March 31, 2012

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• Kentucky moved 37-2, while Louisville dropped to 30-10.
• The Wildcats are 30-14 all-time against Louisville and 3-2 against the Cardinals in the NCAA Tournament.
• UK is now 110-46 in NCAA Tournament games.
• Kentucky’s 110 tournament wins is the most in the country.
• The Wildcats are 18-7 in Final Four games and 8-3 in national semifinal games.
• Kentucky is 36-13 all-time in New Orleans and 6-2 in NCAA Tournament games played in New Orleans.
• Head coach John Calipari is 37-13 in the NCAA Tournament.
• John Calipari will coach in his second national championship on Monday night.
• The Wildcats will face the winner of the Kansas/Ohio State game on Monday in the national championship game. It is Kentucky’s first appearance in the championship since winning the 1998 National Championship.

Team game notes

• The Wildcats used the starting combination of Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Doron Lamb, Anthony Davis and Marquis Teague for the 28th time this season. UK is 27-1 with that starting five.
• Darius Miller was the first sub off the bench for UK. It was his 26th time as the Wildcat sixth man.
• Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 826 games, the third-longest streak in the country.
• With seven blocked shots, the Wildcats pushed their NCAA record number of blocks to 333.
• After Louisville scored the game’s opening basket, Kentucky hit its first four shots of the game, going on an 8-0 run to take an 8-2 lead.
• The Wildcats went into the locker room at halftime leading 35-28. Kentucky is 31-0 when leading at halftime.
• UK shot 60 pct. in the first half, the third time in the tournament the Cats have hit better than 50 pct. from the field in the first half.
• The Wildcats shot 57.1 pct. from the field for the game, the fourth time in five NCAA Tournament games UK has hit better than 50 pct. from the field.
• Anthony Davis’ five blocked shots are the third most in a Final Four game and second most in a semifinal game in tournament history.

Individual game notes

#1 Darius Miller

• Finished with 13 points pushing his career total to 1,243 points, placing him 35th on the UK all-time scoring list.
• Ranks 10th on UK’s all-time 3-point field goals list with 174.
• Averaging 13.2 in NCAA Tournament.
• Has hit 21 of last 22 free throws.

#3 Terrence Jones

• With six points, Jones moves to 53rd on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,055 career points.

#14 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

• Averaging 12.6 points and 6.6 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament.

#20 Doron Lamb

• With 10 points moved to within 4 points of his 1,000th career point. Would be the 60th member of the 1,000-point club and the third one this season.
• Averaging 15.4 in NCAA Tournament.

#23 Anthony Davis

• With 18 points and 14 rebounds, recorded his 20th double-double, tying the UK freshman record (DeMarcus Cousins) for double-doubles.
• With five blocks, moved to second on the NCAA all-time freshman block list with 180. He is two blocks shy of tying the freshman record 182 (Hassan Whiteside, Marshall; 2010).
• Averaging 15.2 points, 11.6 rebounds and 4.6 blocks in NCAA Tournament.

#25 Marquis Teague

• Finished with five assists to three turnovers. In last 21 games, has 112 assists to 51 turnovers, a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Averaging 13.2 points and 5.2 assists in NCAA Tournament.