with Pikeville, 2-0. The Wildcats also defeated the Bears, 99-64, on Oct. 31, 2007.
  • Kentucky has its second preseason game Friday, Nov. 5, vs. Dillard University in Rupp Arena. Game time is 7:00 p.m. and it will be televised by Fox Sports South and the Big Blue Sports Network.

First-Half Notes

  • Kentucky opened with Darius Miller, Terrence Jones, Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb and DeAndre Liggins.
  • Miller opened the scoring with a short jumper with 19:27 on the clock.
  • There were six lead changes in the early going. Pikeville had its biggest lead at 13-10 when Brandon Knight scored six straight points to give the Wildcats a lead they would not relinquish.
  • Kentucky opened its lead to as many as 17 points (38-21) before settling for a 43-27 advantage at intermission.
  • Knight led all scorers in the first half with 16 points.


Second-Half Notes

  • Pikeville edged as close as 11 points at 47-36 but got no closer.
  • The lead stretched to 19 at 69-50 with 9:20 to play Darius Miller scooped an alley-oop pass for a Terrence Jones dunk.
  • Kentucky extended the lead to 31 points at the final score of 97-66.

Team Notes

  • Kentucky had a robust night at the free throw line. The Wildcats made 44 of 56 foul shots, 78.6 percent.
  • If this had not been an exhibition game, 44 free throws made is only two short of the school record of 46.
  • The 56 attempts would have tied the school record for one game.

Individual Notes

  • Brandon Knight led all scorers with 22 points.
  • Darius Miller posted a double-double with 21 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. In a non-exhibition game, 21 points would have been a career high and 10 boards would have tied his career best.
  • Four Wildcats placed in double-figure scoring, including Knight, Miller, DeAndre Liggins (18) and Doron Lamb (16). Liggins’ 18 points would have tied his career high.

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

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