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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Transylvania

 
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Team Records and Series Info 

  • This was the first exhibition game for both teams.
  • The all-time series in official games is tied 7-7 as the teams played from 1903-11.  It has been 100 years since the teams played the last countable contest on March 3, 1911.
  • returns to action with its second exhibition game Monday at 7 p.m. against Morehouse.  The game will be televised on Fox Sports South and the IMG Sports Network.
  • 's next game will be its regular-season opener Nov. 15 at home against Spalding.

First-Half Facts

  • Kentucky used the lineup of  and .
  • Transylvania's Barrett Meyer scored the first five points of the game and the Pioneers blazed to their biggest lead at 11-4 with 16:40 on the clock.
  • The Wildcats went on a 13-0 spurt for a 17-11 advantage.
  • Transylvania made its own rally with an 8-0 run and went ahead 19-17.
  • UK took the lead for good, 20-19, on a Doron Lamb three-pointer at the 10:38 mark.
  • Ahead 22-21, UK had a 13-0 run for a 35-21 advantage.  Transylvania was held scoreless for almost nine minutes, from 9:28 until 34 seconds remained.
  • UK took a 37-23 lead into the locker room.

Second-Half Story

  • Kentucky pulled away steadily in the second half en route to the 97-53 win.

Team Notes

  • Kentucky has an all-time record of 46-4 in exhibition games and has won the last 17 in a row.
  • Tonight's game didn't count, of course, but Kentucky will enter the season with a 34-game home winning streak, including 33-0 in Rupp Arena under Coach .
  • Kentucky's balanced attack featured five players in double-figure scoring.  As a reference, that occurred in seven games last season.

Individual Notes

  • Terrence Jones led all players with 22 points and 12 rebounds.
  • Marquis Teague had 14 points and a game-high nine assists.
  • Doron Lamb and  tallied 19 points each.
  • Anthony Davis blocked eight shots.

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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