Kentucky-LSU Postgame Notes

Feb. 28, 2009

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Kentucky is 19-10, 8-6 in the Southeastern Conference.
LSU is 25-4 overall, 13-1 in league play. The Tigers have won 13 straight SEC contests and clinched the outright regular-season conference championship with today’s win.
Kentucky leads the series, 78-23. UK leads 39-5 in games played in Lexington .
Kentucky returns to action Wednesday at home vs. Georgia . The game will be at 8 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 18th time this season.
UK jumped out 8-4, but LSU stormed back with a 20-4 run to take a 24-12 lead. It was the Tigers’ largest lead of the game.
Jodie Meeks hit UK ‘s only three-pointer of the half, extending UK ‘s streak of 704 games making at least one three-pointer.
LSU led 36-28 at halftime.

UK opened with a different lineup in the second half, with Kevin Galloway and Darius Miller in for Perry Stevenson and Michael Porter.
The Wildcats clawed back in the game early in the second half, eventually tying the game at 40 on a Jodie Meeks basket with 15:04 to go.
Trailing 44-43, the Cats put together an 11-0 spurt for a 54-44 advantage with 11:07 to play.
LSU gradually edged back, getting the lead 63-62 on a Bo Spencer running banker with 2:18 left.
Trailing 70-66, UK tied it when Kevin Galloway made a foul shot, missed the second, Patrick Patterson got the rebound, and Darius Miller tied it at 70 with a three-pointer with 28 seconds to go.
On the subsequent possession, LSU’s Tasmin Mitchell canned the go-ahead three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining and the Tigers hung on for the victory.

Today’s attendance of 24,411 is the highest of the season, fourth-best in Rupp Arena history.
Kentucky shot 53.8 percent from the field, the 15 th time this season that UK has made at least half its shots in a game.

Patrick Patterson led the Wildcats with 28 points and nine rebounds.
- It is his 10 th 20-point game of the season.
Jodie Meeks tallied 24 points and four assists.
- It is his 19 th game of at least 20 points.
- Meeks extended a string of 20 consecutive free throws made before missing.

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