March 11, 2012

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• Kentucky falls to 32-2, while Vanderbilt improves to 24-10.
• The Wildcats are 136-45 all-time against Vanderbilt and 4-4 against the Commodores in the SEC Tournament.
• Kentucky leads the SEC with 27 SEC Tournament titles.
• UK is now 119-23 in SEC Tournament games.
• The Wildcats 24-game winning streak ended, it was the sixth longest streak in program history.
• The Wildcats are now 28-9 all-time in SEC Tournament championship games and 0-2 against Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament championship.
• Kentucky has won 46 of its last 55 SEC Tournament games.
• Coach John Calipari has won 20 of his last 21 conference tournament games.

Team game notes

• The Wildcats used the starting combination of Darius Miller, Terrence Jones, Doron Lamb, Anthony Davis and Marquis Teague for the first time this season.
• Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was the first sub off the bench for UK. It was his first time as the Wildcat sixth man.
• Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 821 games, the third-longest streak in the country.
• With eight blocked shots, the Wildcats moved to third on the all-time NCAA team blocks list with 299.
• The game was tie d 37-37, marking only the second time this season the Cats have been tied at the half. Kentucky beat Kansas 75-65 after being tied 28-28 at the half.
• Kentucky attempted 28 3-pointers, the most since taking 33 against Chattanooga on December 17th.
• The Wildcats have attempted 20 or more 3-pointers six times this season.

Individual game notes

#1 Darius Miller

• Finished with 16 points, the most since scoring 17 points on senior night against Georgia.
• With 16 points, moved to 41st on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,178 career points.
• Attempted a career high 17 shots.

#3 Terrence Jones

• Tallied his third double-double of the season and the 16th in his career.
• With 12 points, Jones is now five points shy of becoming UK’s 59th member of the 1,000-point club.
• Selected to SEC All-Tournament Team.

#14 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

• Came off the bench for the first time this season.
• Fouled out for the fourth time this season.

#23 Anthony Davis

• With three blocks, sits in fourth on the NCAA Freshman blocks list with 157.
• Moved to sixth on UK’s career blocks list with 157.
• Selected to SEC All-Tournament Team.

#20 Doron Lamb

• With 11 points, scored in double figures for the 24th time this season.

#25 Marquis Teague

• With 86 assists to 37 turnovers, Teague boasts a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio over the last 16 games.
• Committed zero turnovers for the first time since January 24th at Georgia.

#33 Kyle Wiltjer

• Finished with eight points and three blocks.
• Hit multiple 3s for the ninth time this year and first time since hitting three against Georgia on March 1.
• Blocked career-high three shots.
• Recorded multiple blocks for the fourth time this season and the first time since blocking two shots against Radford on Nov. 23.