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March 6, 2021: South Carolina

Official Box Score

South Carolina vs Kentucky
March 06, 2021 at Rupp Arena (Cawood Court) – Lexington
 
South Carolina 64
 
No. Player S Pts FG 3FG FT OR DR TR PF A TO Blk Stl Min +/-
00 LAWSON, AJ G 6 2-10 0-5 2-2 1 3 4 1 0 3 0 1 31 -31
01 MOSS, TJ G 4 1-11 1-4 1-2 0 2 2 2 4 4 0 2 28 -18
10 MINAYA, JUSTIN F 6 3-5 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 26 -32
24 BRYANT, KEYSHAWN F 16 6-12 1-3 3-7 0 5 5 4 2 2 0 0 30 -22
50 MINOTT, TRE-VAUGHN C 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 -8
02 ANDERSON, TREY F 5 2-2 0-0 1-1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 3
04 MCCREARY, JALYN F 14 6-9 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 14 -5
12 HANNIBAL, TRAE G 1 0-8 0-1 1-2 3 3 6 2 6 4 0 1 30 -15
13 GREEN, MIKE G 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
14 NELSON, NATHAN F 2 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
15 LEVEQUE, WILDENS F 8 4-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 13 -18
21 BENSON, JA’VON F 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
23 WOODS, SEVENTH G 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 2
  TEAM           3 3 6 0   1        
  TOTALS   64 26-68 2-17 10-17 12 24 36 16 14 18 4 5 200  
Shooting By Period
Period FG FG% 3FG 3FG% FT FT%
1st Half 12-29 41% 0-5 00% 4-6 67%
2nd Half 14-39 36% 2-12 17% 6-11 55%
Game 26-68 38.2% 2-17 11.8% 10-17 58.8%

 

Deadball Rebounds: 4,0
Last FG: 2nd-01:10
Biggest Run: 6-0
Largest lead: By 2 at 1st-09:12
Technical Fouls: None.

 

Kentucky 92
 
No. Player S Pts FG 3FG FT OR DR TR PF A TO Blk Stl Min +/-
00 TOPPIN, JACOB F 2 1-4 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 23 20
03 BOSTON JR., BRANDON G 21 7-13 6-10 1-3 0 4 4 0 3 2 0 1 32 27
10 MINTZ, DAVION G 20 7-13 6-11 0-0 1 4 5 0 7 2 0 0 28 33
23 JACKSON, ISAIAH F 13 5-8 0-0 3-4 4 6 10 2 1 3 1 2 26 20
30 SARR, OLIVIER F 15 6-10 1-1 2-2 3 0 3 3 1 4 1 0 21 21
02 ASKEW, DEVIN G 6 1-3 0-0 4-4 0 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 19 11
11 ALLEN, DONTAIE G 2 0-4 0-4 2-2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 10 0
12 BROOKS JR., KEION F 7 3-6 0-0 1-1 2 6 8 3 0 0 0 0 14 19
13 WELCH, RILEY G 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 -2
14 CANADA, BRENNAN F 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
20 PAYNE, ZAN F 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 -3
21 FLETCHER, CAM’RON F 2 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 6 -1
25 WATKINS, KAREEM G 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -2
55 WARE, LANCE F 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 11 -3
  TEAM           0 2 2 0   0        
  TOTALS   92 33-67 13-27 13-18 13 33 46 17 17 17 5 7 200  
Shooting By Period
Period FG FG% 3FG 3FG% FT FT%
1st Half 13-33 39% 5-14 36% 5-6 83%
2nd Half 20-34 59% 8-13 62% 8-12 67%
Game 33-67 49.3% 13-27 48.1% 13-18 72.2%

 

Deadball Rebounds: 2,0
Last FG: 2nd-00:56
Biggest Run: 10-0
Largest lead: By 33 at 2nd-03:06
Technical Fouls: None.

 

Game Notes:
Officials: Don Daily, K.B. Burdett Jr., Owen Shortt
Attendance: 3075Start Time: 12:01 PM ET
End Time: 02:06 PM ET
Game Duration: 2:04
Conference Game;

Score 1st 2nd TOT
USC 28 36 64
UKY 36 56 92

 

USC led for 1:48.
UKY led for 36:21.
Game was tied for 1:51.
Times tied: 5 Lead Changes: 3
Points USC UKY
In the Paint 32 26
Off Turns 11 15
2nd Chance 13 18
Fast Break 6 5
Bench 30 21
Per Poss 0.790
32/81		 1.211
40/76

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..

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

March 27, 1885

Arthur Donan