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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. St. Johns

 
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  • 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 .
  • 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  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 .
  • 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  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.
  •  dished out a career-high tying six assists.
  • Marquis Teague pulled down a career-high five rebounds.

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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