Kentucky-Mississippi State Postgame Notes

Feb. 3, 2009

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With the loss, Kentucky is 16-7, 5-3 in the Southeastern Conference. Mississippi State improves to 15-7, 5-2 in the SEC.
UK owns an 84-20 advantage all-time in the series, winning six of the last nine.
- UK is now 43-5 all-time against MSU in Lexington, including a 22-2 mark against the Bulldogs in Rupp Arena.
Kentucky is 460-113 against schools from the SEC’s Western Division.
UK owns a 180-32 record all-time against schools from the state of Mississippi.
Kentucky has won 83 of its last 104 home games, owning a 424-58 all-time record in Rupp Arena.
The Wildcats three-game losing skid is the longest since a three-game losing streak in December 2007.
UK returns to action on Feb. 10, hosting Florida in Rupp Arena at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Kentucky used the starting lineup of Ramon Harris, Michael Porter, Perry Stevenson, Jodie Meeks and Patrick Patterson for the 14th time this season, owning a 9-5 record.
UK lost the opening tip, marking the eighth game the Wildcats have lost the opening tip.
Josh Harrellson was the first Wildcat to check in off the bench, the second time this season he was the first UK player to sub in.
At the 10 minute mark of the first half, Mississippi State held an 11-6 advantage, with freshman Darius Miller tallying four of UK’s six points.
With eight minutes left in the half, MSU owned a 13-12 lead.
Michael Porter’s 3-pointer with 1:38 left in the half extended UK’s streak of 3-pointers made to 696 consecutive games, the third-longest streak in the nation.
Freshman Landon Slone checked in late in the half, his first conference action of the season and first appearance since the Central Michigan contest.
UK trailed at the half, 37-24, the seventh game this season UK trailed at the half. UK’s 13-point halftime deficit is its largest in SEC play this season.
- Entering the game Kentucky had trailed only once in an SEC game at halftime, at Alabama, a UK win.
- UK is 2-5 this season when trailing at halftime.

Landon Slone was the first UK sub off the bench in the second half, checking in for Ramon Harris at the 18:01 mark.
Trailing by 13 at halftime, UK found itself down 43-38 at the 11-minute mark of the second half.
Jodie Meeks’ breakaway slam dunk put UK down 43-40 with 10:40 left in the contest.
Barry Stewart’s 3-pointer lifted the MSU lead to 50-42 with just under nine minutes to play.
DeAndre Liggins’ 3-pointer with 7:25 left to play brought UK to a 50-45 deficit.
Back-to-back 3-pointers gave MSU a 61-45 lead with 3:01 left to play, capping an 11-0 run.

UK held Mississippi State to 44-percent shooting from the field, marking the 23rd time in 23 games that UK has held its opponent to under 50-percent shooting.
Kentucky won the rebounding battle, outrebounding MSU 38-33.
UK has out-rebounded all but four of its opponents this season.
UK totaled a 32-14 advantage on points scored in the paint.
Kentucky finished shooting 11-for-14 from the charity stripe, marking the 21st time UK shot over 70 percent from the free-throw line this season.
The Kentucky bench outscored the MSU bench, 16-2.

Jodie Meeks finished the game with 15 points in 37 minutes.
- Meeks has totaled double-digit points in each game this season, 23 consecutive games.
- Meeks has made a 3-pointer in each game this season.
- Meeks had his consecutive free-throw made streak snapped at 22, missing his final free-throw attempt of the game.
Patrick Patterson totaled 15 points and nine rebounds, adding two blocked shots.
- Patterson scored double figures for the third consecutive game, the 19th time this season and the 41st time in his career.
- Patterson has grabbed at least five rebounds in 19 of 23 games this season.
Freshman Darius Miller posted seven points, five assists, three rebounds and a team-best three steals in 32 minutes.
- Miller’s five assists equals a career high, accomplished in four games.
- Miller’s three steals mark a new career best.

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