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Ten notes from Kentucky’s 73-64 win over Auburn:

• Perry Stevenson recorded his first double-double since the the season-opener against VMI. Stevenson scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in that game. He had 13 and 12 tonight.

• Patrick Patterson’s 18 rebounds are a career-high.

• Darius Miller played a season-low five minutes. His previous low was seven against Florida Atlantic.

• Jodie Meeks has made 18 of 31 three-pointers in his last three games. He scored 31 points, the sixth game this year he’s topped the 30-point mark.

• UK averaged 1.025 points per possession. Auburn averaged 0.879.

• Kentucky outrebounded Auburn 42-22. That’s the largest rebound margin against an SEC foe since UK outrebounded Vanderbilt by 22 (45-23) on Jan. 12, 2008.

• Kentucky made 26 of 32 free throws for 81.3 percent. In games in which the Cats took 30-or-more free throws, that’s the best the Cats have done since making 26 of 30 for 86.7 percent in first-round NCAA Tournament win over UAB on March 17, 2006.

• Kentucky committed 22 turnovers, the seventh time this year the Cats have committed 20-or-more. UK is 4-3 in those seven games.

• Kentucky has held all four of its SEC opponents under 40 percent from the field. Vandy shot 31.6. Tennessee shot 37.9. Georgia shot 31.1. Auburn shot 38.8.

• Auburn coach Jeff Lebo: “There is no doubt that defensively Kentucky is a very good team. Their intensity in the second half certainly got us out of sync. They pressured us very hard and they have some great size in the perimeter and they ahve some great shot-blocking ability and that really hurt us.”