Beginning this week, we’re going to start posting the UK Sports Report on the blog. The UK Sports Report is a weekly recap of UK’s athletics events from the week before that we’ve typically handed out to the media, but from this point forward, we’re also going to post it on here. I hope to have a slightly cleaner format next week and we’ll likely post it on Mondays, but for now, here’s the first online edition of the UK Sports Report:Men’s basketball– UK improved to 16-4 and 4-2 in the SEC with Saturday’s 66-60 win over Georgia. Doron Lamb scored a game-high 19 points and was joined by Darius Miller (14), Brandon Knight (11) and DeAndre Liggins (11) in double figures.- Kentucky is 28-0 at Rupp Arena under head coach John Calipari. UK has won 29 in a row at home, beginning with the 2009 NIT game at Memorial Coliseum and continuing with the last 28 at Rupp. It is the second-longest active streak in the nation.
Women’s basketball
– Senior All-American Victoria Dunlap averaged a team-high 21.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals in UK’s two SEC road wins vs. Ole Miss and Alabama last week. Dunlap scored 18 points in the come-from-behind win over the Rebels, including 16 in the decisive second half.- Against the Tide, Dunlap paced the winning effort with 25 points and 15 rebounds, marking her 27th career and fifth double-double of the season. She also moved up to No. 3 on both the all-time scoring and steals lists at UK.- Junior sharpshooter Keyla Snowden came off the bench for 13 points after netting 4-of-5 3-point attempts.- Sophomore guard A’dia Mathies added 12 points and four assists in helping the Cats win their sixth consecutive game.Gymnastics– The gymnastics team scored its highest team score of the year behind an incredible individual performance from senior Phylicia Reshard, who took the all-around crown, but the Wildcats fell just short to No. 3 Georgia 195.550-195.000.- Reshard was excellent for Kentucky on all four events, posting two career highs en route to earning Kentucky’s first all-around title in an SEC dual-meet since 2007. She scored a career high on uneven bars with a 9.775 and beam with a score of 9.825. The senior also tied a career high on floor with a mark of 9.875. Reshard, who was participating as an all-around for only the second time in her career, scored a career high in the all-around competition with a 39.250 to take home event honors.- Junior Whitney Rose took home medalist honors on vault for the third time this season and the 12th time of her career. On floor, the Wildcats scored the top four scores with Reshard and fellow senior Jasmine Minion taking home event titles. It was the first career event title on floor for Reshard and the fifth of Minion’s career.Men’s tennis– Senior Brad Cox outlasted No. 100 Danny Kreyman 15-13 in a second-set tiebreaker to seal No. 12 Kentucky’s 4-0 victory over No. 22 Wake Forest, advancing the Wildcats to the National Indoors for the second consecutive season. UK defeated No. 42 Boise State 4-1 on Saturday.- With the win Kentucky earns one of 16 spots in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Men’s Team Indoor Championships to be held in Seattle on Feb. 18-21. The appearance in the National Indoors is the second consecutive for Kentucky. Last year, Kentucky defeated Wake Forest 4-3 in Lexington to earn its first appearance in the round of 16 of the indoor or outdoor championships since 2005.- On the week, UK went 3-0 with wins over three teams in the ITA top 50. Individually, Kentucky was led by Cox and junior Eric Quigley. Cox went 3-0 with a win over No. 100 Kreyman to improve his season record to 6-0. Quigley was just as impressive, going 3-0 with wins over No. 45 Jonathan Wolff of Wake Forest and No. 62 Damian Hume of Boise St.

Swimming and diving– The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams topped Cincinnati on Saturday but dropped races to Virginia Tech in a double dual meet among Kentucky, Cincinnati and Virginia Tech.- UK set five Keating Aquatics Center records throughout the afternoon. All four of UK’s relays etched their names into the KAC record books and senior Chatham Penrod set a new clip in the 200 backstroke.Track and field– The track and field team tabulated four individual victories and placed six others in the top five of their respective events, at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet this weekend.- Precious Nwokey put together the best performance of her career, setting the school record in the pentathlon with 4,024 total points. The junior’s score is currently No. 4 in the NCAA and No. 1 in the SEC, narrowly missing out an NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 4,075.- Senior Sharif Webb won the 800-meter run. It was his first attempt at the event this season, finishing with a time of 1:50.59.- Sophomore Cally Macumber notched her first career victory in the women’s one-mile run with a personal-best time of 4:48.70. Macumber earned All-SEC honors in cross country, indoor and outdoor track a season ago.- Freshman Julie Nunn picked up the first win of her young career, in the women’s 400-meter dash with a time of 54.78.- In his final season in the blue and white, Keenan Hall won his first long jump title, landing in the pit 23-07.25/7.19m from the launching board. Hall was the only UK athlete entered into the event.Upcoming scheduleTuesday, Feb. 1Men’s basketball at Ole Miss – 7 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 3Women’s basketball hosts Auburn – 7 p.m.Friday, Feb. 4Gymnastics at Auburn – 8 p.m.Track and field at Virginia Tech Elite MeetSaturday, Feb. 5Women’s tennis at Michigan – noonMen’s tennis at Virginia – 6 p.m.Men’s basketball at Florida – 9 p.m.Track and field at Virginia Tech Elite MeetRifle hosts West Virginia

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