Men’s basketball– The Wildcats pushed their winning streak to 11 games, posting a hard-fought 77-71 win over Alabama on Saturday.- Kentucky had six players score in double-figures for the first time since the 2004-05 season, led by Terrence Jones’ team-high 15 points. Doron Lamb (14), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (13), Anthony Davis (11), Darius Miller (11) and Marquis Teague (10) also scored in double-figures in the victory.- The Wildcats hit a number of crucial free throws down the stretch against Alabama, going 8-for-8 from the line inside the final minute of play.- UK’s 11-game winning streak is the second longest by the Wildcats in the John Calipari era.Women’s basketball– With wins over Georgia and Florida last week, Kentucky improved to 18-2 overall, 7-0 in the SEC which ties its best start in program history through the first 20 games. UK’s best start to a season was in 1982-83 (21-2).- Trailing by 10 (46-36) vs. UGA with 15:42 left in the game, UK went on a 24-7 run paced by 13 points from freshman guard Bria Goss, to capture its first win in Athens, Ga., since 2008. The rookie guard ended the game with a career-high 22 points, netting 17 of those in the decisive second half.- Sophomore forward Samarie Walker gave the Cats a boost off the bench as she recorded a career-best 18 points and nine rebounds in just 20 minutes of play vs. UGA. Overall, UK’s bench outscored Georgia’s 34-0.- On Sunday, it was another balanced effort as the Cats won their 16th consecutive home game with a 57-52 victory over the Gators. Ten players scored at least two points, paced by senior guard Keyla Snowden who led with 11.- Sophomore guard Kastine Evans scored all 10 of her points in the second stanza, including eight of them in a key 17-2 second-half run. Goss pulled down a career-high nine rebounds, while Walker came off the bench for another solid performance, adding nine points, seven rebounds, a career-high tying three blocks and three steals.Rifle– The defending NCAA Champion Kentucky rifle team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday at No. 1 TCU, 4703-4694, with TCU using a school-record team score to win its nation-leading 26th consecutive regular season match.- UK lost its first match of the year, with the Wildcats only losing two regular-season matches in the last two years, both vs. TCU.- UK fell behind in smallbore at TCU, before bouncing back to narrow the gap in air rifle behind starring performances from Ethan Settlemires (595), Henri Junghanel (594) and Emily Holsopple (592). Settlemires led UK in smallbore with a 583.Gymnastics– Behind a season-high team score on floor exercise where two Wildcats set or tied their career-high marks, the gymnastics team showed improvement from its first SEC meet of the year to its second meet of the year in a 196.275-194.075 loss to No. 8 Florida at Memorial Coliseum.- Of UK’s 24 routines in the meet, a total of 20 were performed by freshmen or sophomores. Overall, the youthful Wildcats showed improvement from last week, setting 10 season-high marks and setting or tying nine career-high scores on the night. Sophomore Audrey Harrison and freshman Alexis Gross were the lone two all-around competitors in the meet for Kentucky.- UK saved its best event of the night for last, earning a season-high mark of 48.625 on floor. Harrison finished fourth overall on the event and led UK with a season-high and career-tying mark of 9.8, while Gross followed close behind with a 9.725. Freshman Kenzie Hedges set a career high with a 9.725, while sophomore Kayla Sienkowski went 9.7. Freshman Shelby Hilton made her second-consecutive floor lineup and went 9.675, while sophomore Kayla Hartley completed the UK rotation with a 9.375.Men’s tennis– The No. 7 men’s tennis team started its 2012 season off on the right note by earning a 6-1 win over No. 53 Michigan State and a 7-0 win over IUPUI to sweep a doubleheader at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis on Sunday afternoon. The doubleheader was hosted by IUPUI. Kentucky played well in both matches, winning five of its six doubles matches and 11 of its 12 singles matches. It marked the first-ever meeting between the Wildcats and either IUPUI or Michigan State.- Senior co-captain Eric Quigley earned two singles wins in the opening day, moving him into sole possession of second place on UK’s career singles wins list with 143 victories. The native of Pewee Valley, Ky., is now only one win shy of tying Paul Varga’s school-record 144 career singles wins. Quigley is 143-44 all-time at Kentucky.- Quigley, along with sophomores Grant Roberts and No. 111 Alejandro Gomez, went 2-0 in singles action, while junior No. 36 Anthony Rossi and sophomores No. 95 Tom Jomby, Ryuji Hirooka and Maks Gold went 1-0 in singles action. True freshman Brett Johnson, who was playing in his first collegiate match, won his lone singles match.Women’s tennis– The women’s tennis team is now 3-0 on the season after its opening weekend of regular season play.- Jessica Stiles and Khristina Blajkevitch, the 34th-ranked doubles team, defeated Marshall’s 35th-ranked doubles team of Dominika Zaprazna and Maria Voscekova, 9-8 (8) in the season opener.- Freshmen Stephanie Fox and Edmee Morin- Kougoucheff put on strong performances in both singles and doubles play, ending the weekend undefeated.Upcoming scheduleTuesday, Jan. 24Men’s tennis hosts Indiana • 1:00 p.m.Men’s tennis hosts Eastern Kentucky • 7:00 p.m.Men’s basketball at Georgia • 9:00 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 26Women’s basketball at Auburn • 7:00 p.m.Friday, Jan. 27Men’s tennis hosts NC State • NoonTrack and field hosts Rod McCravy MemorialSaturday, Jan. 28Swimming and diving hosts Cincinnati • 10:00 a.m.Men’s tennis hosts Tulsa/ETSU • 10 a.m./1:00 p.m.Men’s basketball at LSU • 4:00 p.m.Gymnastics at Illinois-Chicago • 6:00 p.m.Track and field hosts Rod McCravy MemorialSunday, Jan. 29Women’s basketball hosts Alabama • 2:00 p.m.

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