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On the day before the South Region final, the NCAA arranged to have five players from each team in “breakout” rooms for interviews with the media.
Here we have video clips of the five Kentucky players that went to the breakout rooms. They were Marquis Teague, Terrence Jones, Darius Miller, Doron Lamb and Anthony Davis.
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A player-by-player look at Kentucky:
Terrence Jones: Produced his third double-double in his past four games. Scored 22 points, his highest total since his 27-point game at LSU on Jan. 28. The sophomore made nine of 13 shots, hit one of his two three-point attempts and was a perfect three-of-three from the line. Grabbed 10 rebounds, and is now averaging 10.2 rebounds per game over his last four. Compare this to last year when Jones had 10 points and two rebounds against Princeton in his NCAA Tournament debut.
Anthony Davis: Scored 16 points for his fifth consecutive double-figure game. Grabbed nine rebounds, so missed a double-double by just one rebound. Blocked seven shots, his highest total since he blocked seven at Vanderbilt on Feb. 11. Davis made four-of-five shots in the second half. He had 11 points, four rebounds and four blocked shots in the second half.
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Kentucky sophomore Doron Lamb talked to the media Wednesday about UK’s first-round game with WKU.
Post-game player videos from the UK locker room after Kentucky’s 71-64 loss to Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament.
Anthony Davis
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Covered the post-game press conference in interview room, so could not get locker room video after UK’s nine-point win over LSU at the New Orleans Arena.
Thanks to Nation of Blue, which was on the spot and shot interviews of Doron Lamb, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Marquis Teague and Darius Miller.
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Kentucky players Anthony Davis, Marquis Teague and Doron Lamb after UK’s win at Vanderbilt.
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Overlooked in Kentucky’s 86-52 Saturday smash of South Carolina in Columbia was the return of Doron Lamb’s sweet shooting touch.
In fact, the sophomore set the rout’s tone. He scored five points in the first 64 seconds — bagged two free throws at the 19:36 mark, nailed a three-pointer at 18:56 to make the score 7-1 Kentucky. With 2:22 left in the first half, Lamb swished his third three-pointer and the Cats’ advantage was a thundering 48-25.
By game’s end, the stat sheet showed Lamb six-of-seven from the floor. He was a perfect three-of-three from three, as well as a perfect three-of-three from the foul line. He scored 18 points. He did not commit a turnover.
Back in December, Lamb was on a roll. He scored 19 points in UK’s loss at Indiana, the team’s lone loss. He followed with 24 against Chattanooga and a season-high 26 against Samford. He hit double figures in nine of the Cats’ first 11 games.
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At today’s Kentucky basketball media opp, UK sophomore Doron Lamb was told that after the UK women beat Ole Miss 82-41 last night, some of the UK Hoops players said they didn’t think the men’s team could play with the same defensive intensity as shown by the women.
This was Lamb’s playful reaction. It comes after a couple of questions about UK going on the road Saturday.
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Kentucky basketball player notes:
Twany Beckham: Has played just five minutes in two SEC games. Still has not taken a shot this season.
Anthony Davis: His 11 points against Alabama is his lowest total since he scored 10 against Lamar on December 28. Davis has blocked 26 shots in five SEC games, including four against the Crimson Tide. He did have a career-high four steals on Saturday. His two field goals on Saturday is his lowest total since he went one-of-two against Penn State on November 19.
Missed his first seven shots against Alabama before a follow dunk off a Marquis Teague miss with 4:43 left gave UK a 29-24 lead. He end up one-of-nine from the floor in the first half. His dunk off a fast break with 14:50 left in the second half, making it 49-43 Kentucky, was his only credited shot of the second half. He blocked an Alabama shot with seven seconds left and made two important free throws with 4.5 seconds remaining. With 6:30 left in the first half, he had missed his only field goal attempt, was one-of-four from the foul line and had one rebound.
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