Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament – Mohegan Sun – Uncasville, Conn.
Kentucky improves to 3-0 on the season, while Penn State falls to 3-1.
The Wildcats are 3-1 all-time against Penn State.
UK is now 96-56 all-time against Big 10 opponents.
UK closes out its three-game road stretch on Sunday in the championship game of the Hall of Fame Tip-off Tournament. Kentucky takes on the winner of the Old Dominion/South Florida Sunday at noon ET. The game will be televised live on ESPNU.
Darius Miller was the first sub off the bench for the second straight game.
Kentucky extended its streak of games with a 3-pointer to 790 games, the third-longest streak in the country.
Marquis Teague opened the game with a 3-pointer, the first time this season UK has opened the game with a 3.
Leading 8-5, the Wildcats used a 39-10 run to open up a 47-15 lead heading into halftime.
Kentucky’s 32-point halftime lead was its largest of the season.
Doron Lamb’s 17-point first half was the most the points scored by a Wildcat in the first half since Lamb and Brandon Knight each scored 17 against Winthrop on Dec. 22, 2010.
The Kentucky defense held Penn State to just 16.2 pct. from the field in the first half.
The Wildcats held the Nittany Lions without a field goal for 11:32. PSU scored a bucket at 11:33 and didn’t get another one until a lay-up at the buzzer.
UK has held all three opponents below 34 pct. from the field this season.
The Wildcats’ average margin of victory through the first three games this season is 32.7 points.
Kentucky handed out 19 assists for the second straight game.
Hit multiple 3-pointers for the second time this season and the 28th time in his career. Going back to the end of last season, Lamb has hit multiple 3s in six straight games.
Scored 17 first-half points tying his career-best for first-half production.
Recorded his sixth career 20-point game and first of the season.
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