Kentucky-West Virginia Postgame Notes

March 19, 2011

Kentucky moves to 27-8 on the season. West Virginia finishes its season at 21-12.
The Wildcats are 14-5 all-time against West Virginia and 1-1 against the Mountaineers in the NCAA Tournament.
UK moves to 103-45 all-time in the NCAA Tournament and 6-1 in NCAA Tournament games held in the Tampa metro area.
The Cats are now 13-5 in NCAA Tournament second round (currently third round).
John Calipari is 30-12 in the NCAA Tournament.
Kentucky advance to its 22nd Sweet 16, the second most in NCAA Tournament history
UK advances to the Sweet 16 in Newark, N.J. They will face the winner of tomorrow’s Ohio State/George Mason game on Friday, March 25.

The Wildcats used the starting combination of Darius Miller, Terrence Jones, Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb and Josh Harrellson. UK is 8-1 with that starting lineup.
DeAndre Liggins was the first sub off the bench for Kentucky. It was his 10th time to be the first Wildcat off the bench.
Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 784 games, the third-longest streak in the country.
UK trailed 41-33 at the half. The Wildcats are 4-6 when trailing at halftime.
The last time Kentucky trailed by as many as eight points at the half was in the SEC opener against Georgia. The Wildcats trailed the Bulldogs 41-30.
The last time UK trailed at the half was in the regular season finale. Kentucky trailed at Tennessee 29-22.
For the second-straight game, the Wildcats shot better than 50 percent from the field in the first half. The Cats were 13-of-24 (54.2) in the first half against Princeton and shot 13-of-23 (56.5) in the first half against West Virginia.
Trailing 41-33 starting the second, Kentucky went on an 11-0 run to take a 44-41 lead. The UK defense held West Virginia scoreless the first 6:13 of the second half.
Down 55-51 at the 7:37 mark, UK went on a 9-0 run to take a 60-55 lead. Kentucky scored 20 of the game’s final 28 points.
UK moves to 25-0 when holding the opponent to 67 or fewer points.
The Cats are 46-0 under Calipari when holding an opponent to 67 points or fewer.

Tallied 10 second-half points.
Recorded his team-leading 12th double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Jones’ 12 double-doubles place him in a tie with Chris Mills for the second most by a freshman in UK history.
Recorded two blocks to place him in a tie with DeMarcus Cousins (67) for the third most blocks by a freshman in UK history.

Finished with career-high 30 points.
Last time a Wildcat scored 30 or more points in an NCAA Tournament game was Joe Crawford finishing with 35 points in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament against Marquette.
Opened the game with a pair of 3-pointers, the third time this season he’s scored the game’s opening basket on a 3-pointer.
Scored 12 of UK’s first 16 points.
Tallied his UK freshman record 13th 20-point game of the season.
Has scored in double figures in 33 of 35 games.
Reached double-figure points in the first half for the 14th time this season.
Has averaged 21.4 points in nine games against top 25 teams this season. He has tallied six 20-point games in that nine-game stretch.