Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Tennessee

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•Kentucky improved to 22-8, 10-6 SEC on the season. Tennessee drops to 18-13, 8-8 SEC.
•The Wildcats are 146-66 all-time against the Volunteers and 52-47 against Tennessee in Knoxville.
•UK swept Tennessee in the regular season for the second time in three years.
•UK is 165-51 against SEC East teams since the league split into two divisions in 1992.
•With its 10th win in SEC play, Kentucky has tallied 16 double-digit win seasons in conference play since the league split in two divisions in the 1991-92 season.
•Kentucky will be in action again in the SEC Tournament in Atlanta. The Wildcats are the East No. 2 seed and will play Friday against the winner of South Carolina/Ole Miss. Tip-off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. with the game being televised on the SEC Network.

Team game notes

•The Wildcats used the starting combination of Darius Miller, Terrence Jones, Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb and Josh Harrellson for the fifth-straight game. UK is 4-1 with that starting lineup.
•DeAndre Liggins was the first sub off the bench for Kentucky. It was his fifth time to be the first Wildcat off the bench.
•Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 779 games, the third longest streak in the country.
•The Wildcats trailed 29-22 at the half. UK is 3-6 this year when trailing at halftime and 2-5 in the league.
•Kentucky shot a season low 28.6 pct. in the first from the field while scoring 22 points. It was the lowest first-half output since scoring 22 at Florida in the 2009 season.
•The Wildcats improved to 20-1 when holding their opponent to 69 points or less.
•After hitting just 1-5 from 3-point range in the first half, Kentucky was 6-of-13 in the second half from behind the arc.
•Kentucky shot a season low 35.8 pct. from the field, but the Cats improved to 3-4 when shooting below 40 pct.
•The Wildcats shot 14-of-16 (87.5 pct) from the free throw line in the second half. Terrence Jones was 6-of-8, Brandon Knight 6-of-6 and Darius Miller 2-of-2.

Individual game notes

#1 Darius Miller

•Finished with 15 points, four rebounds and two steals. It was his sixth straight game in double-figures, the longest such streak of his career.
•In his last six games, Miller is averaging 16.5 points.

#3 Terrence Jones

•Recorded his league leading11th double-double this season with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Also added three assists and two blocks.
•Attempted a career-high 15 free throws.
•Moved to third on UK freshman free-throw list with 139, passing Dwight Anderson (131).

#12 Brandon Knight

•Moved to first on UK’s all-time freshman 3-point list, breaking his tie with Rex Chapman (68).
•Scored in double-figures for the 25th straight game, the longest streak in program history among freshmen. The last time a Wildcat scored in double-figures in 25 straight games was Jodie Meeks was in the 2008-09 season.
•Has hit 25 of his last 26 free throws.
•After scoring only two points in the first (at the buzzer), tallied 17 points in the second half.
•Played 40 or more minutes for the fifth time this season.

#20 Doron Lamb

•Connected on multiple 3-pointers for the 20th time this season.
•Fouled out for the second time this season.

#34 DeAndre Liggins

•Drew his seventh charge of the season, tying Brandon Knight for the team lead.
•Fouled out for only the second time this season.
•Finished six points, six rebounds and three assists.

#55 Josh Harrellson

•Grabbed five rebounds and blocked two shots.
•Has six blocks in his last two games and has 16 multiple-block games this season.