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Andrew Harrison helps direct team effort in Vanderbilt win

Kentucky at least looked united much of the afternoon at Vandy. It might fall on Andrew Harrison to keep the Cats that way.

Andrew Harrison - photo by Bo Morris | Kentucky Sports Review

Andrew Harrison – photo by Bo Morris | Kentucky Sports Review

There were no eye-popping statistics, few individual performances of note. Nothing and no one was singularly spectacular in No. 14 Kentucky’s 71-62 win Saturday at Vanderbilt.

Maybe that’s not exciting. But maybe it’s OK.

“I think we played really good as a team, and that’s been one of the biggest things this year,” said sophomore [db]Willie Cauley-Stein[/db], who led UK with 15 points. “The word is we’re not a good team and we’ve got selfish guys, but the last couple days in practice we’ve been getting closer, basketball-wise, as a team.”

For much of this season, the Wildcats (12-3, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) have looked more like a collection of talent than a collective with a common cause. And though UK hardly was sharp much of the afternoon at Memorial Gymnasium, it at least looked united.

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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.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On December 9, 1964, Louie Dampier scored 37 points against Iowa State.

 

On December 9, 1978, after forcing overtime, the Cats were down 66-60 with 31 seconds to go. Back-to-back baskets by freshman Dwight Anderson cut the lead to two before he stole the inbounds pass and fed Kyle Macy for the tying jumper. Macy completed the comeback by adding a technical free throw when Kansas called a timeout it didn't have.

 

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