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Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky vs. Cleveland State

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  • is now 5-0 on the season. falls to 3-2.
  • is now 1-0 all-time against the Vikings.
  • Kentucky returns to action on Wednesday in the championship game taking on the winner of the Stanford/Virginia game. Tip-off is set for 9:30 p.m. ET with the game being televised on CBS College Sports.

 

 

Team game notes

  • The Wildcats used the starting combination of , , , Patrick Patterson and for the fourth straight game. Kentucky is 4-0 with that starting five.
  • UK won the opening tip. The Wildcats have won the opening tip in all four games this season. DeMarcus Cousins has jumped center for every game this year.
  • DeMarcus Cousins scored the game's first points 2:03 into the game.
  • was the first sub off the bench for Kentucky. It was his second time this season to be the first Wildcat off the bench.
  • UK extended its string of 716 consecutive games making a three-pointer.
  • Kentucky carried a 35-27 lead into halftime. The Wildcats are now 4-0 when leading at the half.
  • The Wildcats opened the second half on an 18-4 run to take a 53-31 lead.
  • The UK defense held Cleveland State to a season low 49 points. The Vikings' previous low was 6 at St. Bonaventure.
  • The Wildcats outrebounded the opposition for the fifth time this season, outrebounding the Vikings 48-28.
  • Kentucky's +20 rebound margin was its largest this season.
  • For the fifth time this season, Kentucky outscored its opponent in the paint, putting up 26 to Cleveland State's 14.
  • UK has advanced to its second straight in-season tournament championship. The Wildcats won the Las Vegas Invitational last year.

 

Individual game notes

 

#1 Darius Miller  

  • Just missed his first career double-double with nine points and eight rebounds
  • Pulled down a season high eight rebounds

 

#4

  • Converted his first career three-pointer

 

#5 Ramon Harris

  • Pulled down a season high eight rebounds

 

#15 DeMarcus Cousins

  • Converted his first career three-point attempt
  • Has scored in double-digits in last three games, averaging 15.0 ppg.

 

#24 Eric Bledsoe

  • Has a three-pointer in three straight games and four of UK's first five games.

 

#54 Patrick Patterson

  • Finished with nine points, putting him over 1,100 for his career (1,105).
  • Patterson recorded nine points and five rebounds in the first half.

 

#55

  • Hit his first three-pointer of the season, knocking down the open look with: 02 left in the first half
  • Finished with a season best five points

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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