Kentucky held West Virginia to 18 points in the first half, the 17th half this season UK has held its opponent to less than 20 points.
Kentucky held West Virginia to 18 points in the first half plus boxscore and other game notes
Kentucky overwhelms West Virginia 78-39 in NCAA Sweet 16
Trey Lyles scored 14 points, Andrew Harrison added 13 and the unbeaten Wildcats, chasing history and a ninth national title, rolled into the Elite Eight.
Losses provided lessons that are now coming into play
It was the kind of game UK might not have won in January, that gritty, comeback win against West Virginia. Not when they didn’t value the importance of every possession, no matter the stage of the game. “We let certain balls get away,” Brandon Knight said of the team’s play earlier in the season. “I…
The mark of toughness
Sewn through Josh Harrellson‘s sweaty brow with blood still oozing from the seams, four stitches above Harrellson’s left eye symbolized the full-out war the senior forward has just been through. Harrellson scored 15 points and recorded eight rebounds, and freshman guard Brandon Knight scored a career-high 30 points to lead the Kentucky men’s basketball team…
Deandre Liggins’ intensity inspired his teammates
In the first half of Saturday’s East Region third-round game between No. 4 seed Kentucky and No. 5 seed West Virginia, Mountaineers guard Joe Mazzulla was lighting up the Wildcats, just like he did in the Elite Eight a year ago. Mazzulla, who scored a career-high 17 points in the Mountaineers’ 73-66 upset of UK…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. West Virginia
Go here for boxscore. — Kentucky moves to 27-8 on the season. West Virginia finishes its season at 21-12. –The Wildcats are 14-5 all-time against West Virginia and 1-1 against the Mountaineers in the NCAA Tournament. — UK moves to 103-45 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 6-1 in NCAA Tournament games held in the…
Brandon Knight scores 30, Kentucky beats West Virginia 71-63
Freshman Brandon Knight scored a career-high 30 points and Josh Harrellson delivered eight of his 15 during a pivotal stretch of the second half, helping fourth-seeded Kentucky beat No. 5 seed West Virginia 71-63 in the NCAA tournament Saturday. Knight made six free throws in the final minute as the Wildcats (27-8) pulled away to…
Despite the loss, Kentucky is back
Kentucky basketball seemed to be back to its royal status as soon as John Calipari was hired a year ago. The rock star stature of its coach within the Commonwealth and the Wildcat diaspora spread throughout the world believed that the program had returned to its rightful place among the elite as soon as the…
Cats won’t be remembered for falling short
Standing on the precipice of greatness, perspective is easy to lose. So when the Cats stunningly fell just short of the Final Four, they fell hard. A team whose 13 players had combined to play in six NCAA Tournament games before this year’s go-around often struggled to find the right reaction this year but before,…
Cold shooting ices Cats, fall to West Virginia 73-66 in Elite 8
Joe Mazzulla scored a career-high 17 points in his first start of the season to help West Virginia beat top-seeded Kentucky 73-66 in the East Regional final Saturday to advance to its first Final Four since 1959. Da’Sean Butler scored 18 points for the second-seeded Mountaineers (31-6), who won their 10th straight game. Mazzulla started…