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| 753 | KENTUCKY | -19 | -18.5 | | 754 | MISSISSIPPI ST | 124 | 124.5 |
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| All Games | 27-0 | +8 | 14-13 | 10-17 | 74.7 | 36.7 | 46.9% | 38.7 | 52.6 | 24.1 | 34.2% | 30.9 | | Road Games | 10-0 | +6 | 6-4 | 4-6 | 68.5 | 33.0 | 43.5% | 39.3 | 52.0 | 24.2 | 34.2% | 34.6 | | Last 5 Games | 5-0 | +2 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 78.4 | 39.2 | 50.3% | 39.4 | 59.2 | 27.8 | 39.8% | 26.6 | | Conference Games | 14-0 | +4 | 6-8 | 8-6 | 74.1 | 36.9 | 46.7% | 35.7 | 56.9 | 26.1 | 38.6% | 30.2 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 74.7 | 36.7 | 26-55 | 46.9% | 6-16 | 34.2% | 17-24 | 70.4% | 39 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 7 | | vs opponents surrendering | 65.3 | 30.4 | 22-54 | 41.3% | 6-19 | 33.0% | 14-20 | 68.9% | 34 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 4 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 68.5 | 33.0 | 23-53 | 43.5% | 6-17 | 33.5% | 16-22 | 74.0% | 39 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 6 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 52.6 | 24.1 | 19-54 | 34.2% | 5-17 | 27.5% | 11-17 | 64.9% | 31 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 2 | | vs opponents averaging | 68.5 | 32.1 | 24-55 | 43.5% | 6-19 | 33.7% | 15-21 | 70.1% | 35 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 4 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 52.0 | 24.2 | 19-56 | 34.2% | 4-15 | 23.7% | 10-17 | 59.0% | 35 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
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| All Games | 12-15 | -6 | 12-11 | 10-11 | 62.1 | 28.2 | 42.8% | 35.7 | 62.7 | 29.1 | 41.0% | 31.5 | | Home Games | 8-7 | -8.2 | 6-6 | 4-7 | 62.6 | 29.9 | 42.4% | 36.6 | 61.0 | 29.5 | 40.0% | 30.7 | | Last 5 Games | 1-4 | -1.8 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 59.0 | 27.0 | 42.1% | 36.8 | 65.2 | 28.6 | 38.8% | 32.2 | | Conference Games | 5-9 | +2.9 | 8-6 | 8-6 | 62.6 | 27.1 | 41.9% | 35.9 | 67.3 | 28.9 | 40.9% | 33.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 62.1 | 28.2 | 21-49 | 42.8% | 4-14 | 30.7% | 16-23 | 69.8% | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 3 | | vs opponents surrendering | 65.9 | 30.9 | 23-54 | 41.9% | 6-19 | 32.8% | 14-21 | 69.2% | 35 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 3 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 62.6 | 29.9 | 21-49 | 42.4% | 4-13 | 27.8% | 17-24 | 70.3% | 37 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 3 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 62.7 | 29.1 | 22-54 | 41.0% | 6-21 | 31.5% | 12-19 | 63.4% | 32 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 4 | | vs opponents averaging | 67.1 | 31.2 | 24-55 | 43.0% | 6-18 | 33.3% | 14-20 | 67.8% | 34 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 4 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 61.0 | 29.5 | 21-53 | 40.0% | 7-21 | 33.9% | 11-18 | 63.7% | 31 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
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| 1/6/2015 | OLE MISS | 89-86 | W | -23 | L | 128.5 | O | 25-60 | 41.7% | 34 | 10 | 29-59 | 49.2% | 32 | 18 | | 1/10/2015 | @ TEXAS A&M | 70-64 | W | -14.5 | L | 119 | O | 18-64 | 28.1% | 53 | 12 | 23-69 | 33.3% | 52 | 12 | | 1/13/2015 | MISSOURI | 86-37 | W | -24 | W | 126.5 | U | 27-56 | 48.2% | 46 | 8 | 16-59 | 27.1% | 27 | 11 | | 1/17/2015 | @ ALABAMA | 70-48 | W | -9.5 | W | 119.5 | U | 23-46 | 50.0% | 30 | 10 | 20-45 | 44.4% | 21 | 15 | | 1/20/2015 | VANDERBILT | 65-57 | W | -21.5 | L | 127 | U | 20-46 | 43.5% | 33 | 13 | 22-53 | 41.5% | 30 | 16 | | 1/24/2015 | @ S CAROLINA | 58-43 | W | -12 | W | 123.5 | U | 18-39 | 46.2% | 28 | 8 | 12-53 | 22.6% | 40 | 12 | | 1/29/2015 | @ MISSOURI | 69-53 | W | -17.5 | L | 120.5 | O | 20-44 | 45.5% | 34 | 14 | 18-43 | 41.9% | 26 | 15 | | 1/31/2015 | ALABAMA | 70-55 | W | -19 | L | 119.5 | O | 24-41 | 58.5% | 21 | 5 | 17-37 | 45.9% | 26 | 13 | | 2/3/2015 | GEORGIA | 69-58 | W | -18 | L | 123.5 | O | 25-55 | 45.5% | 24 | 7 | 19-46 | 41.3% | 36 | 16 | | 2/7/2015 | @ FLORIDA | 68-61 | W | -8 | L | 117 | O | 22-47 | 46.8% | 33 | 15 | 24-49 | 49.0% | 20 | 11 | | 2/10/2015 | @ LSU | 71-69 | W | -10 | L | 136.5 | O | 31-68 | 45.6% | 40 | 8 | 28-59 | 47.5% | 35 | 9 | | 2/14/2015 | S CAROLINA | 77-43 | W | -18.5 | W | 121.5 | U | 27-54 | 50.0% | 45 | 13 | 13-55 | 23.6% | 21 | 9 | | 2/17/2015 | @ TENNESSEE | 66-48 | W | -13.5 | W | 120 | U | 22-53 | 41.5% | 35 | 11 | 21-56 | 37.5% | 35 | 15 | | 2/21/2015 | AUBURN | 110-75 | W | -25 | W | 139.5 | O | 44-68 | 64.7% | 44 | 15 | 25-60 | 41.7% | 22 | 15 | | 2/25/2015 | @ MISSISSIPPI ST | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/28/2015 | ARKANSAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3/3/2015 | @ GEORGIA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3/7/2015 | FLORIDA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 1/7/2015 | TENNESSEE | 47-61 | L | 2 | L | 119.5 | U | 11-36 | 30.6% | 28 | 13 | 17-48 | 35.4% | 44 | 18 | | 1/10/2015 | @ FLORIDA | 47-72 | L | 17 | L | 115 | O | 17-44 | 38.6% | 28 | 15 | 28-53 | 52.8% | 31 | 7 | | 1/13/2015 | @ TEXAS A&M | 70-74 | L | 10 | W | 117 | O | 21-59 | 35.6% | 36 | 14 | 21-44 | 47.7% | 34 | 13 | | 1/17/2015 | VANDERBILT | 57-54 | W | 4 | W | 123.5 | U | 17-44 | 38.6% | 41 | 17 | 20-52 | 38.5% | 28 | 7 | | 1/21/2015 | @ AUBURN | 78-71 | W | 7 | W | 129 | O | 26-56 | 46.4% | 44 | 17 | 25-62 | 40.3% | 33 | 12 | | 1/24/2015 | GEORGIA | 66-72 | L | 5 | L | 125.5 | O | 22-65 | 33.8% | 42 | 9 | 23-47 | 48.9% | 32 | 11 | | 1/28/2015 | @ OLE MISS | 73-79 | L | 12.5 | W | 138 | O | 30-54 | 55.6% | 34 | 16 | 22-55 | 40.0% | 31 | 6 | | 1/31/2015 | LSU | 73-67 | W | 4.5 | W | 136.5 | O | 23-52 | 44.2% | 40 | 13 | 26-69 | 37.7% | 43 | 15 | | 2/3/2015 | @ TENNESSEE | 71-66 | W | 9 | W | 123.5 | O | 19-34 | 55.9% | 26 | 18 | 25-60 | 41.7% | 33 | 14 | | 2/7/2015 | @ ARKANSAS | 41-61 | L | 15 | L | 146 | U | 14-45 | 31.1% | 42 | 24 | 24-64 | 37.5% | 34 | 11 | | 2/10/2015 | ALABAMA | 51-55 | L | 1 | L | 120 | U | 17-46 | 37.0% | 37 | 15 | 17-52 | 32.7% | 33 | 11 | | 2/14/2015 | @ MISSOURI | 77-74 | W | 2.5 | W | 121 | O | 23-41 | 56.1% | 28 | 12 | 26-59 | 44.1% | 33 | 13 | | 2/19/2015 | OLE MISS | 65-71 | L | 5.5 | L | 138 | U | 22-48 | 45.8% | 35 | 13 | 26-60 | 43.3% | 30 | 6 | | 2/21/2015 | ARKANSAS | 61-65 | L | 7.5 | W | 137.5 | U | 22-53 | 41.5% | 42 | 23 | 19-54 | 35.2% | 31 | 14 | | 2/25/2015 | KENTUCKY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/28/2015 | @ S CAROLINA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3/4/2015 | @ VANDERBILT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3/7/2015 | MISSOURI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | KENTUCKY: The Wildcats made it all the way to the national title game last season, and bring back a ton of the talent from that team. It will start with the Harrison twins, as SG Aaron (13.7 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 36% threes) and PG Andrew (10.9 PPG, 4.0 APG, 3.2 RPG) both improved greatly throughout the season, and are both tough to guard at 6-foot-6. While their shooting has improved, the duo is at its best when driving to the basket. In the frontcourt, C Willie Cauley-Stein (6.8 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 2.9 BPG) is back after injuring his foot in the NCAA Tournament last year. He is still raw on the offensive end, but the 7-footer can change a game on the defensive end with his shot blocking. Joining him in this formidable frontcourt is 6-foot-8 PF Alex Poythress (5.9 PPG, 4.5 RPG in 18.4 MPG), 6-foot-9 PF Marcus Lee (2.4 PPG, 1.4 RPG, 62% FG) and fellow 7-footer C Dakari Johnson (5.2 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 57% FG), who all comprise what should be the best rebounding team in the country. Combining that experience with the highly-recruited freshmen talent of PF Karl-Anthony Towns, PF Trey Lyles and PG Tyler Ulis, and you have the makings of a national championship team. | | MISSISSIPPI ST: The Bulldogs bring back a lot of the starters from last season's team, but there still is a lot of work to do for this program to get back to respectability. Junior PG Craig Sword (13.7 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 2.8 APG) is a very intelligent player on the court, but he has to improve on his outside shooting (27% threes overall, 19% threes in SEC play). He does a nice job of scoring off the dribble, but if defenses had to respect him more from the perimeter, he would be even tougher to slow down. PF Gavin Ware (10.0 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 58% FG) is the team's best post player, and has reportedly improved upon his conditioning for the upcoming season. There is some young potential down low in freshmen PF Fallou Ndoye and SF Oliver Black, but Mississippi State is still a long ways from competing in the SEC. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW (KENTUCKY-MISSISSIPPI ST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Kentucky-Mississippi St. Preview* ==================================
By JORDAN GARRETSON STATS Writer
Kentucky (27-0) at Mississippi State (12-15), 7:00 p.m. EDT
Kentucky continues to overwhelm opponents as it chases college basketball's first undefeated season in 39 years.
The top-ranked Wildcats head to Mississippi State on Wednesday night to face a Bulldogs team that might not stand much of a chance if it can't reduce its turnovers.
Kentucky (27-0, 14-0 SEC) has matched the 1995-96 team's school-record 27-game winning streak, also tying the longest run by a John Calipari-coached team. He won 27 in a row in 2008-09 at Memphis.
A weak season for the conference, which includes five teams with .500 or worse records overall, has left the Wildcats mostly unchallenged. Their last three wins have been by a combined 87 points with an average plus-15.3 rebounding margin. Kentucky's plus-22.1 scoring differential is the highest since Duke's 24.7 mark in 1998-99.
The Wildcats still have to win 13 more games, including this one, to become the first unbeaten team since Indiana went 32-0 in 1976.
"I think because of the character and chemistry, I think that they certainly can," Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said after Kentucky's 110-75 win over the Tigers on Saturday.
The Wildcats shot 64.7 percent while recording their most points since a 115-87 victory against Tennessee State on Dec. 30, 2002. Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting and 10 rebounds for his third double-double in six games. He has shot 66.7 percent over his last seven games, though he's shooting 47.2 percent on the road compared to 59.6 at home.
Andrew Harrison had nine of Kentucky's 25 assists on 44 baskets. The Wildcats are recording assists on 59.0 percent of made shots, their highest mark since doing so on 60.8 percent in 2008-09.
Calipari has been effusive in his praise of his team's unselfishness. His nine-man rotation includes eight former McDonald's All-Americans.
"Wait a minute, why aren't they playing for themselves? They are playing for each other," he said. "They all got each other's back, and the reason they can do that is because they know we have their back individually. I got you; just be about each other. And it's been fun."
Kentucky has won seven straight meetings with Mississippi State, including a 69-59 victory in Starkville last season.
The Bulldogs (12-15, 5-9) are averaging a league-high 15.1 turnovers and committed 23 in Saturday's 65-61 loss to No. 18 Arkansas.
"Kentucky is obviously a daunting task," coach Rick Ray said. "I look at some of their defensive statistics and they are really elite in that regard. In order for us to have any kind of success against a team like Kentucky or anybody in the SEC, we've got to secure the basketball."
Mississippi State has developed a trend of wilting late. It went 7:47 without a field goal at one point and was outscored 33-28 in the second half by the Razorbacks. It was also outscored 44-33 over the final 20 minutes of a 71-65 loss to Mississippi on Feb. 19.
Craig Sword has averaged 17.6 points over his last eight contests after previously averaging 5.6.
The Bulldogs have dropped 14 straight against top-five teams, including seven versus Kentucky, since a 54-45 win over then-No. 5 Oklahoma on Dec. 28, 2002.
Willie Cauley-Stein is 15 of 17 from the field in three meetings with Mississippi State.
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