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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Missouri

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  • Kentucky is 19-8 overall, 10-4 in the Southeastern Conference.
  • is 19-8 overall, 8-6 in the league
  • Kentucky leads the series 5-0, including 3-0 in games played in Lexington.
  • Kentucky is 2-0 in overtime games this season
  • Kentucky completes its three-game homestand Wednesday as the Wildcats host Mississippi State at 8 p.m. The game will be televised on the Network.

First-Half Facts

  • Kentucky started with the lineup of  and  for the second-straight game
  • After Kentucky got the first basket, Missouri scored seven in a row for a 7-2 lead
  • Ahead 21-15, Missouri got a 7-0 run to go up 28-15, the biggest lead of the half
  • Kentucky responded with a 9-0 run to pull within 28-24
  • Missouri led 35-31 at halftime
    • After rallying for the win, is now 2-7 this season after trailing at halftime

Second-Half Story

  • Goodwin opened the second half with a three-pointer and a breakaway dunk, giving the Wildcats a 36-35 lead
  • Trailing 51-49, UK got a 13-4 spurt to go up 62-55
  • Trailing 73-71, Missouri went ahead with four-straight points, including the tie-breaking layup from Phil Pressey with 57 seconds remaining
  • Cauley-Stein tied it with a layup with 40 seconds remaining
  • Each team missed shots in the closing seconds to send it to overtime tied at 75

Overtime

  • Trailing 79-77, UK went ahead for good with six-straight points for an 83-79 lead
  • UK made 7 of 8 foul shots in the final minute of overtime
  • UK won the extra period 15-8, with Mays scoring eight of the 15 points

Team Notes

  • Kentucky shot 50.8 percent from the field. It’s the second game in a row that the Wildcats topped the 50 percent mark, and UK is 10-0 this season when making at least half their shots.
  • After being outrebounded 27-18 in the first half, UK won the boardwork 23-12 in the second half and overtime. All totaled, UK won the rebounding 41-39.
    • Missouri came into the game leading the SEC in rebounding margin at +10.2

Individual Notes

  • Willie Cauley-Stein had seven points, a career-high-tying 12 rebounds and a career-high seven blocked shots
  • Archie Goodwin had 18 points, all in the second half and overtime.
    • His 19th double-figure scoring game of the season
    • Made a pair of 3-pointers, his first triples since the game on Jan. 12
  • Ryan Harrow had 16 points, a career-high eight rebounds and six assists
    • 16 points for Harrow, the most for him since getting 16 on Jan. 10 at
    • UK is 10-0 this season when Harrow has at least four assists
  • Julius Mays tallied 24 points, most for him during his season at UK
    • Had three points in the first half, 13 in the second half and eight in overtime
    • Has made a three in 16-straight games
    • Has made at least two threes in seven-straight games
    • Had six rebounds and UK is 5-0 when he has six or more rebounds
  • Alex Poythress had 21 points, his sixth 20-point outing of the season, and gathered seven rebounds

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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