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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Tennessee

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Tennessee

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is 22-1 overall, 8-0 in the Southeastern Conference
o    The Wildcats have won 14 in a row.
o     is off to its best start in play since the 2005 team won its first 10 league games.
•     is 10-12 overall, 2-5 in league play.
•    Kentucky leads the series 148-66 and has won five in a row against the Volunteers.
•    Kentucky goes on the road Saturday at South Carolina.  Game time is 6 p.m. and the game will be televised on the SEC Network.
 
First-Half Facts
 
•    Kentucky started with the lineup of , , and for the fourth-straight game.  UK is 13-1 when starting this lineup.
•    Kentucky scored on its first three possessions and led 6-0 before Tennessee got on the board at the 17:09 mark.
•    Kentucky entered the bonus (Tennessee seventh foul) at 13:21 on the clock.
•    Kentucky made its first eight field goals and first four foul shots in building a 20-5 lead before Teague's missed free throw at 12:58.
•    Kentucky extended its field goal streak to 11 in a row and did not miss a field goal attempt until 8:53 remained.
•    Kentucky went into halftime with a 38-25 lead.
 
Second-Half Story
 
•    Kentucky scored the first five points of the second half and led by at least 15 points the rest of the way.
 
Team Notes
 
•    UK has held the last three opponents to 50 or fewer points (Georgia 44, LSU 50, Tennessee 44), the first time that has happened in three-consecutive games since the 1950-51 season.
•    UK limited Tennessee to 28.1 percent from the field (16 of 57), Tennessee's lowest percentage of the season.
o    Third time this season UK has held an opponent under 30 percent.
•    UK limited Tennessee to 44 points, the Volunteers' fewest of the season.
•    UK is 67-1 under Coach when holding the opponent to 67 points or fewer.
•    UK is 20-0 under Calipari when holding the opponent to 55 points or fewer.
•    UK has an all-time record of 159-25 while being ranked No. 1 (AP) in the country, including 5-1 this season.
o    UK is 65-2 at home while being ranked No. 1.
o    John Calipari is 47-7 while coaching the top-ranked team in the country, including 5-2 at Kentucky.
•    The Wildcats extended their home winning streak to 48 games, the longest active streak in the nation. The run includes the 2009 NIT game at Memorial Coliseum and the last 47 games at Rupp Arena.
•    UK is a perfect 47-0 under Calipari at Rupp Arena, the longest win streak in venue history.
•    UK owns a 473-60 all-time record in Rupp Arena.
•    Since the 2000 season, Calipari-coached teams have posted a 202-19 record at home.
•    In its 109th season of basketball, Kentucky is the NCAA's all-time wins leader with 2,074 wins.
 
Individual Notes
 
•    Anthony Davis led all players with 18 points, eight rebounds and seven blocked shots
o    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.
 
•    Michael Kidd-Gilchrist tallied 16 points and tied Davis for rebounding honors with eight.

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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