March 21, 2003
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?Final score: Kentucky 95, IUPUI 64
?Kentucky is now 30-3 overall. Today’s win marks the 11th time in school history that the Wildcats have won 30 games, including twice under Coach Orlando “Tubby” Smith. It is UK’s first 30-win campaign since the 1998 squad went 35-4 en route to the national championship.
?Kentucky has won 24 in a row, the nation’s longest current winning streak. It ties for the fifth-longest winning streak in school history. The Wildcats also won 24 in a row from Feb. 6, 1933 until Feb. 24, 1934.
?Kentucky owns NCAA Tournament records for most appearances (44), wins (90), and tourney games played (128). Kentucky’s all-time NCAA Tournament record is now 90-38 (70.3 winning percentage).
?Kentucky is now 35-9 in NCAA Tournament openers and has won its last 12 first-round games.
?Kentucky is making its fifth all-time appearance in the Midwest Region and now owns an 11-3 record in the region, including a 6-0 mark in the Dallas-Minneapolis-East Rutherford march to the 1996 NCAA Championship.
?Kentucky is now 4-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in Nashville, with the previous five games played in Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gymnasium. Kentucky is now 4-0 all-time in the Gaylord Entertainment Center as the Wildcats won the 2001 Southeastern Conference Tournament (3-0) in this facility.
?Coach Tubby Smith is now 21-8 in NCAA Tournament play (72.4 winning percentage). Smith is 15-4 in the NCAA Tournament at Kentucky (78.9 winning percentage).
?Kentucky is now 32-7 (82.1 winning percentage) in the month of March under Tubby Smith, including 15-4 in NCAA Tournament games.
?This was the first game ever between Kentucky and IUPUI.
?Key run: ahead 25-16, Kentucky went on a 7-0 run for a 32-16 advantage. IUPUI never got closer than 12 after that.
?Kentucky shot 61.5 percent from the field. It is the third time this season (also vs. High Point and North Carolina) that the Wildcats shot 60 percent or better from the field. UK is 16-0 this season and 72-1 all-time under Tubby Smith when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.
?Kentucky limited IUPUI to 36.7 percent field goal shooting. Kentucky has held the last four opponents under 40 percent and the Wildcats are 16-0 this season when the opponent has shot under 40 percent from the field.
?Junior guard Gerald Fitch scored 25 points today, tying his career high. He also scored 25 at North Carolina on Dec. 7, 2002. Fitch also had career highs with 10 field goals made and five three-pointers made.
?Senior F/C Jules Camara claimed seven rebounds today, putting him over the 500-rebound mark as a Wildcat. Camara has 506 rebounds in his career.
?Senior G/F Keith Bogans scored 13 points today, giving him 1,885 in his career. Tony Delk is in fourth place on the UK career scoring list with 1,890 points.
?Bogans has scored in double figures in all nine NCAA Tournament games during his career at Kentucky.
?Junior guard Cliff Hawkins (13 points) and sophomore forward Chuck Hayes (eight points) each tallied career-high scoring totals for an NCAA Tournament game.
?Kentucky returns to action Sunday at approximately 7:10 p.m. EST (6:10 p.m. CST in Nashville) when the Wildcats take on the winner of the Oregon vs. Utah game.
