UK had a productive and focused walk through at Stegeman Coliseum this afternoon and Coach Calipari was please with the way his team prepared for tonight's game.

Senior Ramon Harris hit the traditional end-of-shootaround half court shot.

• Dreamweaver's Stat of the Day

UK is 139-30 all time as #3 team in AP poll

UK is 111-24 all time vs UGA

UK is 17-7 all time on March 3rd

UK has played UGA 9 times in sec tournament history winning all but the most recent meeting in 2008

Crazy stats of the day:

For the next 3 games i will have crazy stats to honor our 3 seniors that we have on our team (Perry Stevenson, Ramon Harris, and Mark Krebs)
Today i will do Ramon Harris crazy stats


Career High Points: 16 - | Virginia Military - 11/14/2008 |
Career High Rebounds: 10 - | Tennessee Tech - 12/22/2007 | Georgia - 3/15/2008 | UNLV - 3/17/2009 |
Career High Assists: 8 - | Creighton - 3/23/2009 |
Career High Field Goals: 6 - | Virginia Military - 11/14/2008 | North Carolina - 11/18/2008 | Florida - 3/7/2009 |
Career High Field Goal Attempts: 10 - | Virginia Military - 11/14/2008 |
Career High Free Throws: 6 - | Georgia - 3/15/2008 | Kansas State - 11/28/2008 |
Career High Free Throw Attempts: 10 - | Georgia - 3/15/2008 |
Career High 3 pt Field Goals: 2 - | Tennessee Tech - 12/22/2007 | Florida - 3/9/2008 | Vanderbilt - 1/10/2009 |
Career High 3 pt Field Goal Attempts: 6 - | Arkansas - 1/23/2010 |
Career High Steals: 5 - | Georgia - 3/4/2009 |
Career High Blocked Shots: 3 - | Georgia - 3/15/2008 |
Career High Minutes: 45 - | Georgia - 3/15/2008 |

Notable stats: he ranked 34th all time on UK steals in one season by sophomores

For the 44^th time in the proud and storied history of the University of Kentucky basketball program, the Cats can once again call themselves SEC Champions.

Wednesday night’s 80-68 win over Georgia at Stegeman Coliseum ensure UK at least a share of the SEC regular season title and puts the Cardiac Cats in a great position for a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

Led by 24 points from National Player of the Year of Candidate John Wall and a double-double from junior Patrick Patterson, the Wildcats turned a 4-point halftime edge into a 19 point bulge with 8:58 left in the game.

Once again Wall filled up the stat sheet, hitting 8 of 10 from the field (including 3 of 5 from 3-point land and 5 of 5 form the free throw line), dishing out 6 assists to go with 3 steals and a block.

All tolled, UK blocked a season-high 14 shots with 6 coming from DeMarcus Cousins, who added 6 points, 4 rebounds, an assist and a steal in just 21 minutes of play.

Georgia was led by Jeremy Price’s 19 points and the shortest player on the floor, Travis Leslie, hauled in a Bulldog-high 10 rebounds to go with his 8 points.

Every Wildcat who played more than two minutes scored at least 2 points, as Darnell Dodson led the reserves with 11 points on 3 of 6 from 3-point land.

The Cats return to action on Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m. for the final regular season game of the year against Florida. Pre-game festivities will honor UK’s three seniors, Ramon Harris, Mark Krebs and Perry Stevenson. Junior Patrick Patterson will also be recognized as he will graduate in three years.

From UK Media Relations:

Kentucky Basketball Postgame Notes

Kentucky at Georgia

March 3, 2010

Stegeman Coliseum – Athens, Ga.

-- Kentucky improves to 28-2, 13-2 SEC on the season. Georgia falls to 13-15, 5-10.

-- UK is 112-24 against the Bulldogs and 39-15 against UGA in Athens.
-- With a win, Kentucky claims a share of its 44^th SEC Championship and the top overall seed at next week’s SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. at Bridgestone Arena.
-- With an SEC Championship in his first season as head coach at UK, John Calipari joined Tubby Smith and Eddie Sutton as UK coaches to win an SEC Championship in their inaugural season.
-- Calipari has won five straight conference championships and six in his last seven years.
-- Kentucky will play its final regular season game on Sunday, hosting the Florida Gators on Senior Day. Tip-off is scheduled for Noon with the game being televised on CBS.

 

Team game notes
-- The Wildcats used the starting combination of Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins, Darius Miller, Patrick Patterson and John Wall for the 22^nd time this season. Kentucky is 20-2 with that starting five.

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

-- Kentucky extended its streak of game with a three-pointer to 741 games, the third longest streak in the country.
-- Kentucky led 40-36 at halftime. The Wildcats are now 24-1, 12-1) when leading or tied at halftime.
--The Wildcats shot 48.5 percent (16-of-32) in the first half, its highest first half percentage since shooting 51.6 pct. at LSU (2/6).
-- Leading 40-36 to start the second half, Kentucky went on a 12-0 run to open up a 52-36 lead while holding Georgia without a point until the 16:15 mark.
-- Between the end of the first half at the 1:31 mark and the 16:15 mark of the second half, the UK defense held the Bulldogs without a field goal.
-- Shot 54.4 percent from the field, the team’s highest percentage in SEC play this season and the highest since shooting 60.3 percent against Hartford (12/29).
-- Finished with eight three-pointers, the most since hitting nine against Ole Miss (2/2).
-- Kentucky also shot 83.3 pct. (10-of-12) from the free throw line, its highest percentage since shooting 89.5 pct. against Drexel (12/21).
-- The Wildcats have shot 79.5 pct. (31-of-39) from the free throw line over the last two games.

Individual game notes

#1 Darius Miller
-- Made fourth straight start

#3 Darnell Dodson
-- Connected on his first field goal since going 2-for-6 against Tennessee in Lexington (2/13).
-- Hit on multiple three-pointers for first time since going 4-for-5 against Ole Miss (2/2).
-- Tallied 11 points, the most since scoring 14 against Ole Miss (2/2).

#5 Ramon Harris
-- Finished with three assists, tying his season high. 

#11 John Wall
-- Moved to first on UK’s freshman scoring list with 493 points.
-- Hit multiple three-pointers in a game for first time since sinking two against Ole Miss (2/2).
-- Recorded his seventh 20-point game this season.
-- Finished with three three-pointers, tying his career high.
-- Averaging 18.9 points in last seven games

#54 Patrick Patterson
-- Moved to 17^th on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,469 points.
-- Has hit a three-pointer in nine of the last 10 games.
-- Scored 11 first half points, the 10^th time this season he’s gone for double-figures in the first half.
-- Scored in double-digits for the sixth straight game and has done so in nine of the last 10 games.
-- Recorded his ninth double-double of the season and 30^th of his career, tying him for sixth on UK’s all-time double-double list.

#55 Josh Harrellson
-- Saw his first action since playing at LSU (2/6).