Kentucky-Florida Postgame Notes

Feb. 11, 2009

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Kentucky is 17-7 overall, 6-3 in the Southeastern Conference.
Florida is 19-5 overall, 6-3 in league play.
Kentucky leads the series, 86-31. UK leads 44-8 in games played in Lexington.
This is Kentucky ‘s all-time 100 th win against a team from the state of Florida. UK is 100-35 all-time against teams from the Sunshine State.
Kentucky returns to action Saturday at Arkansas. The game is at 1 p.m. ET and televised by CBS.

UK used the starting lineup of Michael Porter, Jodie Meeks, Ramon Harris, Perry Stevenson and Patrick Patterson for the 15th time this season.
Tied at six, Florida made an 8-0 run for a 14-6 lead.
Florida ‘s run broken by a three-pointer from Jodie Meeks, extending Kentucky ‘s streak of 699 consecutive games with a three. Meeks’ three sparked a 16-4 spurt that put UK ahead 22-18.
The teams went back-and-forth after that, ending the half with a 30-30 tie.

Trailing 47-42, Kentucky went on an 8-0 run for a 50-47 lead.
Patrick Patterson left the game with what appeared to be an ankle injury with 9:06 left in the game. Kentucky led 50-47 at the time of Patterson’s exit. Josh Harrellson replaced Patterson and scored the next six points for the Wildcats.
UK was still ahead 54-50 when the Gators went ahead with a 10-0 spurt for a 60-54 advantage.
The Wildcats edged back, 65-64, on two foul shots by Meeks with 59 seconds to go, but the Gators tied on a Dan Werner foul shot with 40 ticks remaining.
UK won the game, 68-65, on a highly contested Meeks three-pointer with five seconds left.

Attendance of 24,355 a season high, seventh-highest all-time.
Kentucky is now 16-0 this season when holding opponents to 41 percent or less from the field. Florida made 40.7 percent of its field-goal attempts tonight.
Kentucky dominated the rebounding, 39-26, leading to a 10-4 advantage on second-chance points.

Jodie Meeks paced the Wildcats with 23 points. He scored 10 of UK’s final 12 points, including the game-winner with five seconds on the clock.
Kevin Galloway had his best game as a Wildcat, notching season highs with six points, eight rebounds and nine assists.
Michael Porter nailed three three-pointers, tying his career high.
Nick Calathes was magnificent for Florida, scoring a career-high 33 points and also leading the Gators with seven rebounds.

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