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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Alabama

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  • Kentucky falls to 12-6, and 3-2 in league competition, while improves to 12-6 and 4-1 in Southeastern Conference action.
  • UK still leads the series by a 102-37 margin and 28-23 when games are played in Tuscaloosa. UK has won 11 of the last 14 meetings including seven of the last nine.
  • The game featured the Southeastern Conference’s two winningest programs. UK has garnered 903 wins in league competition with Alabama now increasing its total to 734.
  • Kentucky returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 26 when UK welcomes LSU to Rupp Arena. The game is set for a 4 p.m. ET tip and will air live on the SEC Network.

Team Game Notes

  • UK used the starting combination of , , , and for the fourth time this season. That starting combination falls for the first time this season and now is 3-1 when starting that lineup.
  • Nerlens Noel opened the scoring for UK for the fourth time this season and second-consecutive outing.
  • was the first sub off the bench for the Blue and White. He’s been the first sub for UK on a team-leading five occasions this season.
  • Julius Mays connected on Kentucky’s first 3-point attempt of the game at the 7:24-minute mark of the first half to extend UK’s 3-point streak to 845 consecutive games which is a standard that ranks as the third longest such streak in the nation.
  • The Wildcats carried a 33-24 lead into the locker room at half time. Tonight’s loss is the first of the season when leading at the break. UK is 12-1 in such situations.
  •  The last time UK led by nine-or-more at half and lost was Dec. 15, 2007 vs. UAB at Freedom Hall. Led 40-28 at half and lost 79-76.
  • The Blue and White led the rebounding battle by a 43-32 margin. The Wildcats fall to 10-3 when winning the battle of the boards.
  • The Wildcats dropped to 71-2 under when holding opponents to 63 or fewer points with the only other loss coming against Connecticut in the 2011 Final Four.

Individual Player Notes

#3 Nerlens Noel

  • Has blocked three or more opponent attempts in six-straight games, and six or more in four-straight.
  • Registered at least six rebounds in every game this season and with 13 boards tonight has reached double-figures in that category on six occasions this season.

#5

  • Scored in consecutive games for the first time since having consecutive-scoring outings over a four-game stretch beginning vs. Lafayette and ending at Notre Dame.

#10 Archie Goodwin

  • Pulled down six or more rebounds in consecutive games.

#33 Kyle Wiltjer

  • Reached double-figures with 12 points and has now hit 10 or more points in three-straight games.

#34 Julius Mays

  • Connected on a quartet of 3-pointers for the game and has now hit two or more in four-straight games.
  • Scored 12 points and reached double-figures for the first time this season in SEC action.