Sept 14, 2002

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By STEVE BAILEY
AP Sports Writer

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Jared Lorenzen threw three touchdown passes and ArtosePinner rushed for 141 yards as Kentucky beat Indiana 27-17 Saturday night.

Lorenzen completed 19 of 32 passes for 183 yards with TD passes of 12, 7 and6 yards to lead Kentucky, which improved to 3-0 for the first time in fouryears. Pinner rushed 25 times and also caught 10 passes for another 92 yardsand a touchdown.

Freshman tailback Yamar Washington carried the ball 32 times for 163 yardsto lead the Hoosiers (1-2). Quarterback Gibran Hamdan completed 13 of 38 passesfor 234 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in his first career start.

Trailing 14-3 at halftime, Hamdan hit Glenn Johnson with a 67-yard touchdownpass down the right sideline to cut the lead to three with 3:07 to play in thethird quarter.

On Kentucky’s next possession, Joe Gonzalez picked off Lorenzen and returnedthe ball 36 yards for another score to give Indiana its first lead at 17-14.

The Wildcats answered with a touchdown drive of their own as Pinner ran 55yards to the Indiana 6, and Lorenzen found Chase Harp in the back of the endzone for a 21-17 lead with 14:54 remaining.

Quentus Cumby sealed the victory with an 82-yard interception return for ascore with 2:46 to play.

Lorenzen threw TD passes on Kentucky’s first two possessions to give theWildcats a 14-0 lead.

Indiana had chances to score on its first four possessions but turned theball over twice and missed field goals of 34 and 35 yards.

Both teams were out of sync following a 35-minute lightning delay midwaythrough the second quarter. Bryan Robertson’s 46-yard field goal in the finalseconds of the half cut the margin to 14-3 at halftime.

The game was delayed twice for a total of 58 minutes because of heavy rainand lightning.