Dec. 6, 2014

Kentucky welcomes in-state foe Eastern Kentucky to Rupp Arena on Sunday, December 7. The game will be carried by the SEC Network and tip is set for 6 p.m. ET.

Gameday Information
Kentucky vs. Eastern Kentucky Sunday, Dec. 7 – 6:00 p.m. ET Lexington, Ky. Game Notes: UK | EKU
Coverage
TV: SEC Network Radio: UK Sports Network Live Video via SEC Network+ Live Audio Live Stats Text Updates
UK	Team Stats	EKU
77.0	Points	86.8
45.4	Opp. Points	60.7
.465	FG%	.464
.282	Opp. FG%	.439
.301	3-FG%	.350
.254	Opp. 3-FG%	.414
.649	FT%	.797
.669	Opp. FT%	.638
42.4	Rebs	32.3
31.0	Opp. Rebs.	33.8
16.5	Assists	17.0
10.9	Turnovers	10.3
8.6	Blocks	3.0
8.8	Steals	13.0

This Week’s News

Cauley-Stein’s Career Day Lifts UK Past Texas

• UK defeated its third ranked opponent and second top-10 foe of the season on Friday with a 63-51 double-digit win over of No. 6/7 Texas.
• The Wildcats won for their 26th time in 28 tries as the nation’s top-ranked team.
• Kentucky junior Willie Cauley-Stein netted a career-high in points (21) and earned his first double-double of the year with 12 rebounds. It was one shy of his career-best rebounds.
  • His previous career-high scoring output came during his freshman campaign in a 20-point effort at home vs. Vanderbilt.
  • Cauley-Stein’s stifiling defense guided the Cats, as the 7-footer earned five steals and three blocks to aid the cause.
• UK turned the ball over just eight times and has eight or fewer in back-to-back contests.
• Kentucky’s defense locked down the previously undefeated Longhorns.
  • The nation’s top-ranked defense (per field-goal percent defense) gave up 51 points and has yielded 55 or fewer in all but one contest this season.
  • Texas was flustered into 22 turnovers, the second time this season UK has forced 22 miscues.
  • The Longhorns were limited to 29.8 percent shooting, and UK has now opened the season holding all eight opponents below 40 percent.
  • All three ranked opponents have been limited to 30 percent or lower from the field.

UK’s Defense Suffocates Providence

• UK defeated its second ranked opponent of the season on Sunday with a 58-38 rout of No. 25 Providence.
• The Wildcats won for their 25th time in 27 tries as the nation’s top-ranked team.
• Kentucky post players Karl-Anthony Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein led the way for the Cats.
  • Towns followed up his first career double-double in the previous game with 11 points and six rebounds in 20 minutes of action.
  • Cauley-Stein also has 11 points and six rebounds, in addition to two steals.
• UK turned the ball over just seven times, the second fewest this season.
  • The Cats committed just six turnovers against then-No. 5/5 Kansas
• Kentucky’s defense locked down the previously undefeated Friars.
  • The nation’s top-ranked defense (per field-goal percent defense) gave up just 38 points, marking the third time in seven games this year where the opponent has failed to score more than 40.
  • In the second half, the Cats held Providence to just 16 points, the seventh time in 14 halves this season that the opponent has been held to less than 20 points.
  • The Friars were limited to just 28.2 from the field, stretching UK’s season-opening streak to seven games of holding opponents to less than 40-percent shooting. Only the 2011-12 national title team has matched that streak during the modern era of the 3-point field goal.