Go here for boxscore. –With the win, Kentucky improves to 10-4 on the season and 1-0 in Southeastern Conference action. Vanderbilt falls to 6-6 and 0-1 in league play. –UK now leads the all-time series with Vanderbilt 137-45. –Kentucky is the all-time NCAA leader in wins and pushes its all-time win total to 2,100 with…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt
Kentucky fends off late Vanderbilt charge to win 60-58
Kyle Wiltjer’s jumper with 1:57 left put Kentucky ahead to stay, and the Wildcats kicked off their Southeastern Conference schedule Thursday night by holding off Vanderbilt 60-58 after blowing a 16-point lead. The Wildcats (10-4) also seemed to get a bit of help from officials in the final seconds. Nerlen Noel hit a jumper with…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Eastern Michigan
Go here for boxscore. Playing its final regular-season non-conference game, Kentucky is 9-4 on the season. Eastern Michigan is 7-6. This was the first men’s basketball meeting between Kentucky and Eastern Michigan. UK is now 46-6 all-time against teams from the current alignment of the Mid-American Conference. Kentucky has an open date Saturday, then begins…
Ryan Harrow leads Kentucky past Eastern Michigan, 90-38
Point guard Ryan Harrow finished with 15 points and a season-high eight assists, and Kentucky rolled Eastern Michigan for a 90-38 win Wednesday night in the Wildcats’ final nonconference game of the season. Harrow scored in double figures for his fourth straight game after tallying a total of 14 points in his first five of the season.…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Louisville
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky falls to 8-4 while Louisville improves to 12-1. The Wildcats are 30-15 all-time against Louisville and 11-8 against the Cardinals in Louisville. Entering the game UK had won four-straight against Louisville and seven of the last nine. Today’s loss to Louisville is the first in the John Calipari era. Calipari…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Marshall
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky won its fourth-straight game and is 8-3 on the season and Marshall is 7-6. Kentucky leads the series 12-0, including 8-0 in Lexington. UK is now 68-13 all-time against teams from the current alignment of Conference USA. After the Christmas break, the Wildcats wrap up 2012 action Saturday at Louisville…
Kentucky rolls over Marshall in 2012 home finale
Ryan Harrow scored a career-high 23 points and Kentucky used a 21-5 second-half run to pull away for an 82-54 victory over Marshall on Saturday. Archie Goodwin added 18 points and Nerlens Noel 11 as the Wildcats (8-3) won their fourth straight before a season-high 24,271 at Rupp Arena. Kentucky also improved to 12-0 against Marshall. Kentucky’s final tune-up…
Off the bench and out of a slump, Wiltjer scores 23 in Kentucky rout
John Calipari had a premonition this morning on his drive into Rupp Arena. He had been talking about starting a different lineup for some time, but something about that car ride Saturday morning made him finally pull the trigger. Kyle Wiltjer was out, Ryan Harrow was in. The move worked brilliantly Saturday as both flourished…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Lipscomb
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky is 7-3 on the season and Lipscomb is 4-5. Kentucky leads the series 2-0, with both games in Lexington. UK is now 10-3 all-time against teams from the current alignment of the Atlantic Sun Conference. UK concludes its five-game homestand Saturday against Marshall. The game will be at 4:00 and…
Wiltjer’s shooting helps lead Kentucky to easy win
Kyle Wiltjer had his first career double-double, finishing with 23 points and 12 rebounds in Kentucky’s 88-50 win Saturday over Lipscomb. Wiltjer came off the bench for the first time this season – point guard Ryan Harrow took his spot in the starting five – but logged 24 minutes and was the key to Kentucky’s offense. He finished 8…