Thursday, Mar 15, 2012, 6:50 PM EDT
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| Final - 3.15.2012 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | 26 | 40 | 66 |
| Kentucky Wildcats | 45 | 36 | 81 |
Iowa St. Cyclones at Kentucky Wildcats: 2012 NCAA Tournament South Regional 2nd Round - Game Preview. A Sea of Blue looks at Kentucky's second round matchup, the Iowa St. Cyclones.
94-feet at CoachCal.com: Iowa State Edition -- I take a look at the short history of UK vs. Iowa State, and I examine the basketball life of ISU coach Fred Hoiberg. In addition, I uncover an interesting UK-ISU connection involving former UK assistant coach Lynn Nance.
Whether it be 1955 while sitting in the family car, parked on the highest peak in town, desperately straining to hear Cawood Ledford's call of the Cats, or 1985 while sitting at home, turning down...
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (16) 66 vs. Kentucky Wildcats (1) 81: Postmortem. Kentucky handles the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in second-round NCAA Tournament action.
2012 NCAA Tournament: Late Game Open Thread. Discuss the late games or Kentucky's victory over Western.
Western Kentucky at Kentucky: 2012 NCAA Tournament Second Half Game Thread
Over at CoachCal.com, I take a look at the Kentucky vs. WKU series history, as well as Kentucky in the NCAA tournament, along with the top Wildcat performers in the Big Dance. Here's an excerpt: ...
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (16) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (1): Game Preview. A Sea of Blue looks at Kentucky's first-round game against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.
2012 NCAA Tournament: Looking at the South Region. A Sea of Blue analyzes the entire South region in detail.
Kentucky Wildcat Basketball: UK color analyst, and former Wildcat All-America Mike Pratt will talk with 1340 WBGN radio about the 'Cats' road to New Orleans, and what the team needs to do to have a successful journey.
Syracuse has announced 7-foot center Fab Melo, the anchor of the Orangeman's 2-3 zone defense, is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament. Holy cow! Talk about a blow to your chances! Maybe that...
Duke vs. Kentucky 1992: 20 Years Later. 'tHan takes a look at the 20-year interregnum between now and the 1992 classic Regional Final between Duke and Kentucky.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Kentucky | 26 | 40 | 66 |
| Kentucky | 45 | 36 | 81 |
| Western Kentucky | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Fant | 32 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Teeng Akol | 22 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Derrick Gordon | 36 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Jamal Crook | 17 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| T.J. Price | 33 | 6-11 | 3-7 | 6-7 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 21 |
| Kene Anyigbo | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Kahlil McDonald | 31 | 4-11 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 3-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Spence Sheldon | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| O`Karo Akamune | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Nigel Snipes | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Vinny Zollo | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 0 |
| Caden Dickerson | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Kevin Kaspar | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jay Starks | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Stephon Drane | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 25-63 | 6-15 | 10-16 | 30-10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 19-0 | 66 | |
| .397 | .400 | .625 | Team Reb: 3 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Kentucky | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrence Jones | 35 | 9-13 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 10-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 22 |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | 34 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 7-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Anthony Davis | 36 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 9-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0-1 | 16 |
| Doron Lamb | 29 | 7-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Marquis Teague | 32 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 6-8 | 2-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Darius Miller | 26 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Jarrod Polson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Twany Beckham | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Eloy Vargas | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Brian Long | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Kyle Wiltjer | 8 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Sam Malone | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Jon Hood | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Ryan Harrow | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-54 | 3-10 | 18-25 | 39-9 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 14-1 | 81 | |
| .556 | .300 | .720 | Team Reb: | Total TO: (0 pts) | |||||||
