Kentucky-Texas A&M Postgame Notes

Jan. 21, 2014

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Kentucky is 14-4, 4-1 in the Southeastern Conference. Texas A&M is 12-6, 3-2 in league play.
Kentucky leads the series 4-2, including 3-2 in Lexington.
This is the only time the teams will meet during the regular season.
Kentucky concludes its three-game homestand Saturday against Georgia. Game time is 1:30 p.m. and will be shown on SEC TV.

Kentucky started Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, James Young, Julius Randle and Willie Cauley-Stein for the 11th-consecutive game.
Andrew Harrison opened the scoring with a 3-pointer on the first possession of the game; two minutes later, he hit another triple that put the Wildcats ahead 8-5, a lead they would not relinquish.
Kentucky led by as many as 10 points in the first half (25-15) and went to intermission up 34-27.

Early in the second half, A&M narrowed the score to 37-33 when Alex Poythress scored seven-straight points to give UK a 44-33 lead. That was the start of a 21-7 run that put the game away for the Wildcats.
UK led by as many as 21 points en route to the victory.

Kentucky has won 20 consecutive home games, including 11 straight SEC home contests.
- UK is 79-2 in Rupp Arena under Coach Calipari.
UK dominated the rebounding, 42-24, leading to a 15-4 lead in second-chance points.
- Coming into the game UK led the SEC with a rebounding margin of +11.4.
Sparked by Poythress’ 16 points, UK won bench points 25-13.
- UK is 8-0 this season when the Wildcats win bench points.
Kentucky is now 33-0 under Coach Calipari when limiting the opponent to 55 or fewer points.

Alex Poythress had a season-high 16 points and added five rebounds and two blocked shots.
- Poythress is averaging 10.6 points in UK’s five SEC games.
James Young chipped in 15 points and seven rebounds.
Julius Randle had 13 points and 11 rebounds, his 11th double-double of the season.
Dakari Johnson collected six points and seven rebounds. He was effective on the defensive end with three blocked shots and a steal while affecting multiple shot trajectories.
- As a team, UK had a +22 points in the +/- statistic when Johnson was in the game tonight.
Andrew Harrison scored eight points, tied his season of eight rebounds and had a game-high four assists.

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