Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt

Go here for boxscore.

–Both teams are 21-8 overall, 9-6 in the Southeastern Conference. 
—UK leads the series 134-44, including 75-14 in Lexington.
—Kentucky has a 164-52 record against SEC East teams since the league split into divisions in 1991-92. 
–Kentucky is 88-19 all-time on Senior Night.
–Kentucky closes out the 2010-11 regular-season schedule Sunday at Tennessee.  The Wildcats and Volunteers tip off at noon and the game will be televised by CBS.

First-Half Facts

–Kentucky used the lineup of Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb, Darius Miller, Terrence Jones and Josh Harrellson for the fourth-consecutive game.
–Doron Lamb got the first score of the game at 19:12 on runner in the lane.
–Kentucky never trailed in the first half.
–The Wildcats gradually built leads as large as 15 points at 36-21 and 38-23. 
–UK went into the locker room with an 11-point lead, 40-29. 
–The key stat for the Cats in the opening period was eight offensive rebounds that led to a 12-2 advantage in second-chance points.

Second-Half Story

–John Jenkins, who scored a career-high 32 points vs. Kentucky in Nashville, did not get his first basket until the 17:00 mark of the second half.  (Jenkins came on strong in the second half and finished with 16.)
—Vanderbilt was within 46-42 at the 14:42 mark when UK went on a 9-0 run for a 55-42 cushion.
–The Commodores responded with an 18-4 run and got their first lead of the game at 60-59 with 4:25 remaining on a driving layup by Lance Goulbourne.
–The teams were separated by no more than three points in the final eight minutes of the game.
–Darius Miller put the Wildcats ahead 61-60 with a driving banker at 2:50, UK’s final basket of the game.
–Jeffery Taylor put VU ahead 62-61 on a layup at 2:30.
–Brandon Knight put UK ahead 63-62 with two foul shots at 1:36.
–Taylor tied it at 1:19 with a foul shot, 63 each.
–With 52.5 seconds remaining, Terrence Jones edged UK ahead 64-63 by making the first of two foul shots.
–Josh Harrellson got a steal and was fouled with 19 seconds left.
–At 18.8 seconds, Jones had a 1-and-1 and made both to make it 66-63.
–Goulbourne tallied a driving layup at 8.6 seconds to draw within 66-65.
–At 8.2 seconds, Knight had a 1-and-1 and made both for 68-65
–At 6.7 seconds, Brad Tinsley of VU had a 1-and-1 and made the first to draw within 68-66.
–At 1.1 seconds, Jones of UK was called for traveling.
–Tinsley’s inbounds lob to Ezeli was not handled cleanly as he was contested tightly by Jones and Harrellson. The ball squirted out of bounds as time expired.

Team Notes

–UK made 7 of its final 8 foul shots in the final 1:36.  UK came into the game making 82.4 percent in clutch foul-shooting situations.
–UK held Vanderbilt to 66 points.  UK is 19-0 this season (40-0 under Coach Calipari) when the opponent scores 67 or fewer points.
–Kentucky is 33-0 at Rupp Arena under Coach John Calipari.  It ties the longest streak for a UK coach in Rupp Arena along with Rick Pitino’s 33-straight home wins in 1992-94.
–UK has won 34 in a row at home, beginning with the 2009 NIT game at Memorial Coliseum and continuing with the last 33 at Rupp.
–It is the second-longest active home win streak in the nation.
–It is the third-longest home streak in school history.  UK won 129-consecutive home games at Alumni Gymnasium and Memorial Coliseum from 1943-55 and 39 straight in Alumni from 1933-36.
–This is the first time that the Wildcats have gone undefeated in Rupp Arena in two-consecutive seasons. 
–The last time UK went undefeated at home in two-straight seasons was 1951-52 and 1953-54 (no schedule played in 1952-53).
–Kentucky has made at least one three-point shot in 776 consecutive games.

Individual Notes

Brandon Knight led Kentucky with 17 points and three assists.

–Has scored in double figures in 24-consecutive games and 28 of 29 games this season.  It’s the longest streak since Jodie Meeks had 32-straight double-figure games in 2008-09.
–Knight made one three-point shot tonight, his 68th of the season, tying the UK freshman record for three-pointers set by Rex Chapman in 1986-87.

Darius Miller made 5-of-9 shots en route to 12 points. He added two steals.

Josh Harrellson had eight points on 4-of-6 shooting.  He added nine points and four blocked shots.

–Harrellson was honored before the game during Senior Night activities as the lone senior on the 2010-11 squad.  Following tradition, Harrellson was presented with a framed jersey and “My Old Kentucky Home” was sung.

Terrence Jones had 15 points and nine rebounds.