NCAA Basketball Live Blog: Auburn Tigers @ Kentucky Wildcats

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Probable Starters

Pos. Name Yr. Ht./Wt. PPG RPG
G Ryan Harrow So. 6-2/170 10.3 2.4
G Julius Mays Sr. 6-2/192 9.2 2.8
G Archie Goodwin Fr. 6-5/198 14.7 4.9
F Nerlens Noel Fr. 6-10/208 10.6 9.5
F Alex Poythress Fr. 6-7/239 12.5 6.6

 

Pos. Name Yr. Ht./Wt. PPG RPG
G Chris Denson Jr. 6-2/175 11.5 3.0
G Shaquille Johnson Fr. 6-5/210 4.6 2.9
G Frankie Sullivan Sr. 6-1/206 16.1 4.2
C Rob Chubb Sr. 6-10/250 9.5 7.5
F Allen Payne Jr. 6-6/215 8.4 4.7

 

 

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:54 pm

Sorry on that last. Meant to say 7. Now UK up 64-48 with 6:30 left

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:52 pm

UK leads 61-48 with 6 min left

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:52 pm

And Chubb is……outa here. At least he got his hand back

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:48 pm

Dixon-Tatum fouls out for Auburn at 7:38 mark. UK leads 59-46

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:46 pm

WCS finishes three-point play after slick Poythress pass. It’s 57-44 UK

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:39 pm

WCS slam dunk followed by Wiltjer 3 in transition has UK up 54-42, its largest lead of the game

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:32 pm

Auburn has been called for 19 fouls. Kentucky 12

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:32 pm

Wiltjer hits both technical free throws and Mays drills a 3 to put UK ahead 47-38

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:24 pm

Tigers have made 7-10 3FGs. Came into today shooting 24.8 percent from three over their past six games.

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:24 pm

Now Dixon-Tatum gets his fourth foul with 15:20 left

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:22 pm

Then Goodwin picks up third. UK leads 41-36

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:21 pm

Chubb picks up 4th

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:21 pm

We’ve played 3:07 in 2H and 6 fouls have been called

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:14 pm

At the half UK FG% 41.4 Auburn FG % 37.9

Jason Jason February 9, 20135:11 pm

UK just 4 turnovers in first half

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:58 pm

37-31 UK leads at half after Frankie Sullivan drills a contested 3 of AU’s final possession

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:56 pm

Goodwin gets a personal foul. Unsporting technical foul, his 2nd personal.

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:56 pm

Granger has been ejected. Rupp Arena roars.

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:51 pm

Refs checking monitor to see how any additional fouls might be assessed. Nasty brawl in Ole Miss-Mizzou game

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:51 pm

Archie Goodwin getting into with an Auburn player. Didn’t see what happened. Waiting for the refs to check the monitor

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:50 pm

Nerlens Noel has 6 points, 8 rebounds but zero blocks in the first half

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:48 pm

Cats just get any kind of consistent run going

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:48 pm

32-38 Cats now

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:35 pm

Wiltjer 3 gives UK a 25-21 lead. Then the 1978 championship team comes onto the floor to be honored

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:28 pm

Poythress back to back scores followed by consecutive AU 3-pointers has score nodded at 21-20 AU

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:19 pm

Polson hits 3. Crowd going insane. UK leads 16-14

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:17 pm

House Speaker John Boehner is at today’s UK game across from the UK bench wearing a blue UK pullover. Has to bold well for UK getting renovations approved

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:16 pm

Polson playing great. forces a couple of TOs and gets a couple of rebounds.

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:11 pm

AU has 5 fouls already

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:08 pm

Noel gets and-1 and Chubb picks up 2nd foul. AU still leads 10-8 at first TV timeout

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:07 pm

scoring out burst as both teams score 13 points in just over 2 minutes and its AU with 10-6 lead

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:05 pm

UK up 1-0 after 2 minutes of play

Jason Jason February 9, 20134:00 pm

Seconds away from tipoff here at Rupp Arena

Jason Jason February 9, 20133:57 pm

Arkansas beats Florida, gets crushed at Vanderbilt. That basketball this year my friends

Jason Jason February 9, 20133:54 pm

UK’s starters: Noel, Goodwin, Harrow, Poythress and Mays

Topics: Kentucky Wildcat Basketball

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