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2^nd Half

0:00 Kentucky 70, Georgia 77

Doron Lamb fouls out. Thompkins makes both free throws. Knight misses a three. Darius Miller fouls out. Thompkins makes two more free throws. Jones makes the layup and is fouled by Thompkins. Jones makes the free throw. Harrellson blocks a shot. Jones for three. Bulldogs win.

1:05 Kentucky 64, Georgia 73

Doron Lamb is called for a foul. Robinson makes both free throws. Jones air balls a three and everybody is yelling at him for it. Leslie is fouled and makes both free throws. Lamb misses a three point shot. Lamb fouls Gerald Robinson. Robinson makes both free throws. Miller misses the three twice in a row. Terrence Jones with layup. Wildcats are down by nine.

2:13 Kentucky 62, Georgia 67

The Georgia is ecstatic here as DeAndre Liggins fouls out for Kentucky. Thompkins makes both free throws. Terrence Jones for three. Kentucky living on a prayer right now.

2:37 Kentucky 59, Georgia 66

Gerald Robinson makes both free throws. Terrence Jones shot bounces off the rim. Trey Thompkins with the mid range jumper. Georgia is up by 7.

3:14 Kentucky 59, Georgia 62

Liggins misses the three. Robinson misses the three. Kentucky turnover. Thompkins sinks both of his free throws. Georgia up by three. Lamb is fouled as he misses the shot. Lamb makes the 1^st free throw. Lamb misses the 2^nd free throw. Liggins is called for his 4^th foul of the night. Chris Barnes makes the 1^st free throw and misses the 2^nd free throw. Miller misses the layup. Robinson misses the layup and is fouled by Darius Miller. Timeout.

6:47 Kentucky 58, Georgia 59

Rocky Balboa just made an appearance at Stegeman Coliseum and both sides of the crowd are cheering for him. Ware misses the three. Lamb misses the layup. Out of bounds, Georgia’s ball. Jeremy Price seems to be all right after falling out of bounds. Brandon Knight for two. Knight is playing a great 2^nd half so far. Liggins fouls Travis Leslie. Leslie makes his first free throw.

7:53 Kentucky 56, Georgia 58

Gerald Robinson for two. Price called for the foul as Jones scores. Terrence Jones makes the free throw. Price called for another foul. Lamb misses the open three. Lamb misses the layup. Terrence Jones is called for a foul. Timeout. Dustin Ware for three. Price with the rebound.

10:33 Kentucky 53, Georgia 53

Lamb called for a foul. Gerald Robinson called for a foul. John Harrellson called for the foul. Chris Barnes makes both shots. Brandon Knight with the layup. Travis Leslie scores to tie it up. Harrelson scores of his own offensive rebound. Thompkins with the dunk.  Doron Lamb with the layup. He know has 17 points today. Darius Miller tips the ball out of bounds. Official timeout.

13:21 Kentucky 45, Georgia 47

Doron Lamb misses the three. Out of bounds Kentucky. Brandon Knight scores. Kentucky is within seven points now. Jones misses the baseline shot and is called for his third foul. Georgia misses another scoring chance. Doron Lamb for three. Kentucky within in four. Doron Lamb scores again. Lamb has five points on back to back shots. Timeout called by Georgia.

15:30 Kentucky 38, Georgia 47

Thompkins called for the foul. Terrene Jones makes both foul shots. Robinson misses the outside jumper. Lamb misses the two pointer. Travis Leslie with the monster jam the Bulldog fans have been waiting for. Terrence Jones for two. Jeremy Price with his first basket of the night. Knight misses the three. DeAndre Liggins with the layup. Terrence Jones scores again. He’s heating up right now. Jones with the rebound. Jeremy Price with the rejection.

Halftime

The Bulldogs are up by 11 and are outplaying Kentucky in every aspect offensively. Georgia shooting 48.3% from the field and 40.0% from the field. Trey Thompkins, Travis Leslie, and Gerald Robinson have combined to score 29 points so far. Kentucky has shot exactly 37.5% from both the field, three point line, and free throw line. That’s a stat I’ve never seen before. For the 2nd half Georgia needs to keep going their high scoring trio and focus more defensively on Doron Lamb. Lamb has been Kentucky’s leading scorer thus far with 10 points and will be the key for the Wildcats in the 2nd half. Look for Kentucky to shot a lot of threes. That could mean a lot of  three point attempts for Liggins and Miller in the 2nd half. The game is about to resume.

1^st Half

0:00 Kentucky 30, Georiga 41

Marcus Thornton for three. Brandon Knight makes the inside shot.  Gerald Robinson for the steal. Doron Lamb is called for the foul. Dustin Ware makes both shots. Out of bounds on Kentucky as the crowd roars with Bulldog fans. Eloy Vargas called for the foul. Thompkins makes both shots. Darius Miller scores on a 2nd shot attempt. Gerald Robinson is fouled by Vargas. Vargas with two quick fouls. Robinson makes both shots. Knight misses the shot. Half time.

