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Boxscore and Game Notes: Blue-White Scrimmage

 
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Team Notes

  • This was the fifth year that the Blue/White Game was played in Rupp Arena.
  • The win marks the 11th consecutive game that Blue has gone unbeaten in the Blue-White Scrimmage, with its last loss to White coming in 2000-01 (scrimmage not held in 2007-08).
  • returns to the court Thurs. Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. against Northwood.  The exhibition will be televised live on Fox Sports South and delayed on the UK IMG Sports Network.
  • opens the regular season Fri. Nov. 9 vs. Maryland at the Barclays Center Classic in Brooklyn, N.Y.  The game will be at 8:30 p.m. and televised by ESPN.

 

First-Half Facts

 

Second-Half Story

  • Several of the players switched teams for the second half.
    • Blue came out with Noel, Hood, Harrow, Polson and .
    • White was Stein, Wiltjer, Poythress, Goodwin and Mays.
  • Players also switched teams during the second half.
  • Blue steadily chipped away and tied the game at 49, then took the lead and led the rest of the way.
  • White pulled within two at 88-86 with four seconds to go. 
    • Lanter made a foul shot to make it 89-86, giving White a chance to tie with 2.5 seconds  on the clock. 
    • Wiltjer fouled a Goodwin three-point shot at the buzzer; with a chance to tie, Goodwin made the second and third shots and Blue held on to win.

 

Individual Notes

  • Archie Goodwin led all scorers with 32 points and added nine rebounds.  
  • Kyle Wiltjer totaled 28 points and nine rebounds.
  • Alex Poythress tallied 25 points and six boards.
  • Ryan Harrow notched 20 points and a game-high six assists.
  • Willie Cauley-Stein double-doubled with 14 points and 12 rebounds.  He also had 5 blocks.
  • Nerlens Noel had seven blocked shots to go along with his nine points and eight rebounds.

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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