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•Kentucky is 19-7 overall, 7-5 in the Southeastern Conference. South Carolina is 13-12 overall, 4-8 in league play.
•UK leads the series with South Carolina 44-10, including 23-2 in Lexington.
•Kentucky has a 162-52 record against SEC East teams since the league split into divisions in 1991-92.
•Kentucky returns to action Wednesday at Arkansas. The game tips off at 8 p.m. and will be televised on the SEC Network.
First-Half Facts
•Kentucky used the lineup of Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb, Darius Miller, Terrence Jones and Josh Harrellson for the first time this season.
•Darius Miller opened the scoring by sinking a three-pointer on the game’s first possession. This is the eighth time this season UK has opened the scoring with a three, fourth time by Miller.
•UK jumped out 8-0 and South Carolina called timeout at 16:28.
•UK extended the lead to 15-0 before South Carolina got on the board with a Damontre Harris dunk at 13:49. The Gamecocks missed their first six shots and had three turnovers before tallying.
•UK’s 15-0 start tied the best start of the season. UK also opened 15-0 at Portland.
•UK added a 10-0 run to make it 27-4.
•UK posted its biggest lead of the half at 29 points with the halftime score of 50-21. Darius Miller led all scorers with 16 points, including a career-high-tying four three-pointers. (In the second half, Miller set a new career high for threes.)Second-Half Stats
•South Carolina had its best spurt of the game early in the second half, a 9-0 run to cut the lead to 55-32. That was as close as USC got in the second half.
•Kentucky led by as many as 34 points at 81-47.Team Notes
•Kentucky is 31-0 at Rupp Arena under Coach John Calipari. It is the second-longest streak for a UK coach in Rupp Arena behind Rick Pitino’s 33-straight home wins in 1992-94.
•UK has won 32 in a row at home, beginning with the 2009 NIT game at Memorial Coliseum and continuing with the last 31 at Rupp. It is the second-longest active streak in the nation.
•South Carolina shot 34.4 percent from the field. UK is 13-0 this season when keeping the opponent under 40 percent shooting.
•UK held South Carolina to 59 points. UK is 18-0 this season (39-0 under Coach Calipari) when limiting the opponents to 67 or fewer points.
•UK shot 50 percent from the field, making 29 of 58 shots. The Wildcats are 10-0 this season (28-0 under Coach Calipari) when making at least half their field-goal attempts.
•UK had five players score in double figures. It’s the fifth time this season that has occurred.
•UK canned 11 three-pointers, most for the Wildcats since the Auburn game on Jan. 11.
•Kentucky has made at least one three-point shot in 775 consecutive games.Individual Notes
•Terrence Jones totaled 19 points and a game-high 12 rebounds
-Jones leads the SEC in double-doubles with 10
-This was his second-consecutive double-double and fourth in the last six games•Brandon Knight had 12 points and a career-high nine assists
-Has scored in double figures in 21-consecutive games and 25 of 26 games this season. It’s the longest streak since Jodie Meeks had 32-straight double-figure games in 2008-09.
•Darius Miller had a career-high 22 points, including a career-high six three-pointers
-It was the second 20-point game of his career. He also had 20 against Wake Forest in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
-Miller also had nine rebounds, one short of a double-double
-Miller also blocked three shots, one short of his career best