3:58  Kentucky 26,  Georgia 32

Brandon Knight misses the foul shot. Trey Thompkins scores 2. Liggins misses the three. Georgia turnover and Lamb misses the shot. Robinson misses. Harrellson rebounds. Out of bounds for Georgia. time out.

5:13 Kentucky 26,  Georgia 28

Ware misses the shot as time expires on the shot clock. Terrence Jones misses the shot, but scores after Kentucky retains possession. Travis Leslie misses the shot. Terrence Jones is called for a foul. Trey Thompkins is called for a foul. Darius Miller misses the shot and Harrellson helps Kentucky retain possession. Marcus Thornton is called for the foul. Liggins misses both foul shots. Thompkins makes the foul shot. Held ball position to Kentucky. Darius Miller is fouled by Donte’ Williams. Miller makes both shots. Georgia calls timeout after Dustin Ware is pressured on the inbound. Gerald Robinson for another easy lay up. DeAndre Liggins for three. Travis Leslie scores from the baseline. Josh Harrellson scores off an offensive rebound. Dustin Ware for three. Brandon Knight misses the two pointer. He has not shot well so far. Travis Leslie scores again as the crowd roars. Gerald Robinson called for the foul. Doron Lamb for the lay up. Gerald Robinson misses the shot. Time out.

11:23 Kentucky 15, Georgia 18

Chris Barnes fouls Doron Lamb who scores 2. Lamb makes the foul shot. Chris Barnes scores off the rebound. Terrence Jones for the flashy lay up. Robinson misses the mid range. Harrellson is fouled hard by Chris Barnes while attempting the dunk. Barnes with two quick fouls already for Georgia. Harrellson misses both shots. Trey Thompkins makes the inside shot and is fouled. Thompkins makes the free throw. Brandon Knight is stopped inside, but Georgia turns it over. Out of bounds again on Georgia. Lamb misses the three pointer. Darius Miller called for the foul. Travis Leslie makes the lay up. Doron Lamb for the easy two point shot.  Terrence Jones gets the rebound for Kentucky. Kentucky turns it over.  Harrellson with the defensive board. Brandon Knight scores to get the Wildcats with in one. Dustin Ware misses the outside shot. Jones misses from outside for Kentucky. Thompkins is fouled as he makes the bank shot. The crowd is roaring here in Stegeman.

15:48 Kentucky 6, Georgia 9

Liggins misses the shot. Tompkins makes the layup. Kentucky turns it over again. Robinson is fouled by Josh Harrellson. Robinson misses the first foul shot and makes the 2nd. Doron Lamb makes an easy three point shot. Thompkins misses a three. Darius Miller for three. Dustin Ware is fouled by DeAndre Liggins as he shots a layup. Robinson makes both foul shots. Harrellson blocks a shot. Miller hits the rim on a three point shot. Official time out.

18:26 Kentucky 0 , Georgia 4

Terrence Jones misses the layup. Dustin Ware steals the ball. Gerald Robins0n makes a lay up. Robinson makes another layup off a Kentucky turnover. Kentucky calls timeout as the Georgia crowd roars.

Pregame

Were about 30 minutes from tip off here at Stegeman Coliseum in today’s match up between the Georgia Bulldogs and #10 Kentucky Wildcats. The crowd is anxious for the start of this game for both sides. There seems to be as much red and black in the arena today as their is blue and white. I saw lot of Kentucky licenses plates when I walked in Stegeman about an hour ago, which is evident by the upper half of the building that is completely occupied by a sea of blue and white. Both teams are in shootaround right now. Connor Nolte and Matt Bucklin are easily making one three pointer after another. On the other side of the court Kentucky’s star forward Terrence Jones can’t seem to make any shot right now. It seems that Tom Fell (aka Rocky Balboa) and the rest of his crew are already making it a frustrating envirorment for the Wildcats before tip-off.

Here are today’s staring lineups,

Georgia Bulldogs

G Gerald Robinson Jr.

G Dustin Ware

F Travis Leslie

F Trey Thompkins

F Jeremy Price

Kentucky Wildcats

G Darius Miller

G Brandon Knight

G DeAndre Liggins

F Terrence Jones

F John Harrellson

Preview

Good afternoon. I’m Matt Ryan and will be bringing you live play by play updates for today’s game at Stegeman Coliseum between the Georgia Bulldogs and the #10 Kentucky Wildcats. The Bulldogs enter conference play with an 8 game winning streak and could be a ranked team on Monday with a victory this afternoon over the Wildcats. Last March in Athens, the Wildcats beat the Bulldogs 80-68. Mark Fox and his team will look to make this year’s result a more favorable one for them. Must people would consider a team that has lost 5 NBA first round picks from the previous season as a one that is short on talent. However, Kentucky head coach John Calipari has once again shown why he is the best recruiter in the country. The Wildcat’s freshman trio of Brandon Knight, Doron Lamb, and Terrence Jones have combined to average over 49 point per game this year and help keep Kentucky in the top ten. There’s a lot of hype going into this game today around Athens-Clarke County. Many fans are tailgating before this anticipated match up and the line is forming right now to get into Stegeman Coliseum.