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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Arkansas

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Arkansas

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  • is 18-1 overall, 4-0 in the Southeastern Conference, and the Wildcats have won 10 in a row.
  • is 13-5 overall, 2-2 in league play.
  • Kentucky leads the series 25-8 and has won 11 of the last 12.
  • Kentucky returns to action Saturday against Alabama for a home game at noon.  The game will be televised by CBS.

 
First-Half Facts
 

  • Kentucky started with the lineup of , , , Terrence Jones and for the third-straight game.  is 3-0 when starting this lineup.
  • Kentucky tallied the first eight points of the game before Arkansas got on the board with a dunk by Michael Sanchez at the 16:57 mark.
  • UK’s lead reached double figures (13-2) at the 14:13 mark on a three-point play by Davis.
  • UK increased the lead to as many as 20 points at 33-13.
  • UK settled for a 16-point halftime advantage at 37-21.  Davis led the way with 11 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots.

 
Second-Half Story
 

  • Kentucky led by as many as 28 points at 70-42.
  • UK finished with an 86-63 win.

 
Team Notes
 

  • UK shot 57.1 percent from the field.  It is the 10th time this season that the Wildcats made at least half their shots in a game.
  • UK controlled the game around the basket
    • UK won the rebounding 38-26
    • UK won points in the paint 46-30
    • UK blocked 13 shots, the fourth game this season that the Cats have had at least 13 rejections. The Wildcats came into the game leading the nation with 9.2 blocks per game.
  • The Wildcats extended their home winning streak to 46 games, the longest active streak in the nation. The run includes the 2009 NIT game at Memorial Coliseum and the last 45 games at Rupp Arena.
  • UK is a perfect 45-0 under Calipari at Rupp Arena, the longest win streak in venue history.
  • UK owns a 471-60 all-time record in Rupp Arena.
  • Since the 2000 season, Calipari-coached teams have posted a 199-19 record at home.
  • UK is 63-1 under Calipari when the opponent scores 67 or fewer points.
  • In its 109th season of basketball, Kentucky is the NCAA’s all-time wins leader with 2,070 wins.

 
Individual Notes
 

  • Anthony Davis had a career-high 27 points and added 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots
    • Has 89 blocks on the season, breaking the school record of 83 by in 1993-94 and in 1982-83.
    • Davis has blocked at least two shots in every game this season.  He entered the game leading the nation with 4.6 blocks per game.
    • Davis has 10 double-doubles this season, fourth all-time among UK freshmen.
    • Davis has 197 rebounds this season, sixth all-time among UK freshmen.
    • Davis has scored double figures in eight-straight games.
    • Davis has made 38 of his last 45 foul shots (84.4 percent).

 

  • Terrence Jones notched 13 points, nine rebounds and added a career-best five blocked shots
    • Has scored double figures in five-straight games

 

  • Marquis Teague tallied seven points and a career-high nine assists.

 

  • had 14 points.
    • He attempted 12 shots, most for him since the Samford game on Dec. 20.

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 24, 1947, before a Madison Square Garden record crowd of 18,493, Wat Misaka held Ralph Beard to two points and Utah ended the Wildcats’ bid for back-to-back NIT Championships.

 

On March 24, 1951, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 5 Illinois in the 1951 NCAA Final Four.  After UK standouts Bill Spivey and Cliff Hagan fouled out, Shelby Linville, a 6-foot-5 junior, scored Kentucky’s final six points, including the game-winning basket on a layup with 12 seconds left before 16,425 in the old Madison Square Garden in New York City.

 

On March 24, 2017, in a highly anticipated matchup with UCLA, which beat the Wildcats in the regular season in Rupp Arena, freshman point guard De’Aaron Fox scores an NCAA Tournament freshman record 39 points to propel UK to the Elite Eight.

 

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