Darius Miller hit five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points, and No. 1 Kentucky beat Georgia 79-49 on Thursday night to extend the nation’s longest home winning streak to 52 games and push its overall run to 21 in a row. Kentucky (29-1, 15-0 Southeastern Conference) made an emphatic statement in its final game at…
Kentucky rolls over Georgia, 79-49
Even at 20-1, Calipari pushing Kentucky to be ‘special’
No one moved to Nemanja Djurisic after the Georgia freshman set a screen and then moved to an open spot on the three-point line. After Djurisic swished a three-pointer, Kentucky Coach John Calipari raised both hands, then opened and closed the fingers to signal his players should have talked with each other to make sure…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Georgia
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Georgia
Top-ranked Kentucky too much for Georgia
For just the fourth time in the 48-year history of Stegeman Coliseum, a No. 1 ranked men’s basketball team strutted its stuff in the old but recently renovated arena on Tuesday night. Kentucky looked the part for much of the game in rolling to a 57-44 victory over Georgia. The Bulldogs hung around for the…
Darius Miller leads Kentucky over Georgia, 57-44
Darius Miller came off the bench to score 19 points and Kentucky cruised in its first game since returning to No. 1 in the rankings, beating Georgia 57-44 on Tuesday night. Miller, who had started eight of the previous nine games for the Wildcats (20-1, 6-0 Southeastern Conference), returned to the sixth-man role he had…
Video: On this date in Kentucky basketball history, John Wall did this…
Video: On this date in Kentucky basketball history, John Wall did this…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Georgia
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Georgia
Cats Hold Off Georgia for 66-60 Win
Doron Lamb scored 19 points, including a pair of crucial baskets to halt a late Georgia rally, and No. 14 Kentucky held off the Bulldogs 66-60 on Saturday. The Wildcats (16-4, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) avenged a loss at Georgia three weeks ago by clamping down on the cold-shooting Bulldogs (14-6, 3-4) down the stretch. Darius Miller added 14…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Georgia
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Georgia
Kentucky basketball’s first All-American was born on this day
From “The Season Never Ends 2010 Calendar: “Happy birthday, Basil Hayden. Of the 39 Kentucky Wildcat players who have been named All-Americans, Basil Hayden was the first. Hayden captained the ’20-21 squad that won, for all intents and purposes, Kentucky’s first “national” championship. That Kentucky team Georgia 20-19 to win the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Championships. …