Tag: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Florida

Go here for boxscore.   Kentucky improves to 30-1, 16-0 in the Southeastern Conference, while Florida drops to 22-9, 10-6. The Wildcats are 115-25 all-time against Florida and 33-22 against Florida in Gainesville. UK is now 901-251 in SEC regular season action. The Wildcats are riding a 22-game winning streak and have won eight straight…

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Georgia

Go here for boxscore.   Kentucky is 29-1 overall and has won 21 in a row, the longest active streak in Division I. The 21-game win streak is tied for the eighth-longest in school history. UK is 15-0 in Southeastern Conference play. Georgia is 13-16 overall, 4-11 in the SEC. Kentucky leads the series 115-25,…

Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist named Naismith Top 30 Finalists

UK freshmen Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist were named among 30 finalists for the 2012 Naismith Men’s Basketball Player of the Year Award the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Wednesday.   Davis, a 6-foot-10, 222-pound freshman forward from Chicago, Ill., leads the country in blocks (138 and 4.8 per game) and ranks second in field goal percentage…

Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist sweep SEC weekly awards

Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - photo by Pablo Alcala

The debate between Anthony Davis and Kansas’ Thomas Robinson for National Player of the Year honors wages on, but for this week, at least, Davis wins the race.  The Kentucky freshman forward picked up not one but two awards for his monster week, earning National Player of the Week honors from ESPN and league Player of the…

Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt

Go here for boxscore.   Kentucky is 28-1 overall and has won 20 in a row. UK is 14-0 in Southeastern Conference play. Kentucky clinched the outright 2012 SEC championship, the 45th league crown in school history. Vanderbilt is 20-9 overall, 9-5 in the SEC. Kentucky leads the series 136-44, including 76-14 in Lexington. UK…

Kentucky gets over The Hump, tops Mississippi State, 73-64

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 18 points, Anthony Davis added 13 points and 11 rebounds and No. 1 Kentucky rallied to beat Mississippi State 73-64 Tuesday night.  The Wildcats (27-1, 13-0 Southeastern Conference) trailed 41-28 at halftime, but slowly climbed back to take their first lead at 63-62 with 4:11 remaining on a layup by Kidd-Gilchrist. They…

Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist named Freshman of the Year Award Finalists

Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - photo by Pablo Alcala

UK freshmen Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist were named among five finalists for the 2012 Wayman Tisdale Award given to the nation’s top freshman as voted on by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).  Davis, a 6-foot-10, 222-pound freshman forward from Chicago, Ill., leads the country in blocks (127 and 4.9 per game) and…