Kentucky-Portland Postgame Notes

Nov. 26, 2011

Kentucky is 6-0 and Portland is 2-4.
Kentucky leads the series, 3-0, and is 7-1 all-time against teams from the West Coast Conference.
UK returns to action with a home game Thursday, at 7:30 p.m. against St. John’s. The game will be televised on ESPN2.

Kentucky started with the lineup of Marquis Teague, Doron Lamb, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Terrence Jones and Anthony Davis for the fifth-straight game.
After exchanging leads early, Kentucky took the lead for good, 8-7, at the 14:35 mark on a dunk by Teague.
Ahead 13-12, UK went on an 18-3 run for a 31-15 lead. Seven different Cats scored during the 18-3 spurt.
Kentucky led 38-26 at halftime.

The Pilots got hot early in the second stanza and pulled within six at 43-37.
At the 15:51 mark, within a span of 27 seconds:
- Terrence Jones canned a pair of foul shots
- Jones stole the ball on the press, which led to an Anthony Davis dunk
- Michael Kidd-Gilchrist stole the ball on the press, dunked and was fouled for a three-point play
- That sequence ignited a 15-2 spurt that put UK comfortably ahead for good, 58-39.

In its 109th season of basketball, Kentucky is the NCAA’s all-time wins leader with 2,058 wins.
The Wildcats extended their home winning streak to 37 games, including the 2009 NIT game at Memorial Coliseum and the last 36 games at Rupp Arena.
UK is a perfect 36-0 under Coach John Calipari at Rupp Arena, the longest win streak in venue history.
UK owns a 462-60 all-time record in Rupp Arena.
Marquis Teague hit the first 3-pointer of the game for UK to extend the Wildcats’ made 3-point streak to 793 consecutive games. That streak is the third-longest in the nation.
Since the 2000 season, Calipari-coached teams have posted a 190-19 record at home.
Turnovers were a key stat for the Cats tonight as UK forced 17 miscues while committing only four. UK dominated points off turnovers, 22-5.
Kentucky also got to the foul line 35 times and outscored Portland at the charity stripe, 24-6.
Kentucky’s size also helped control points in the paint, 34-18.
Five Wildcats scored in double figures, the fourth time in six games that has occurred.

Terrence Jones and Darius Miller led the Wildcats with 19 points apiece.
- Both shot well from three-point land as Miller made 4-of-5 and Jones hit both of his attempts.
Anthony Davis notched 13 points and a season-high 12 rebounds, his second double-double of the season
Marquis Teague had 14 points and a season-high eight assists.
Darius Miller tallied a season-high 19 points, including 4-of-5 on 3-point shooting.

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