Men’s basketball– UK extended its home winning streak to 33 games, which is the second-longest streak in the country. The 33-game winning streak is tied for the longest streak in Rupp Arena history and the third-longest streak in program history. John Calipari is 32-0 at Rupp Arena as Kentucky’s head coach.- Over the last four games Darius Miller is averaging 18 points and 5.5 rebounds. He’s made 25-of-47 shots for 53.2 percent, including 12-of-24 3-pointers. He’s also blocked 10 shots.- Kentucky will celebrate Senior Night on Tuesday, hosting Vanderbilt. The Wildcats are 84-6 all-time on Senior Night.Women’s basketball– Senior Victoria Dunlap recorded a team-high 19 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two blocks in a 76-62 win over Auburn in the final game of the regular season. UK improved to 22-7 overall, 11-5 in league play, which tied the school record for SEC wins set last season and tied the school mark for SEC road wins (five) set in 2005-06.- UK has earned a No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the SEC Tournament for the second consecutive season and is preparing to square off with the winner of LSU (No. 7 seed) and Alabama (No. 10 seed) in the quarterfinals.Softball– Kentucky went 3-1 at the Stanford Nike Invitational behind the play of Megan Yocke. Yocke batted .615 in front of her hometown and charted two hits in every game.- Junior pitcher Chanda Bell tossed the second no-hitter of her career in a 7-0 win over Colorado State. The history didn’t stop there as Bell also topped her own single-game record with 16 strikeouts, besting her previous high of 15. Additionally, she became the school’sall-time career leader in strikeouts thrown, passing Keary Camunas for first on the list.- Kentucky has matched its best start in program history winning 11 of its first 14 games.Baseball– Kentucky rebounded from three losses during the season-opening weekend by winning four of five games last week, including picking up a series win over the University of Illinois Chicago over the weekend.- UK has posted a .307 team batting average through its eight games in 2011 totaling five homers and 45 RBI. On the mound as a team, UK owns a 3.99 ERA with a pair of saves and 65 strikeouts in 70 innings.- Individually, catcher Luke Maile leads UK at the plate with a .419 average with four doubles and five RBI. Shortstop Taylor Black, named this week’s SEC Player of the Week, is coming off a monster week that saw him total nine RBI and a .529 batting average. On the mound, UK junior Alex Meyer has posted a 1-1 record with a 3.00 ERA through his first two starts in 2011. Meyer has struck out 20 in 12 innings, allowing only six hits and a .158 opposing batting average.Gymnastics– UK defeated LSU on Friday with a season-high score of 195.575. UK has now defeated the Tigers for the second consecutive season after posting its first win over LSU in 31 tries last year in the Lady Luck Invitational in Las Vegas. Kentucky has now posted back-to-back wins over an SEC opponent for the first time since defeating Auburn in 2005 and 2006. The victory in a SEC dual meet is the first for the Kentucky program since it took down Auburn onJan. 12, 2008.- Kentucky finished third at the event, defeating Bowling Green 194.65-189.45, while No. 7 Nebraska won the four-team meet with a 196.5 and No. 15 Iowa finished second with a 195.5. Seniors Andrea Mitchell and Phylicia Reshard finished second and third in the all-around competition, respectively, with Mitchell earning a 39.25 and Reshard a 39.075.- The meet wraps up a stretch of four meets in 10 days for UK, with Kentucky showing major improvements during the difficult stretch. The Wildcats faced five top-25 teams the last two weeks, defeating No. 20 LSU with its season-best score of 195.575. Kentucky also scored a 195.05 at then-No. 14 Ohio State and finished off the 10-day stretch with a solid-road scoreof 194.65 Sunday at the Masters Classic. UK’s best improvement throughout the last two weeks came on beam, where Kentucky improved its season-high mark from 48.375 to 48.7.Rifle– Despite getting strong performances on Sunday from newcomers Emily Holsopple and Henri Junghänel in air rifle, the Kentucky rifle team posted a 4672 total team score to finish second at the 2010-11 Great American Rifle Conference Championships.