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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Arkansas

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  • Kentucky falls to 20-9 overall on the season and 11-5 in Southeastern Conference action. improves to 18-11 and 9-7 in league competition.
  • still leads the series 25-9, but with the Razorbacks' win today the series is tied 6-6 when the teams meet in Fayetteville.
  • Kentucky remains on the road for a date at Georgia on Thursday, March 7. The game will air live on ESPN and tip at 7 p.m. ET.

Team Game Notes

  • Kentucky used the starting combination of  and Alex Poythress for the fourth-straight game. That combination falls for the first time this season and falls to 3-1.
  •  was the first sub off the bench for the Blue and White. He has been the first substation a team-leading 15 times.
  • -Wiltjer connected on Kentucky's first made 3-point attempt. The basket extended UK's 3-point streak to 856 consecutive games which is a standard that ranks as the third longest such streak in the nation.
  • Kentucky trailed 32-29 at the half. UK is 2-8 on the season when behind at the break.
  • The Wildcats lost the turnover battle 19-to-7, which resulted in 30 points off turnovers for the home team.

Individual Player Notes

#4 

  • Pulled down a career-high tying four rebounds.

#5 

  • Tied a career-high with a four made free throws.
  • Scored three or more points in five of his last six games with six points in today's game.

#10 Archie Goodwin

  • Has scored in double-figures in 21 games this season with a team-high 14 in today's game.

#12 Ryan Harrow

  • Reached double-figure scoring for the fourth-consecutive game and the 16th time in his last 19 games with 10 points today.

#15 Willie Cauley-Stein

  • Posted his third career double-double and first in play with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
  • Drew his second charge of the season early in the first half.
  • Has two or more blocks in five-straight outings.
  • Notched double-figure scoring for the sixth time in his last eight games.

#22 Alex Poythress

  • Has connected on at least one 3-point attempt in three-consecutive games.

#34 Julius Mays

  • Continued his streak of games with a made 3-pointer to 18 games.

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 27, 1951, UK wins its third NCAA title, defeating Kansas State, 68-58, in the finals in Minneapolis.

 

On March 27, 1978, Jack “Goose” Givens scores 41 points as UK wins its fifth NCAA Championship, 94-88, over Duke in St. Louis.  Givens scored the last 16 points of the first half for Kentucky, bringing his first-half total up to 23 points. Givens poured in another 18 points in the second half.  Givens' helped lead the Wildcats to their first title in over 20 years.  More than 10,000 fans greet the team at Blue Grass Airport and 15,000 more celebrate at Memorial Coliseum

 

On March 27, 1993, Kentucky beat Florida State to advance to the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans. The victory completed a string of four games in which the Wildcats blitzed their Southeast Region opponents by an average of 31.0 points - the largest margin of victory by a team through four games en route to the Final Four.

 

On March 27, 2009, Billy Gillispie is fired as the Kentucky head basketball coach.

 

On March 27, 2011, freshman Brandon Knight scored 22 points and fourth-seeded Kentucky advanced to the Final Four for the first time since the 1998 title with a 76-69 win over second-seeded North Carolina in the East Regional final of the NCAA Tournament.  The last minute of the game became the DeAndre Liggins show, as he blocked a shot on defense, hit a game-winning three-pointer on offense, then blocked another shot on defense to seal the victory. He finished with 12 points..

 

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