Kentucky-Tennessee Postgame Notes

Feb. 13, 2010

Kentucky is 24-1, 9-1 in the Southeastern Conference while Tennessee is 18-6 overall, 6-4 in league action.
Kentucky has won five in a row.
Kentucky leads the series, 143-65, including 86-16 in Lexington. T he teams’ 208 meetings are the second-most in the SEC; only Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State has been played more.
Kentucky has four of its next five games on the road. The Wildcats begin that stretch on Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST at Mississippi State. The game will be televised by ESPN.

Kentucky used the starting lineup of John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, Darnell Dodson, Patrick Patterson and DeMarcus Cousins for the fourth-consecutive game.
Kentucky got on the board first at the 18:02 mark on a fast-break layup by Patterson on a pass from Bledsoe. The Wildcats followed with baskets from Wall and Dodson for a 6-0 lead.
Tennessee responded with a 12-1 run for a 12-7 Volunteer advantage.
DeAndre Liggins’ three-pointer at 12:05 extended UK’s streak of 736 consecutive games with at least one long ball.
The teams battled evenly the remainder of the half, with Kentucky taking a 30-29 lead into intermission. Tennessee center Wayne Chism led all scorers with 10 points, including a pair of three-pointers. John Wall paced the Wildcats with nine points.

Trailing 52-50 with 10 minutes remaining, UK went on a 20-4 run over the next eight minutes for an insurmountable 70-56 advantage.
- UK began the run with a 10-0 spurt.
- After Tennessee closed within 60-56, Eric Bledsoe nailed a pair of three-pointers for a 66-56 advantage.
- During the 20-4 run, Bledsoe scored 10 points and Wall tallied eight.

John Wall had 24 points and three assists.
- It is his second-consecutive 20-point game and sixth of the season.
- The 24 points are his best against an SEC opponent, second only to his career-high 25 vs. Connecticut on Dec. 9.
- Wall extended his UK freshman season assist record to 154.
- Wall took three charges tonight on defense.
Eric Bledsoe pumped in 16 points, his best since the 25-point outing at Florida.
DeMarcus Cousins had five points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
- Cousins ended his streak of seven-straight double-doubles.
- He did extend his streak of consecutive double-figure rebounding games to eight in a row.
DeAndre Liggins played a solid floor game with seven points, four rebounds, four assists, two steals and a blocked shot.
- With Bledsoe and Wall combining for 18 points in the decisive 20-4 run, Liggins got the other basket on a steal and layup with 4:22 to go.

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