Kentucky-Transylvania Postgame Notes

Nov. 2, 2011

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This was the first exhibition game for both teams.
The all-time series in official games is tied 7-7 as the teams played from 1903-11. It has been 100 years since the teams played the last countable contest on March 3, 1911.
Kentucky returns to action with its second exhibition game Monday at 7 p.m. against Morehouse. The game will be televised on Fox Sports South and the UK IMG Sports Network.
Transylvania’s next game will be its regular-season opener Nov. 15 at home against Spalding.

Kentucky used the lineup of Marquis Teague, Doron Lamb, Darius Miller, Terrence Jones and Anthony Davis.
Transylvania’s Barrett Meyer scored the first five points of the game and the Pioneers blazed to their biggest lead at 11-4 with 16:40 on the clock.
The Wildcats went on a 13-0 spurt for a 17-11 advantage.
Transylvania made its own rally with an 8-0 run and went ahead 19-17.
UK took the lead for good, 20-19, on a Doron Lamb three-pointer at the 10:38 mark.
Ahead 22-21, UK had a 13-0 run for a 35-21 advantage. Transylvania was held scoreless for almost nine minutes, from 9:28 until 34 seconds remained.
UK took a 37-23 lead into the locker room.

Kentucky has an all-time record of 46-4 in exhibition games and has won the last 17 in a row.
Tonight’s game didn’t count, of course, but Kentucky will enter the season with a 34-game home winning streak, including 33-0 in Rupp Arena under Coach John Calipari.
Kentucky’s balanced attack featured five players in double-figure scoring. As a reference, that occurred in seven games last season.

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