Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. St. Johns

 
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• Kentucky is 7-0 and St. John’s is 5-3.
• Kentucky leads the series, 11-5, and is 169-73 all-time against teams from the Big East.
• UK returns to action with a home game Saturday, at Noon against No. 5 North Carolina. The game will be televised on CBS.

 

First Half Notes

 

• Kentucky started with the lineup of Marquis Teague, Doron Lamb, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Terrence Jones andAnthony Davis for the sixth-straight game.
• Despite struggling from the field and hitting just three of its first 14 shot attempts, Kentucky’s defense went to work, forcing 11 turnovers, including five shot clock violations.
• The Cats, as a team, had 10 blocks, including seven from Anthony Davis.
• Trailing 4-5, UK went on a 12-0 run for a 16-5 lead. Four different Wildcats scored during the run and UK never trailed again.
• It was the third time this season Kentucky held an opponent to 20 points or less in the first half.
• Kentucky led 31-20 at halftime.

 

Second Half Notes

 

• Kentucky went on a 7-2 run to start the second half with five straight points from Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
• UK led by at least 15 points the final 12:56 of the game.

 

Team/Game Notes

 

• In its 109th season of basketball, Kentucky is the NCAA’s all-time wins leader with 2,059 wins.
• The Wildcats extended their home winning streak to 38 games, including the 2009 NIT game at Memorial Coliseum and the last 37 games at Rupp Arena.
• UK is a perfect 37-0 under Coach John Calipari at Rupp Arena, the longest win streak in venue history.
• UK owns a 463-60 all-time record in Rupp Arena.
• UK is 54-1 under Calipari when holding an opponent to 67 points or fewer.
• UK has held all seven opponents below 38 percent from the field this season.
• UK owns a 155-24 all-time mark as the top-ranked team (AP) in the country, including a 63-2 mark at home.
• Coach Calipari is 43-6 as the top-ranked coach in the country.
• Terrance Jones hit the first 3-pointer of the game for UK to extend the Wildcats’ made 3-point streak to 794 consecutive games. That streak is the third-longest in the nation.
• Jones has made a 3-pointer in every game he’s attempted one this season.
• Since the 2000 season, Calipari-coached teams have posted a 191-19 record at home.
• The Wildcats set a new school record for blocks in a single game with 18. The previous record was 17 vs. Morehead State on Nov. 20, 1997.
• Kentucky’s size also helped control points in the paint, 40-22.
• UK forced St. John’s into six shot clock violations, five in the first half. The Cats totaled 10 shot clock violations all of last season.
• Tonight’s attendance was 24,119, the second-highest of the season.

 

Individual Notes

 

• Terrence Jones led the Wildcats with a season-high 26 points.
• After scoring a career-low six points vs. Old Dominion, Jones has scored 17, 16 and 26 in his last three games.
• Most points in a game since he scored a career-high 35 vs. Auburn on Jan. 11, 2011.
• First 20-point performance since scoring 25 vs. Vanderbilt on Feb. 12, 2011
• Charted a career-high tying four blocks and four steals
• Notched career highs in free-throws made (11) and attempted (16)

• Anthony Davis had 15 points and a career-high 15 rebounds for his third double-double of the season and second consecutive.
• First player to record consecutive double-doubles since Terrence Jones vs. South Carolina on Feb. 19, 2011 (17 points/10 rebounds) and Mississippi State on Feb. 15, 2011 (17 points, 10 rebounds)
• His 15 rebounds is the 10th most by a freshmen (tied with several others)
• Swatted a career-high eight blocks, including five in the first half
• Doron Lamb scored 16 points, his fifth double-figure scoring output of the season.
• Darius Miller dished out a career-high tying six assists.
• Marquis Teague pulled down a career-high five rebounds.