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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Auburn

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Auburn

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is 13-3 overall, 1-1 in the Southeastern Conference. is 7-9 overall, 0-2 in league play.
leads the series with Auburn, 85-17, and has a 12-game win streak against the Tigers. UK leads 44-2 in games played in Lexington.
•UK is 471-115 all-time against teams from the SEC Western Division, including 118-28 since the league split into divisions in 1991-92.
•Kentucky stays at home this weekend and plays host to LSU on Saturday at 4:00. The game will be telecast on the SEC Network.

First-Half Facts

•Kentucky had its first lineup change of the season as freshman made his first collegiate start, joining , , and in the opening five. It is the first time this season that didn’t open for the Wildcats.
•Darius Miller opened the scoring with a three-pointer at the 18:27 mark, extending Kentucky’s streak of 765 consecutive games with at least one three.
•UK jumped out to a 5-0 lead and never trailed.
•The Wildcats led by as many as 24 points in the first half at 33-9 before settling for a 41-21 halftime advantage.

Second-Half Stats

•Kentucky increased the lead to 25 points early in the half before Auburn gradually reduced the margin.
•The Tigers got as close as 17 points at 61-44 and 64-47.
•UK eventually led by as many as 26 points before easing to the 78-54 win.

Team Notes

•UK is 3-0 this season in bounce-back games after losses.
•Kentucky is 66-11 in SEC home openers, including 5-0 in home lidlifters vs. Auburn.
•Auburn shot 34.4 percent from the field. UK is 9-0 this season when holding the opponent under 40 percent from the field.
•UK is 13-0 this season when holding the opponent under 70 points.
•Kentucky won the battle of the backboards, 39-38. UK is 12-0 this season when outrebounding the opponent.
•The Wildcats made exactly half their field goal attempts tonight, 29 of 58. The Wildcats are 8-0 this season when making at least 50 percent from the field.
•Kentucky is 26-0 at Rupp Arena under Coach .
•UK has won 27 in a row at home, beginning with the 2009 NIT game at Memorial Coliseum and continuing with the last 26 at Rupp.
•Kentucky has made at least one three-point shot in 765 consecutive games.

Individual Notes

Terrence Jones led all scorers with 35 points.

◦Broke the UK freshman record of 32 points set earlier this season by Doron Lamb vs. Winthrop.
◦This marks the first time in school history that two Wildcat freshmen have scored 30 points in a game in the same season.
◦Tied his career high for three-pointers made (four), free throws made (nine) and steals (three).

Brandon Knight tallied 13 points, his 11th-straight game in double figures.

•Making his first collegiate start, Doron Lamb had eight points and a career-high seven assists.

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