Central Michigan - 52 (Head Coach: Ernie Zeigler) - [Unranked]

Player	Min	FG	FGA	3pt FG	3pt FGA	FT	FTA	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	PF	Ast	St	BS	TO	Pts
Jacolby Hardiman	32	5	11	0	1	2	4	2	1	3	2	1	2	0	1	12
Marcus Van	37	3	12	0	0	5	6	2	6	8	1	0	0	0	0	11
Jeremy Allen	30	3	8	2	4	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	1	0	4	10
Jordan Bitzer	38	3	13	1	5	0	0	1	7	8	3	3	3	0	4	7
Robbie Harman	28	2	6	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	1	0	2	5
Zach Saylor	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Thomas	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lawrence Bridges	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Ford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Weary	14	2	4	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	2	7
Adrian Hunter	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team								4	1	5					2
Totals	200	18	58	5	18	11	14	13	21	34	20	9	7	0	15	52

Kentucky - 84 (Head Coach: Billy Gillispie) - [Unranked]

Player	Min	FG	FGA	3pt FG	3pt FGA	FT	FTA	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	PF	Ast	St	BS	TO	Pts
Michael Porter	26	4	8	2	5	2	3	0	2	2	1	3	1	0	4	12
Perry Stevenson	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	3	0	2	0	0
Jodie Meeks	27	6	13	5	8	6	7	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	23
DeAndre Liggins	22	3	8	0	3	0	0	1	4	5	1	8	1	0	5	6
Patrick Patterson	29	6	7	0	0	3	3	2	7	9	1	0	0	1	1	15
Darius Miller	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0
Kevin Galloway	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
Landon Slone	24	3	5	2	4	0	0	1	4	5	0	2	1	0	1	8
Mark Krebs	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mark Halsell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A. J. Stewart	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	0	0
Dwight Perry	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Jared Carter	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Harrellson	17	5	7	0	0	2	3	3	3	6	4	1	1	0	1	12
Team								1	0	1
Totals	200	30	56	10	22	14	19	8	29	37	14	22	8	7	13	84

Game Writeup - Written by Matt May; Courtesy of The Cats Pause, (All Rights Reserved)

UK rips Chippewas

Kentucky is about to find out just how good it is and can be. With the warm up portion of the schedule completed it's time for the real challenge to begin.

The Cats flogged Central Michigan 84-52 in Rupp Arena in their last outing before traveling to hated rival Louisville on Sunday, the final non-conference tilt of the season. By the time they return home to face Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference opener on Jan. 10 UK should have a clear idea on where it stands.

Facing an outmanned Central Michigan squad without one of its best players the Cats looked sluggish at the outset for the second consecutive game. The Chippewas jumped to a 13-4 lead in the game's first six minutes mainly due to poor UK shooting.

It was the only sequence that went right for the Chippewas all evening.

In danger of letting Central Michigan gather too much steam Kentucky unleashed a suffocating defense to turn the tide. The Cats allowed just one field goal (in 18 attempts) over the final 11:02 of the half, and even that was a goaltending call against A.J. Stewart. After the Chippewas scored 13 points in the first five minutes of the game they managed just 10 the rest of the way, while UK ripped of 38.

Meanwhile, the Cats' offense got in gear thanks in large part to getting out in transition. Despite missing seven of their first eight field goals the Cats hit 12 of their next 14 during a 21-2 spurt that left the Chippewas reeling.

By the time Central Michigan actually put a field goal attempt through the net after 16:10 of game clock UK had upped its lead to 56-28. The Chippewas avoided shooting below 30 percent for the game when Jeremy Allen's dunk attempt rattled off the backboard and through as the final buzzer sounded.

Jodie Meeks again led UK in scoring, pouring in 23 points on the night. Patrick Patterson narrowly missed his ninth double double of the season but still dropped 15 points and nine rebounds while upping his field goal shooting to 32-of-40 in the past three games. Michael Porter also set a career-high with 12 points.

Michael Porter leans into Central Michigan's Robbie Harman for a shot

DeAndre Liggins is fouled by Harman

Landon Slone fights Jordan Bitzer for the ball

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