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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Tennessee

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  • falls to 17-8 overall and 8-4 in Southeastern Conference action. improves to 14-10 and 6-6 in league play.
  • Despite the loss, Kentucky still leads the series 149-67. Prior to today's defeat, UK had won six-straight in the series and now owns wins in 20 of the last 25 meetings.
  • Kentucky is 4-4 all-time as the Associated Press' No. 25 ranked team.
  • Kentucky returns to action on Wednesday, Feb. 20 for the first of three-straight at home. UK welcomes Vanderbilt to Rupp Arena for an 8 p.m. ET tip to air on the Network.

Team Game Notes

  • Kentucky used the starting combination of , , , and for the first time this season. That lineup is 0-1 on the year.
  • was the first sub off the bench for the Blue and White. This marked the third time this season he's been the first substitution for the Cats.
  • Mays connected on Kentucky's first 3-point attempt on UK's first made field goal of the first half. The basket extended UK's 3-point streak to 852 consecutive games which is a standard that ranks as the third longest such streak in the nation.
  • Kentucky trailed 50-26 at the half. The 24-point deficit was the largest of the season for UK. The Wildcats are now 1-6 when trailing at the break.
  • UK had three players (Poythress, Cauley-Stein and Harrow) foul out. It marked the first time three players fouled out for Kentucky since Jan. 8, 2011 at Georgia.

Individual Player Notes

#4

  • The junior played a season-high 15 minutes; he had previously played 11 minutes against Lafayette on Nov. 16, 2012.
  • Pulled down a team-high three offensive rebounds.
  • Scored four points which is the most in SEC play this season for Hood.

#5 Jarrod Polson

  • The junior made his first career start.
  • Scored a career-high 11 points, topping his previous high of 10 vs. Maryland in the season opener.
  • Scored four or more points in consecutive games for the first time in his career.
  • Has sunk a 3-pointer in a career-long three-game stretch.
  • Connected on a career-high four-of-four free throw attempts. Both the makes and the attempts were career-best marks.

#15 Willie Cauley-Stein

  • Had two blocks, marking the first multi-block game for the 7-0 forward since swatting two shots against South Carolina.

#22 Alex Poythress

  • Drew his first two career charges running the team total to 10 for the season.

#33 Kyle Wiltjer

  • Scored 18 points and has now reached double-figure scoring in 14 games this season and 19 times in his career.

#34 Julius Mays

  • Connected on his first two 3-point attempts of the first half and has now drilled multiple shots from long range in 10 of his last 11 games.
  • Scored 12 points and has reached double-figure scoring in five-straight games.

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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