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NO. 25 KENTUCKY (15-4, 4-1 SEC) - University of Kentucky Athletics

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10<br />

Freedom Hall (20,042)<br />

Louisville, Ky. • Dec. 16, 2006<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> 6 1<br />

Louisville 49<br />

Playing with poise while some <strong>of</strong> his older teammates struggled,<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> freshman Jodie Meeks scored a career-high 18<br />

points to lead the quickly improving Wildcats to a 61-49 victory over<br />

instate rival Louisville.<br />

The win was <strong>Kentucky</strong>'s third straight in the series, and the<br />

Wildcats did it without major contributions from leading scorers<br />

Randolph Morris and Joe Crawford, who combined for just seven<br />

points - nearly 24 below their season average. Morris finished with<br />

just two points in <strong>15</strong> foul-plagued minutes while Crawford had trouble<br />

getting anything going.<br />

"We had to overcome Randolph's loss and I thought our guys<br />

showed a lot <strong>of</strong> heart and courage," Smith said.<br />

Particularly Meeks, who scored nine straight points midway<br />

through the second half after the Cardinals took a 41-40 lead. He<br />

hit consecutive 3-pointers and added three free throws while<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> held the Cardinals without a field goal for nearly seven<br />

minutes.<br />

Meeks looked right at home at the center <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> college basketball's<br />

fiercest rivalries, helping the Wildcats finish a brutal<br />

stretch that included losses to No. 1 UCLA and No. 3 North<br />

Carolina and a win over Indiana.<br />

While hard fought, the game showcased just how far one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

nation's high-pr<strong>of</strong>ile rivalries has fallen in recent years. There were<br />

poor shots, missed layups, turnovers and no sense <strong>of</strong> rhythm. The<br />

teams combined for <strong>25</strong> turnovers, 42 fouls and 84 missed shots.<br />

Louisville came in averaging 77.5 points a game, but struggled<br />

to get anything going. The Cardinals shot just 27 percent from the<br />

field, including 13 percent (3-for-24) from 3-point range.<br />

David Padgett led Louisville with 16 points and 10 rebounds,<br />

but had little help from his teammates despite what coach Rick<br />

Pitino called "excellent" execution <strong>of</strong>fensively.<br />

"This is kind <strong>of</strong> a scary thought, that's the best we've ran our<br />

<strong>of</strong>fense this year," Pitino said. "It's an obvious thing. We are not a<br />

good shooting team. We missed open shots."<br />

The Cardinals had plenty <strong>of</strong> opportunities to take control. They<br />

led for much <strong>of</strong> the first half and did a decent job defensively, holding<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> to 42 percent shooting.<br />

The Cardinals got within 49-45 on a putback by Andre McGee<br />

with 3:59 to play - Louisville's first basket in nearly seven minutes<br />

- but Sheray Thomas hit a jumper to put the Wildcats up by six and<br />

Louisville would get no closer.<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> (7-3) FG 3FG FT R F Pts A TO B S M<br />

13 Perry f 0-6 0-2 0-0 2 3 0 1 2 0 1 12<br />

33 Morris c 0-1 0-0 2-2 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 16<br />

03 Bradley g 4-10 1-4 6-7 6 1 <strong>15</strong> 2 3 1 0 31<br />

05 Jasper g 3-3 0-0 0-0 3 2 6 0 2 0 1 20<br />

32 Crawford g 2-9 0-3 1-4 4 0 5 5 1 1 2 31<br />

01 Porter 1-2 1-2 1-2 5 1 4 1 2 0 0 <strong>15</strong><br />

10 Obrzut 3-5 0-0 0-0 5 4 6 0 0 1 0 26<br />

20 Meeks 5-10 4-7 4-5 3 2 18 2 1 0 1 21<br />

21 Stevenson 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 10<br />

23 Thomas 1-1 0-0 1-2 5 3 3 1 1 1 0 18<br />

TEAM 4<br />

Totals.............. 20-48 6-18 <strong>15</strong>-22 40 21 61 13 13 4 6 200<br />

Louisville (5-4) FG 3FG FT R F Pts A TO B S M<br />

01 Williams f 3-11 1-5 0-1 6 3 7 2 2 0 2 28<br />

03 Palacios f 4-12 0-4 2-4 6 2 10 0 1 0 2 36<br />

04 Padgett c 4-4 0-0 8-10 10 4 16 2 1 3 0 32<br />

11 Jenkins g 1-5 0-3 1-1 4 1 3 2 1 0 2 26<br />

33 McGee g 1-8 0-4 0-1 4 2 2 1 2 0 1 20<br />

05 Clark 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3<br />

10 Sosa 2-7 0-1 1-1 1 2 5 0 1 0 1 14<br />

12 Gianiny 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 7<br />

20 Scott 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8<br />

32 Caracter 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 5 0 0 3 0 0 8<br />

34 Smith 1-7 1-4 0-0 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 18<br />

43 Farley 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+<br />

TEAM - - - 1<br />

Totals.............. 17-63 3-24 12-18 44 21 49 8 12 3 8 200<br />

1st 2nd Tot FG% 3FG% FT% Paint P-TO 2nd Bnch<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> 27 34 61 .417 .333 .682 20 11 7 33<br />

