Kentucky-Robert Morris Postgame Notes

March 19, 2013

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Kentucky season ends with a 21-12 overall record. Robert Morris improves to 24-10 and advances to the second round of the NIT.
With RMU’s win the series is now tied 1-1, with each team winning on its home floor in the series.
Kentucky is now 13-7 overall in NIT games.

Kentucky used the starting combination of Willie Cauley-Stein, Archie Goodwin, Ryan Harrow, Julius Mays and Alex Poythress for the eighth-straight game. That combination is 4-4 this season.
Jarrod Polson was the first sub off the bench for the Blue and White. He has been the first substation eight times this season now.
-Harrow connected on Kentucky’s first made 3-point attempt. The basket extended UK’s 3-point streak to 860 consecutive games which is a standard that ranks as the third longest such streak in the nation.
Robert Morris scored the game’s first 10 points. That’s the most consecutive points scored to open a game by a UK opponent this season.
Kentucky falls to 2-11 this season when trailing at the break. UK was down 28-27 at half against RMU.
UK went on an 11-0 run to tie the game at 53-53. The teams exchanged baskets before a pair of free throws by RMU’s Mike McFadden decided the final margin. Kyle Wiltjer’s 3-point attempt as time expired rimmed out.

Registered his second-career block.
Scored 10 points and now has three career double-figure scoring games in his career.
Played a career-high 31 minutes.
Led the team with three assists and now has passed out three or more in five games this year.

Scored eight-consecutive points to get the score tied at 24 apiece in the opening half.
Reached double-figure scoring for the 25th time this season with a team-high 18 points.
Tallied 466 points in his first-season in the Blue and White. That’s the sixth most points by a UK freshman in school history.
Led the team with seven rebounds.
Made a perfect 8-of-8 free throws which ranks as the second-most in a single game in UK history in an NIT game.
He’s the 22nd player in the Calipari era to hit 1.000 percent of his free throws when making six or more.
With the eight made shots from the charity stripe he finishes his freshman season having made 135 on the year. That total is good for the seventh most by a freshman in UK history.

Had nine points and a blocked shot. He has logged at least one swat in nine-straight games to finish the season.
Becomes the seventh player in program history to register 60 or more blocks in his freshman season.
Pulled down four rebounds in tonight’s game and logged 179 on the year. That mark is good for the 12th most by a freshman in program history.

Scored six points and had a pair of rebounds. His 371 points scored on the year is the 17th most by a freshman in school history, while his 199 rebounds are good for the ninth most by a first-year player.

Finished the season having made at least one 3-pointer in 21 of his final 22 career games.
Ended his collegiate career with five points scored in tonight’s game, and just one tally shy of 1,000 in a career with 999 career points.

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