Cardinal  65    Wildcats  73

Recap: Kentucky vs. Stanford

Sports Network | November 26, 2009

Cancun, MX (Sports Network) - John Wall ended with a game-high 26 points, including two free throws late in regulation to send the contest into overtime, where No. 5 Kentucky earned a 73-65 victory over Stanford in the championship game of the Cancun Challenge.

Patrick Patterson logged 12 points and 11 rebounds, and DeMarcus Cousins ended with 13 and five for the Wildcats (6-0), who held the Cardinal without a field goal in the extra session to pull out the win.

Landry Fields posted 23 points and 13 rebounds, while Jeremy Green tallied 18 points for Stanford (3-3), which earned a five-point victory over Virginia to earn a spot in the final.

Jarrett Mann had nine points but missed two free throws with nine seconds left in regulation that could have iced the game with the Cardinal leading 63-61.

After the misses, Wall took matters into his own hands, driving the lane and earning the foul before calmly sinking both freebies to send the game into an extra session.

Both teams struggled from the field in overtime, and Ramon Harris' field goal 2:12 in gave Kentucky a 65-64 lead.

The teams exchanged free throws and empty possessions before Eric Bledsoe was true from three-point range coming out of a timeout with 33.3 seconds to play to give Kentucky a 69-65 lead.

Fields then missed a three and Darius Miller made two free throws to seal the thrilling win.

Stanford ended the first half on a 9-0 run, as Green's jumper yielded a 38-32 advantage at the break.

The second half was nip-and-tuck throughout. Stanford kept the Wildcats at bay until a Miller three-pointer and Patterson layup gave Kentucky a 54-53 edge with just under seven minutes to play.

Andrew Zimmermann broke a 59-all tie near the two-minute mark with a jumper. Green had a chance to extend the margin a little later but missed a three.

Wall's jumper tied things before two Fields free throws with 28.2 seconds left gave Stanford another lead.

Cousins missed two from the stripe at the other end, only to have Mann follow suit.

Miller had 10 points for Kentucky, which outscored its counterpart in the paint, 28-16...Wall also had a game-high five assists...Kentucky bested Cleveland State in the semifinal round by a 73-49 margin.