Louisville 24 <strong>25</strong> 49 .270 .1<strong>25</strong> .667 24 6 7 11<br />

Officials: Jim Burr, Bob Donato, John Cahill<br />

Technicals: None.<br />

<strong>KENTUCKY</strong> BASKETBALL<br />

11<br />

Rupp Arena (21,961)<br />

Lexington, Ky. • Dec. 19, 2006<br />

Santa Clara 60<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> 74<br />

Randolph Morris had 23 points and a career-high 13 rebounds<br />

as <strong>Kentucky</strong> stretched its winning streak to four games with a 74-<br />

60 victory over Santa Clara.<br />

It was the third double-double <strong>of</strong> the season for the <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />

center, who picked up four fouls and was held to a season-low two<br />

points Saturday in the Wildcats' victory over rival Louisville.<br />

With two Santa Clara starters measuring at 6-foot-11, <strong>Kentucky</strong><br />

needed its big man to stay out <strong>of</strong> foul trouble and contribute this<br />

time. Morris did both.<br />

He drew only one foul late in the game when <strong>Kentucky</strong> had a<br />

comfortable 11-point lead. He made 10 <strong>of</strong> 18 shots to match the<br />

season-high 23 points he scored earlier this season in a loss at<br />

North Carolina.<br />

Mitch Henke had 17 points to lead Santa Clara.<br />

With the Broncos ahead 23-22 late in the first half, Joe<br />

Crawford banked in a layup from beneath the basket, putting<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> ahead for good. Morris scored the next six points on the<br />

drive.<br />

Santa Clara scored the last five points <strong>of</strong> the half to pull to 30-<br />

28 and came within one with 14 minutes left in the game on a<br />

jumper by Danny Pariseau.<br />

But Morris answered with a jumper <strong>of</strong> his own a minute later,<br />

then came up with a critical steal to keep the Broncos from regaining<br />

the lead.<br />

Freshman Derrick Jasper put the game out <strong>of</strong> reach with six<br />

minutes left when he took an under-the-basket pass from Joe<br />

Crawford, scored on the layup, drew a foul and connected on the<br />

3-point play.<br />

Santa Clara (8-4) FG 3FG FT R F Pts A TO B S M<br />

<strong>15</strong> Denison f 4-9 0-0 4-9 7 3 12 2 0 2 0 28<br />

21 Henke f 7-13 2-6 1-1 4 3 17 3 4 0 1 32<br />

54 Bryant c 3-8 0-0 2-2 9 2 8 1 0 0 1 28<br />

05 Angley g 1-7 1-3 0-0 3 2 3 2 5 0 1 31<br />

23 Pariseau g 5-14 2-8 2-2 4 4 14 3 4 1 4 33<br />

00 Higgins 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 10<br />

03 Johnson 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4<br />

10 Rohe 1-4 0-3 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 9<br />

12 Dougherty 0-3 0-3 0-1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 14<br />

34 Parham 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 6<br />

44 Kaempf 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5<br />

TEAM 1<br />

Totals.............. 23-64 5-24 9-<strong>15</strong> 39 19 60 13 <strong>15</strong> 3 8 200<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> (8-3) FG 3FG FT R F Pts A TO B S M<br />

13 Perry f 0-3 0-1 0-0 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 16<br />

33 Morris c 10-18 0-0 3-6 13 1 23 2 3 2 2 33<br />

03 Bradley g 4-14 3-6 3-4 5 4 14 5 2 0 0 29<br />

05 Jasper g 2-3 0-0 6-8 1 2 10 3 2 1 1 <strong>25</strong><br />

32 Crawford g 2-7 1-5 0-0 3 1 5 2 1 2 2 28<br />

01 Porter 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 12<br />

10 Obrzut 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 8<br />

20 Meeks 4-9 1-4 0-0 2 0 9 1 1 0 1 16<br />

21 Stevenson 0-2 0-0 2-2 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 12<br />

22 Harris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1<br />

23 Thomas 0-1 0-0 2-2 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 20<br />

TEAM 4<br />

Totals.............. 26-63 6-18 16-22 42 11 74 19 14 6 6 200<br />

1st 2nd Tot FG% 3FG% FT% Paint P-TO 2nd Bnch<br />

Santa Clara 28 32 60 .359 .208 .600 28 17 18 6<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> 30 44 74 .413 .333 .727 26 13 9 22<br />

