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Kentucky falls to Arkansas in overtime

Brandon Knight

Marcus Britt’s layup in the final minute of overtime lifted Arkansas to a 77-76 win over No. 22 Kentucky on Wednesday night. The Razorbacks trailed 76-75 in the extra period, and the Wildcats had possession. However, Jeff Peterson stole an errant Kentucky pass and found Britt at the other end of the court for the game-winning layup. Arkansas (17-9, 6-6 Southeastern Conference) improved to 1-3 in overtime this season and gave coach John Pelphrey his first win in four chances against his alma mater.

Terrence Jones named SEC Freshman of the Week

Terrence Jones

Kentucky’s Terrence Jones was named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 18.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists in wins over Mississippi State and South Carolina. Jones recorded back-to-back double-doubles in helping lead the Cats to a 2-0 record on the week. He has tallied four double-doubles in last six games. Jones tied a career high with five assists against Mississippi State and with five offensive rebounds against South Carolina. His 10 defensive rebounds against Mississippi State was most since pulling down 15 against Notre Dame on Dec. 8.

Darius Miller lives the High Life from beyond the arc, scores career-high 22

Darius Miller

You needed to have a thesaurus on hand during UK’s 90-59 shellacking of South Carolina to find as many synonyms as possible for the word “dominant.” Really, aside from some lulls in the Cats’ play in the second half thanks to the Gamecocks’ press and the inability to replicate a John Wall-like bounce pass for a dunk, the Cats didn’t do much wrong the entire game. One particularly dominant UK player was junior guard Darius Miller…

Deandre Liggins bounces back from sub-par game in bench role

Deandre Liggins

Junior guard DeAndre Liggins was not in UK’s starting lineup for the first time this season; instead freshman guard Doron Lamb started in his place. According to UK head coach John Calipari, the change was simply about trying something new in the hope of finding more success. “It’s like I have done this with just about every guy on the team,” Calipari said.

Kentucky cruises 90-59 over South Carolina

Darius Miller

Darius Miller scored a career-high 22 points and No. 22 Kentucky had little trouble in a 90-59 win over South Carolina on Saturday. Terrence Jones added 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats (19-7, 7-5 SEC), who remain unbeaten at Rupp Arena under John Calipari. Kentucky scored the game’s first 14 points and led by as much as 36 to push its home winning streak to 32, the second-longest in school history.

Kentucky holds off Mississippi State 85-79

Brandon Knight

Brandon Knight scored 24 points, Doron Lamb added 20 in his first start in nearly as month as No. 22 Kentucky held off Mississippi State 85-79 on Tuesday night. The Wildcats (18-7, 6-5 Southeastern Conference) bounced back from another late-game road meltdown against Vanderbilt with some of their finest offensive play of the season. Kentucky shot 56 percent from the floor, including 67 percent in the second half, to improve to 30-0 at Rupp Arena…