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FROM UK MEDIA RELATIONS:

Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes

Kentucky at Tennessee

February 27, 2010

Thompson-Boling Arena – Knoxville, Tenn.

 

-- Kentucky falls to 27-2, 12-2 SEC on the season. Tennessee improves to  21-7, 9-5.


Quote of Note

John Calipari

"When you have Patrick (Patterson) playing the way he's playing, it takes the heat off everybody else."

- John Calipari

UK at Tennesee
Feb 27, 2010 · Loss (65-74)

Behind the Numbers

44

(Used this prematurely last game, but it's really true this game!) With a win today, UK would clinch at least a share of the school's 44th SEC title.

Behind the Numbers

44

(Used this prematurely last game, but it's really true this game!) With a win today, UK would clinch at least a share of the school's 44th SEC title.

UK at Tennesee

Pre Game Notes

Stats you need to know for the game from The Dreamweaver:

UK is 143-65 all time vs Tenn

UK has a current 3 game winning streak vs Tenn

UK is 23-9 all time on feb 27th

UK is 174-24 all time as #2 team in AP poll

Crazy stats of the day:
In appreciation of Patrick Patterson this will be a Crazy PPatt edition of Stats of the Day

Patrick currently sits at 19th on the all time scoring leaderboard in UK history, he needs 19 points to move past Johnny Cox for 18th place

Patricks career fg percentage is 59.0% (6th all time in UK history)

Patrick sits in 21st place on the all time rebounding leaderboard in uk history, he needs 8 rebounds to move into 20th place

Career Highs:

Career High Points: 33 - | Tennessee State - 12/22/2008 |
Career High Rebounds: 18 - | Auburn - 1/21/2009 | Rider - 11/21/2009 |
Career High Assists: 6 - | Longwood - 11/24/2008 |
Career High Field Goals: 15 - | Tennessee State - 12/22/2008 |
Career High Field Goal Attempts: 24 - | South Carolina - 2/25/2009 |
Career High Free Throws: 9 - | Vanderbilt - 1/12/2008 | Lamar - 12/3/2008 |
Career High Free Throw Attempts: 13 - | Vanderbilt - 1/12/2008 | South Carolina - 2/25/2009 |
Career High 3 pt Field Goals: 3 - | Vanderbilt - 1/30/2010 |
Career High 3 pt Field Goal Attempts: 4 - | Vanderbilt - 1/30/2010 | Louisiana State - 2/6/2010 |
Career High Steals: 5 - | Texas Southern - 11/24/2007 |
Career High Blocked Shots: 8 - | Georgia - 3/4/2009 |
Career High Minutes: 50 - | Vanderbilt - 1/12/2008 |

Post Game Notes

FROM UK MEDIA RELATIONS:

Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes

Kentucky at Tennessee

February 27, 2010

Thompson-Boling Arena – Knoxville, Tenn.

 

-- Kentucky falls to 27-2, 12-2 SEC on the season. Tennessee improves to  21-7, 9-5.

-- UK is 143-66 against the Volunteers and 51-47 against UT in Knoxville.
-- Kentucky will be in action again Wednesday in its final true road game of the season at Georgia. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. with the game being televised on the SEC Network.

Team game notes
-- The Wildcats used the starting combination of Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, Darius Miller, Patrick Patterson and John Wall for the 21st time this season. Kentucky is 19-1 with that starting five.

-- DeAndre Liggins was the first sub off the bench for Kentucky. It was Liggins’ eighth time this season to be the first Wildcat off the bench.

-- Kentucky extended its streak of game with a three-pointer to 740 games, the third longest streak in the country.
-- The Wildcats were held scoreless for over four minutes from the 16:47 mark to 11:22 mark in the first half.
-- Kentucky trailed (40-29) at the half for only the second time in league play this season. The 11-point deficit was UK’s largest halftime deficit this season.
-- UK shot a season low 24.1 percent (7-for-29) in the first half.
-- Kentucky trailed by 19 (54-35) at the 14:05 mark, its largest deficit of the season. The Wildcats then outscored the Vols 30-11 to tie the game at 65-65 at the 2:09 mark.
-- The Wildcats shot 9.1 percent (2-of-22) from three-point range, its lowest of the season and lowest since shooting 8.7 percent (2-of-23) against Miami in the 2009 season.
-- UK shot 77.8 percent from the free throw line (21-of-27), its highest percentage from the line since shooting 89.5 percent (17-of-19) against Drexel.
-- The Wildcats were outscored in the paint (42-36) for only the third time this season.


Individual game notes

#1 Darius Miller
-- Has hit a three-pointer in four straight games.

#11 John Wall
-- Finished with 19 points, six assists and five rebounds.
-- Moved to second on UK’s all-time freshman scoring list with 469 points.
-- Went 7-of-8 from the free throw line and is averaging 6.5 made free throws in last six games.

#15 DeMarcus Cousins
-- Broke the UK all-time freshman scoring record with 470 points.
-- Moved to second on UK’s freshman free throw list with 135.
-- Recorded his 18th double-double of the season.
-- Pulled down double-digit rebounds for the 19th time this season.

#24 Eric Bledsoe
-- Finished with five rebounds, the most since pulling down five boards at LSU.

#54 Patrick Patterson
-- Moved to within nine points of 18th on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,452 points.
-- Scored in double-digits for the fifth straight game and has done so in eight of the last nine games.


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