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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Florida

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Florida

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falls to 16-6, 4-4 SEC on the season. improves to 18-5, 7-2 SEC.
— The Wildcats are 88-33 all-time against the Gators and 32-22 against the Gators in Gainesville.
is 160-51 against SEC East teams since the league split into two divisions in 1992.
— Kentucky will be in action again Tuesday, Feb. 8 hosting Tennessee. Tip-off is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. p.m. ET with the game being televised on ESPN.

Team game notes

— The Wildcats used the starting combination of Darius Miller, , , and . Kentucky is 14-5 with that starting five.
and were the first subs off the bench for Kentucky. It was Lamb's 17th time and Vargas' fifth time this season to be the first Wildcat off the bench.
— Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 771 games, the third longest streak in the country.
— UK trailed 34-32 at the half, only the fifth time this year the Cats have trailed going into halftime. Kentucky is 1-4 when trailing at halftime.
— Trailing 55-42 at the 11:50 mark of the second half, Kentucky went on a 17-3 run to take a 59-58 lead on a Terrence Jones 3-pointer at the 5:41 mark.
— From the 5:41 mark on, the game saw five lead changes and one tie.
— UK shot 58.3 pct. (7-of-12) from 3-point range, its highest percentage since hitting 62.5 pct. against Boston (11/30/10).
— Kentucky also hit 84.6 pct. (11-13) from the free throw line, the 13th time this season UK has hit 75 pct or better from the charity stripe.

Individual game notes

#3 Terrence Jones

— Finished with 18 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and two assists.
— Recorded his eighth three-point play of the season.

#4

— Hit a field goal at the halftime buzzer, his first field goal since the LSU game on Jan. 11.

#12 Brandon Knight

— Has hit a 3-pointer in seven-straight games.
— Has recorded three or more 3-pointers in 10 games this season.
— Scored in double-figures in 17 straight games.
— Recorded his ninth 20-point game this season, tied (Rex Chapman, Patrick Patterson) for most in a season by a UK freshman.
— Scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half.

#20 Doron Lamb

— Has hit a 3-pointer in seven-straight games.
— Has hit 18 of last 19 free throws.

#30 Eloy Vargas

— Finished with two points, four rebounds and an assist in 14 minutes.
— 14 minutes and four rebounds was most since logging 14 minutes and four rebounds against LSU.

#55 Josh Harrellson

— Fouled out with four points and three rebounds. It was his second time this season fouling out.

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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