- Holsopple and Junghänel led UK in air rifle, with both newcomers totaling a 591. Ethan Settlemires finished with a 588, while Megan English had a 590 and Heather Greathouse – who led UK in smallbore on Saturday – totaled a 578.- The Wildcats, who won the regular-season title with an unbeaten slate, finished with a 4672 total team score, with No. 1 West Virginia winning the GARC Championships with a 4704 team score.Track and field– Junior Precious Nwokey launched herself to the 2011 SEC pentathlon championship with the third-highest point total in the NCAA this season, Friday in Fayetteville, Ark. With her performance the junior also broke her own school record with 4,185 points.- Junior Keith Hayes took home the silver medal in the men’s 60-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 7.78. Hayes’ time ranks second on UK’s all-time 60m hurdles list, only trailing former Wildcat star Mikel Thomas at 7.74.- The women’s team equaled their 2010 point total of 38 points but finished one spot higher in eighth place at the conclusion of the 2011 SEC Championships on Sunday.- The men’s team finished ninth with 20 points and had contributions from Keith Hayes (eight points), Josh Nadzam (three points), Colin Boevers (two points), the 4x400m relay (four points) and the distance medley relay (three points).Men’s golf– The men’s golf team scored the lowest team round of the tournament to finish in second, while sophomore Chase Parker finish tied for second at the final day of the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate.- Kentucky (293-302-279-874) was extremely impressive in the final round, posting a 9-under-par for the lowest 18-hole round of the season en route to the lowest 54-hole tournament score of the year of 874. The final round of 279 was the eighth-lowest mark during theBrian Craig Era.- UK was led in the event by Parker (73-69-70-212), who finished in a tie for second place for his best collegiate finish.Women’s golf– The Cats began play in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship in New Orleans on Sunday. Kentucky was led by sophomore Ashleigh Albrecht who shot a 3-over par, 75. Kentucky, competing in one of the most competitive tournaments of the spring season, finished the first round with a 17-over par, 305.Women’s tennis– The women’s tennis team got wins at Nos. 1-3 singles, but fell to No. 37 Indiana at home on Saturday. Senior Megan Broderick, sophomore Jessica Stiles and freshman Caitlin McGraw each earned their fifth wins of the season in singles play.Swimming and diving– The men’s and women’s swimming units competed in a last chance meet in Knoxville, Tenn., on Friday and Saturday. The Kentucky men and women had 200-free relay teams earn NCAA (B) provisional times.Upcoming schedule

Monday, Feb. 28Women’s golf at Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (New Orleans)Tuesday, March 1Men’s basketball hosts Vanderbilt – 9 p.m.Women’s golf at Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate (New Orleans)Wednesday, March 2Men’s tennis hosts Murray State – 1 p.m.Friday, March 4Men’s tennis at Ole Miss – 3 p.m.Women’s basketball vs. Alabama/LSU • 3:30 p.m. (Nashville)Women’s tennis hosts Ole Miss – 4 p.m.Gymnastics hosts George Washington and Bowling Green – 7 p.m.Baseball vs. Rice – 8 p.m. (Houston)Track and field at Iowa State QualifierSaturday, March 5Softball at Southern Illinois • 1 p.m. (Carbondale, Ill.)Baseball vs. Houston • 4:30 p.m. (Houston)Women’s basketball SEC semifinal game – 4/6:30 p.m. (Nashville)Softball vs. SIUE – 7 p.m. (Carbondale, Ill.)Track and field at Iowa State QualifierSwimming and diving at Last Chance Meet (Columbus, Ohio)Sunday, March 6Softball vs. Wright State – 10 a.m. (Carbondale, Ill.)Women’s tennis hosts Mississippi State – 11 a.m.Baseball vs. Utah – noon (Houston)Men’s basketball at Tennessee – noonMen’s tennis at Mississippi State – 1 p.m.Softball vs. Purdue – 2 p.m. (Carbondale, Ill.)Women’s basketball SEC championship game – 5:30 p.m. (Nashville)

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