Officials: Doug Shows, Joe Lindsay, Mike Kitts; Technicals: None.<br />

12<br />

Rupp Arena (24,307)<br />

Lexington, Ky. • Dec. 22, 2006<br />

Massachusetts 68<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> 82<br />

Joe Crawford, Ramel Bradley and Randolph Morris each had<br />

14 points as <strong>Kentucky</strong> won its fifth straight with an 82-68 victory<br />

over Massachusetts, spoiling the homecoming <strong>of</strong> Minutemen<br />

coach Travis Ford.<br />

Freshman point guard Derrick Jasper had a career-high eight<br />

assists - the most by a <strong>Kentucky</strong> player this year.<br />

Ford, coming <strong>of</strong>f a victory against former coach Rick Pitino and<br />

Louisville, failed to become the first coach in nine years to beat<br />

both the Cardinals and Wildcats on their home courts in the same<br />

season.<br />

He is now 0-4 against his alma mater. The previous three<br />

games - including one in the NCAA tournament - came when Ford<br />

coached at Eastern <strong>Kentucky</strong>.<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong>'s backcourt trio <strong>of</strong> Crawford, Bradley and Jasper had<br />

its most complete game since coach Tubby Smith went with the<br />

three-guard lineup Dec. 5 against Chattanooga.<br />

Crawford came out <strong>of</strong> a shooting funk by hitting three <strong>of</strong> four<br />

shots from 3-point range. Bradley made both <strong>of</strong> his long-range<br />

shots.<br />

Eight minutes into the game with the Minutemen ahead 19-16,<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> went on a 23-3 run to take a 17-point lead. Six different<br />

Wildcats scored on the 10-minute drive, highlighted by three consecutive<br />

3-pointers - two from Crawford and one by Ramel Bradley.<br />

The Minutemen trimmed a 21-point <strong>Kentucky</strong> lead down to 12<br />

with two minutes left but got no closer.<br />

The Wildcats dominated virtually every aspect <strong>of</strong> the game,<br />

shooting 59 percent from the field, holding the Minutemen to 37<br />

percent, and winning the rebounding battle 37-to-32.<br />

One <strong>of</strong> the only sore spots for <strong>Kentucky</strong> was personal fouls.<br />

The Wildcats racked up 20 - five from Bobby Perry and four from<br />

Morris.<br />

James Life provided almost all the <strong>of</strong>fense for UMass, scoring<br />

24 points - including six 3-pointers. Stephane Lasme had five<br />

blocks, but the Wildcats kept challenging him, as Lasme fouled out<br />

with two minutes left.<br />

The newest Wildcat, Ramon Harris <strong>of</strong> Alaska, scored his first<br />

two points <strong>of</strong> the year.<br />

UMass (9-3) FG 3FG FT R F Pts A TO B S M<br />

01 Freeman f 2-9 0-0 3-3 7 4 7 0 2 0 1 28<br />

13 Lasme f 1-5 0-0 6-6 3 5 8 1 4 5 2 31<br />

03 Forbes g 3-9 0-2 1-4 7 4 7 2 1 0 1 27<br />

10 Mayben g 0-4 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 <strong>15</strong><br />

34 Life g 8-16 6-13 2-2 3 3 24 0 1 2 1 32<br />

02 Thomas 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 12<br />

05 Harris 4-8 1-3 4-7 0 2 13 0 1 0 2 16<br />

14 Lowe 4-6 0-1 1-2 2 0 9 4 3 0 3 <strong>25</strong><br />

22 Brower 0-1 0-1 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11<br />

31 Bonner 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3<br />

TEAM 3<br />

Totals.............. 22-59 7-22 17-24 32 23 68 11 <strong>15</strong> 7 11 200<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> (9-3) FG 3FG FT R F Pts A TO B S M<br />

13 Perry, B. f 4-5 0-1 0-0 0 5 8 2 1 0 0 11<br />

33 Morris c 6-10 0-0 2-5 5 4 14 1 2 4 0 <strong>25</strong><br />

3 Bradley g 5-9 2-2 2-2 5 2 14 2 2 0 2 <strong>25</strong><br />

5 Jasper g 3-4 0-0 3-6 5 3 9 8 4 0 2 29<br />

32 Crawford g 4-10 3-4 3-6 4 0 14 3 4 0 0 30<br />

1 Porter 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4<br />

10 Obrzut 2-3 0-0 0-2 3 3 4 0 1 2 0 13<br />

20 Meeks 2-4 1-3 5-5 3 1 10 3 0 0 3 24<br />

21 Stevenson 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 13<br />

22 Harris 1-2 0-0 0-2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2<br />

23 Thomas 1-1 1-1 0-0 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 23<br />

30 Perry, D. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0<br />

42 Coury 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1<br />

TEAM 5<br />

Totals.............. 30-51 7-11 <strong>15</strong>-28 37 20 82 20 18 6 7 200<br />

1st 2nd Tot FG% 3FG% FT% Paint P-TO 2nd Bnch<br />

UMass 27 41 68 .373 .318 .708 30 19 6 22<br />

<strong>Kentucky</strong> 39 43 82 .588 .636 .536 38 16 5 23<br />

Officials: Tom Lopes, Tracy Woodson, Briant Forte; Technicals: None.<br />

2006-07 <strong>KENTUCKY</strong> WILDCATS

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