Kentucky-Tennessee Postgame Notes

Feb. 21, 2009

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Kentucky is 19-8, 8-4 in the Southeastern Conference.
Tennessee is 16-10 overall, 7-5 in league play.
Kentucky leads the series, 142-65. UK leads 85-16 in games played in Lexington .
This is 207 th game in the series, the second-most played series in the Southeastern Conference. Only the Mississippi State – Ole Miss series has been played more with 238 meetings.
Kentucky returns to action Wednesday at South Carolina . The game will be at 7 p.m. and be a live regional telecast on Raycom Sports.

UK used the starting lineup of Michael Porter, Jodie Meeks, Ramon Harris, Perry Stevenson and Patrick Patterson for the 16th time this season.
Kentucky jumped out to a 13-0 lead.
Included in the opening spurt was a three-pointer by Ramon Harris, extending UK ‘s streak of 702 games making at least one three-pointer.
Tennessee missed its first six shots from the field and had five turnovers when the Volunteers got their first tally at the 11:55 mark on a putback by J.P. Prince.
The Volunteers played well on the offensive glass the remainder of the half, with 18 of their 24 first-half points coming on second-chance opportunities.
Kentucky led 31-24 at halftime.

Tennessee moved within four at 33-29.
Kentucky took control of the game with a 28-10 run. That gave UK its biggest lead, 61-39, with 10:38 remaining.
UK went scoreless the next four minutes as UT got back within 14 at 61-47. The Cats got back on the board with a dunk by Patrick Patterson, pass from Darius Miller with 6:28 to play, and the Vols got no closer than 14 after that.

Attendance of 24,394 is a season high and the fourth-best all-time at Rupp Arena.
Forty-one percent continues to be the magic defensive number for the Wildcats. Kentucky is now 17-0 this season when holding opponents to 41 percent or less from the field. Tennessee made 31.7 percent of its field goals today.
Kentucky shot 59.6 percent from the field, a season high for SEC games.
UK made 87.5 percent of its foul shots, 14 of 16. The Wildcats entered the game fifth in the nation in free-throw percentage.
The Wildcats did an excellent job of ball movement today with 23 assists on their 28 baskets.
Tennessee claimed 23 offensive rebounds and outscored UK on second-chance points, 30-10.

After missing two games because of a sprained ankle, Patrick Patterson returned with 19 points and five rebounds.
Freshman Darius Miller had a career high with 17 points.
Made all six field goal attempts, including three three-pointers, and both foul shots.
Also had a career-high six assists, including the precise bullet pass to Patterson for the dunk that blunted Tennessee ‘s final run.
Michael Porter had nine points, all on three-pointers, tying his scoring high for an SEC game. Porter also had six assists, one shy of his career best in that category.

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