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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs Arkansas

Trailing 50-43, Kentucky went on a 14-2 run. Arkansas rallied back to tie the game at 60 on a pair of foul shots by Rashad Madden with 29 seconds remaining.

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  • Kentucky is 21-7 overall, 11-4 in the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas is 19-9 overall, 8-7 in league play.
  • Kentucky leads the series 25-11, including 12-3 in Lexington. Arkansas won the earlier meeting this season, an 87-85 decision in Fayetteville.
  • Kentucky has a quick turnaround, playing Saturday at South Carolina. Game time is 6 p.m. and it will be televised by ESPN.

First-Half Facts

  • Kentucky started Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, James Young, Julius Randle and Dakari Johnson for the eighth-consecutive game. It’s the 12th time this season UK has opened with an all-freshman lineup and UK is 10-2 in those games.
  • Arkansas scored on its first three possessions in building a 7-2 lead.
  • Kentucky came back with a 9-0 run to go ahead 11-7.
  • Trailing 13-11, Arkansas went on a 15-2 run for a 26-15 Razorback advantage.
  • The Hogs led by as many as 12 on two occasions and went to halftime up 37-30.

Second-Half Story

  • Trailing 50-43, UK went on a 14-2 run. The 57-52 lead was UK’s largest of the game.
  • Arkansas rallied back to tie the back at 60 on a pair of foul shots by Rashad Madden with 29 seconds remaining.
  • The score remained tied at 60 as Andrew Harrison’s short jumper was blocked by Coty Clarke and Arkansas’ Alandise Harris missed a 3-point heave at the buzzer.

Overtime Observances

  • Clarke got the first score of overtime on a 3-pointer at 3:28 and Arkansas led the rest of the way.

Team Notes

  • The last time Kentucky played back-to-back overtime games was Dec. 9 and 16, 1978 when the Wildcats beat Kansas at home, 67-66, then lost at Indiana, 68-67.
  • The last time Kentucky played two overtime games against the same opponent in the same season was in 2010 when the Wildcats defeated Mississippi State twice, 81-75 at Starkville and 75-74 at the SEC Tournament in Nashville.
  • Willie Cauley-Stein and Julius Randle each had a double-double tonight. The last time two Cats had double-doubles in the same game was against Texas-Arlington on Nov. 19.
  • Kentucky was strong around the basket today.
    • UK won the rebounding 47-38, including a season-high 26 offensive rebounds.
    • UK won points in the paint 42-20 and second-chance points 19-11.

Individual Notes

  • Willie Cauley-Stein totaled 16 points and 13 rebounds, his third double-double of the season and seventh of his career.
    • The 13 rebounds tied his career high set earlier this season vs. Robert Morris.
  • Julius Randle got 14 points and 10 rebounds, his 15th double-double of the season.
  • James Young tallied 11 points, the 10th time in last 11 games he has scored in double figures.
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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.

 

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