Kentucky-Cleveland State Postgame Notes

Nov. 25, 2013

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Kentucky is 5-1 and Cleveland State is 3-3.
Kentucky leads the series 2-0.
Kentucky is now 16-4 all-time against teams currently comprising the Horizon League.
Kentucky completes the Keightley Classic on Wednesday as the Wildcats play host to Eastern Michigan. Game time is 4 p.m. and it will be televised on Fox Sports South.

Kentucky started five freshmen for the third game in a row – Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, James Young, Julius Randle and Marcus Lee.
Trailing 4-2, Cleveland State hit a 9-0 run for an 11-4 lead.
The Vikings stretched the lead to 19-10 when the Wildcats clawed back in the game.
- UK went on a 15-3 spurt to reclaim a 25-22 advantage.
Cleveland State scored the last seven points of the half and took a 31-27 lead into intermission.

Cleveland State used a 7-0 run to extend the lead to its largest of the game at 44-33, coaxing a UK timeout at 14:11.
Young made Kentucky’s first 3-pointer (866 straight games) at the 14:00 mark started an 11-3 spurt that got the Wildcats within 47-44.
CSU replied with seven straight points to make it 54-44 with 7:41 remaining.
Kentucky finished the game with a 24-7 run.
- UK got 12 in a row and nine in a row, sandwiched around a CSU 3-pointer by Bryn Forbes (game’s leading scorer with 22 points), to go ahead 65-57.
- Tied at 57, Andrew Harrison drove, scored and hit the foul shot with 2:08 to go to put the Wildcats ahead for good.

Kentucky got its best foul shooting performance of the season, making 77.1 percent (27 of 35).
Kentucky has won the rebounding every game this season, including 42-35 tonight.
Sparked by 11 points from Willie Cauley-Stein and seven from Alex Poythress, UK won the bench scoring 19-4.
Kentucky is 77-3 under Coach John Calipari when limiting the opponent to 63 or fewer points.

Julius Randle has a double-double in all six games this season, totaling 15 points and 15 rebounds tonight.
- Only one Wildcat has begun a season with at least six consecutive double-doubles — Jim Andrews, who began 1971-72 with seven straight.
Andrew Harrison scored 12 points, including a pair of three-point plays (basket and free throw) during the decisive run at the end of the game.
- He had a game-high five assists.
Willie Cauley-Stein notched 11 points and added four blocked shots and two steals.
James Young had nine points and three assists. He has made a 3-pointer in every game this season.
Alex Poythress had a productive night off the bench, totaling seven points and seven rebounds in 15 minutes of action.

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