Boxscore
Kentucky 86, Arkansas 63
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:00 PM
Location - Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky
Officials - Tony Greene, Joe Lindsay, Mike Nance
Attendance - 24093

Final Scoring Summary

Final 1 2 T
Arkansas 21 42 63
Kentucky 37 49 86

Recap


Freshman Anthony Davis narrowly missed a triple-double and second-ranked Kentucky started the game with a 13-2 run, beating Arkansas 86-63 at Lexington, Ky.
 
Davis scored a career-high 27 points, pulled down 14 rebounds and blocked seven shots as the Wildcats (18-1, 4-0 SEC) won their 10th in a row.
 
Davis scored the final seven points of Kentucky’s 13-2 run, his three-point play with 14:14 left in the first half giving the Wildcats an early 11-point lead. Arkansas (13-5, 2-2 SEC) briefly pulled within nine points before Kentucky pulled away, building a 37-21 halftime advantage.
 
Davis’ big night paced five Wildcats in double figures. Terrence Jones finished with 13 points and nine rebounds. Marquis Teague finished with nine assists.
 
Mardracus Wade led the Razorbacks with 12 points. Arkansas lost for just the second time in its past 10 games.
 
The Wildcats host Alabama on Saturday. Arkansas steps out of conference play Saturday, hosting No. 19 Michigan.

Arkansas Razorbacks

  REBOUNDS  
PLAYER MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT A PF STL TO BLK PTS
Devonta Abron 11:00 1-6 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 3
Julysses Nobles 33:00 2-9 0-2 0-0 0 5 5 2 1 0 3 0 4
Michael Sanchez 19:00 1-3 0-0 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3
Rickey Scott 25:00 3-8 0-1 3-4 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 9
Mardracus Wade 26:00 4-7 1-2 3-4 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 12
Hunter Mickelson 15:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 5 0 2 1 2
B.J. Young 20:00 4-11 0-3 2-2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 10
Marvell Waithe 30:00 4-6 2-4 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2 10
Rashad Madden 21:00 3-6 2-3 2-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 10
TOTAL 200 23-57 5-15 12-18 5 18 23 5 19 4 11 3 63
  40.4% 33.3% 66.7% Team Rebs: 3   Total TO: 11

Kentucky Wildcats

  REBOUNDS  
PLAYER MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OFF DEF TOT A PF STL TO BLK PTS
Anthony Davis 36:00 10-12 0-1 7-8 4 11 15 0 0 0 0 7 27
Terrence Jones 31:00 4-8 0-1 5-8 1 8 9 0 3 1 0 5 13
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 24:00 4-7 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 4 2 0 4 1 10
Darius Miller 21:00 5-8 1-3 0-1 1 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 11
Marquis Teague 36:00 2-4 0-0 3-4 0 4 4 9 2 2 3 0 7
Doron Lamb 31:00 5-12 2-4 2-2 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 14
Kyle Wiltjer 15:00 2-5 0-2 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Twany Beckham 4:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Eloy Vargas 2:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 200 32-56 3-11 19-25 9 29 38 13 13 5 12 13 86
  57.1% 27.3% 76.0% Team Rebs: 0   Total TO: 12
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