Freshman Anthony Davis scored a career-high 28 points on 10-of-11 shooting, and No. 1 Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 83-74 on Saturday to win the Southeastern Conference regular season title for the 45th time. The Wildcats (28-1, 14-0) have won 51 straight at home and are on a 20-game winning streak overall. But Kentucky trailed at halftime and needed…
Anthony Davis leads Cats as Kentucky clinches 45th SEC title outright
Darius Miller fuels Kentucky comeback win
The No. 1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats finished the game on a 20-4 run to come back from a seven-point deficit in the final six minutes to defeat the Mississippi State Bulldogs 73-64 Tuesday night in Starkville, Miss. The Bulldogs started off hot, streaking out to a 12-2 lead over the Cats in the first five…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Mississippi State
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Mississippi State
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…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Ole Miss
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Ole Miss
Cats use balanced attack to down Ole Miss
As motivation to keep the Rupp Arena crowd rowdy, Kentucky coach John Calipari has said when the Wildcats lose home games, he won’t stick around to sign autographs. Three years into his tenure, he’s still signed after every home game. Terrence Jones had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 1 Kentucky to a 77-62 victory…
Cats withstand Memorial Magic in road win
John Calipari probably said more, but he only needed three words to get his pregame point across as No. 1 Kentucky prepared to take on Vanderbilt Saturday night. He scribbled them across the board in the UK locker room at Memorial Gym. “Love The Road,” he wrote. The Wildcats got the message. Kentucky blew a double-digit…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Cats rally late, win 69-63 at Vanderbilt
Doron Lamb hit a 3-pointer with 3:18 left to put No. 1 Kentucky ahead to stay, and the Wildcats took a big step toward a Southeastern Conference regular-season title by beating Vanderbilt 69-63 Saturday night for their 17th straight win. Kentucky (25-1, 11-0) disrupted Vanderbilt with aggressive defense in the first half, and the Wildcats…
Former Cat Jim Master remembers Memorial
“I thought it was a great place to play and I even tell some of my buddies that it was one of my favorite places to play to shoot in.” So says one of UK‘s all-time best sharpshooters of Vanderbilt‘s Memorial Gymnasium, Jim Master. “It is a great shooting gym with the way it is…