Pikeville at Kentucky (exhibition)
Rupp Arena, Lexington, Ky.
Nov. 2, 2014
FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 116, Pikeville 68
Team Records, Notes
*This was Kentucky’s first exhibition game of the season.
*Kentucky is 52-4 all-time in preseason exhibition games and has won 23 in a row.
*Pikeville has played one official game already, a 100-63 win over Grace Bible College. The Bears are picked as the preseason No. 2 team in *NAIA Division I.
*Kentucky’s next exhibition game is Sunday Nov. 9 vs. Georgetown College at 7 p.m. at Rupp Arena. The Wildcats officially open the season *
*Nov. 14 at home vs. Grand Canyon.
First-Half Facts
*Kentucky started with the lineup of Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, Alex Poythress, Karl-Anthony Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein.
*Kentucky jumped out to a 7-0 lead and never trailed.
*Pikeville kept it close and trailed only 35-28 midway through the half when UK went on a 21-0 run to make it 56-28.
*UK went to halftime ahead 67-40 as all 10 Wildcats who played in the first half also scored.
*Second-Half Story
*UK eclipsed the century mark, 101-60, on a layup by Dakari Johnson with 8:22 to play.
*UK’s largest lead was 49 points at 114-65.
*UK finished with a 116-68 victory.
Team Notes
*Kentucky shot 65.3 percent from the field.
*The Wildcats won the rebounding 49-28.
*UK piled up 29 assists, led by nine from Andrew Harrison.
*Six Wildcats scored in double figures although no player saw more than 20 minutes of action.
*Kentucky’s “second platoon” was comprised of Tyler Ulis, Devin Booker, Trey Lyles, Marcus Lee and Dakari Johnson.
Individual Notes
*Karl-Anthony Towns led the Wildcats with 22 points, including 10 of 11 from the field.
*Also tallying double figures were Devin Booker (16 points), Dakari Johnson (13), Alex Poythress (12), Trey Lyles (11) and Willie Cauley-Stein (10).
*K.K. Simmons of Pikeville led all scorers with 28 points, including 6 of 9 from 3-point range.
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