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Kentucky-Ole Miss Postgame Notes

Kentucky 75, Ole Miss 66

March 11, 2011

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Kentucky wins its fourth consecutive game and improves to 23-8 on the season. Ole Miss falls to 20-13.
The Wildcats are 97-13 all-time against the Rebels and 15-0 against Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament.
Kentucky lost to Ole Miss in the regular season, 71-69 in Oxford.
UK is 115-22 in the SEC Tournament and 20-7 in SEC Tournament games held in Atlanta.
The Cats are now 38-11 in SEC Tournament quarterfinal games and 6-0 against Ole Miss in the quarterfinal round of the tournament.
UK has now won 42 of its last 50 SEC Tournament games.
Kentucky will be in action again Saturday, March 12 at 1 p.m. EST vs. Alabama. The game will be televised on ABC.

The Wildcats used the starting combination of Darius Miller, Terrence Jones, Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb and Josh Harrellson for the sixth-straight game. UK is 5-1 with that starting lineup.
DeAndre Liggins was the first sub off the bench for Kentucky. It was his sixth time to be the first Wildcat off the bench.
Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 780 games, the third longest streak in the country.
Kentucky led 36-29 at the half. The Wildcats are 20-2 when leading at halftime.
UK outscored Ole Miss 42-20 in points in the paint, its largest margin in that category this season.
The Wildcats led wire-to-wire. UK led by as many as 12 points at 51-39. Ole Miss closed within two points, 68-66, with 1:48 remaining, but Brandon Knight scored the final seven points of the game to preserve the victory.

Had 15 points and has now scored in double-figures for the seventh straight game, the longest such streak in his career.
Has hit a 3-pointer in 18-straight games.
Is averaging 16.3 over the last seven games.
Scored an SEC Tournament career-high 15 points.
Pulled down a tournament career-high seven rebounds.

--With seven rebounds, he passed Sam Bowie and Chris Mills for second on UK’s all-time freshman rebounding list with 282.

Had 17 points, including the last seven of the game.
Tied with Dirk Minniefield for second on UK’s all-time freshman assist list with 126 assists. He had a game-high six assists today.
Has scored in double-digits in 26 straight games, the most since Jodie Meeks tallied 32-straight double-figure games in the 2008-09 season.
Grabbed seven rebounds, just one shy of his career high.

Finished with a team-high 19 points.
Fourth time this season he has led the team in scoring.
Scored 13 first-half points, the ninth time this season he’s scored in double-figures in the first half. It was the most first-half points since tallying 17 in the first frame against Winthrop.