Blue-White Scrimmage Game Notes

Oct. 24, 2012

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This was the fifth year that the Blue/White Game was played in Rupp Arena.
The win marks the 11th consecutive game that Blue has gone unbeaten in the Blue-White Scrimmage, with its last loss to White coming in 2000-01 (scrimmage not held in 2007-08).
UK returns to the court Thurs. Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. against Northwood. The exhibition will be televised live on Fox Sports South and delayed on the UK IMG Sports Network.
Kentucky opens the regular season Fri. Nov. 9 vs. Maryland at the Barclays Center Classic in Brooklyn, N.Y. The game will be at 8:30 p.m. and televised by ESPN.

The Blue team started with the lineup of Jarrod Polson, Julius Mays, Twany Beckham, Jon Hood and Willie Cauley-Stein.
The White team started with the lineup of Ryan Harrow, Archie Goodwin, Alex Poythress, Kyle Wiltjer and Nerlens Noel.
Ahead 10-6, the Blue team went on a 15-2 run to stretch the lead to 25-8.
The Blue squad stayed ahead the remainder of the half and led 46-38 at intermission.

Several of the players switched teams for the second half.
- Blue came out with Noel, Hood, Harrow, Polson and Tod Lanter.
- White was Stein, Wiltjer, Poythress, Goodwin and Mays.
Players also switched teams during the second half.
Blue steadily chipped away and tied the game at 49, then took the lead and led the rest of the way.
White pulled within two at 88-86 with four seconds to go.
- Lanter made a foul shot to make it 89-86, giving White a chance to tie with 2.5 seconds on the clock.
- Wiltjer fouled a Goodwin three-point shot at the buzzer; with a chance to tie, Goodwin made the second and third shots and Blue held on to win.

Archie Goodwin led all scorers with 32 points and added nine rebounds.
Kyle Wiltjer totaled 28 points and nine rebounds.
Alex Poythress tallied 25 points and six boards.
Ryan Harrow notched 20 points and a game-high six assists.
Willie Cauley-Stein double-doubled with 14 points and 12 rebounds. He also had 5 blocks.
Nerlens Noel had seven blocked shots to go along with his nine points and eight rebounds.

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