The Official Tennessee @ #6 Kentucky Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, ESPN

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Tennessee Volunteers: 16-13 (8-8 SEC)

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#6 Kentucky Wildcats: 24-5 (14-2 SEC)

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GAME 30 | TENNESSEE at KENTUCKY - March 3, 2020 | 9:05 p.m. ET | Rupp Arena (23,500)

Line: UT +8.5
O/U: 131

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Kensucky Game Notes

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THE SERIES
• Tennessee trails the all-time series with Kentucky, 156-73, dating to 1910.
• The Wildcats have a 91-17 edge when the series is played in Lexington.
• Overall, the Vols have won four of their last seven games vs. Kentucky.
• Kentucky posted a 77-64 win when these teams met in Knoxville on Feb. 8.
 
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A WIN WOULD...
• Be Tennessee's sixth victory in its last nine games against Kentucky.
• Be UT's sixth all-time win at Rupp Arena.
• Give the Vols three wins this season over AP top 25 opponents.
• Be Tennessee's fifth victory over a top-10 opponent during the Barnes era.
 
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STORYLINES
• Through 16 SEC games, Tennessee and its opponents have both scored exactly 1,061 points.
• UT is 7-1 on Tuesdays this season.
• Senior shooting guard Jordan Bowden is Tennessee's leading scorer in true road games, averaging a team-best 16.2 points per game while shooting .450 from the field.
• With 184 career 3-poiners, Jordan Bowden ranks tied for seventh on Tennessee's all-time list.
• In Tennessee's last five games, junior forward John Fulkerson is averaging a team-best 17.0 points while shooting .547 from the field.
• John Fulkerson also has drawn 37 fouls in UT's last five games.
• During SEC play, freshmen account for 40.4 percent of Tennessee's total minutes played.
• Tennessee freshman Drew Pember has missed UT's last two games in concussion protocol and remains day-to-day.
 
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LAYUP LINES
• During SEC play, Tennessee leads the league in blocks (5.9 bpg) and owns the conference's best scoring defense (66.3 ppg).
• SEC Defensive Player of the Year candidate Yves Pons has blocked at least one shot in every game this season.
• Yves Pons leads the SEC and ranks 23rd nationally with 2.4 bpg. His 2.4 bpg during SEC play also leads the league.
• Barring injury or illness, senior guard Jordan Bowden will finish his career in the top five on Tennessee's list for career games played. Tuesday will be the 131st game in which he's appeared—tying him for sixth-most all-time.
• Tuesday will be Jordan Bowden's 98th career start. Only 13 Vols have ever logged 100 starts.
• Tennessee ranks fourth nationally in average home attendance, drawing 18,854 fans per game this season.
 
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ABOUT KENSUCKY
• Since losing on the road at then-16th-ranked Auburn on Feb. 1, Kentucky has ripped off eight consecutive SEC wins to bring home the 49th outright SEC championship in program history. The Wildcats currently sit at 24-5 overall and hold a league-best mark of 14-2 in SEC play.
• Sophomore guard Immanuel Quickley has been huge for the Wildcats, averaging 18.2 points per contest during their eight-game win streak. During this stretch of play, he's eclipsed 20 points four times and scored a career-high 30 points on Tuesday night at Texas A&M. His 16.3 points per game overall leads UK and ranks eighth in the SEC.
• Big man Nick Richards has also been a massive bright spot for the Wildcats, ranking third on the team in scoring (13.9 ppg) and first in both rebounds (7.8 rpg) and blocks (2.2 bpg). His 7.8 boards per contest ranks third in the SEC and his 2.2 blocks per game trail only Tennessee's Yves Pons for the most in the league.
• Kentucky also features the SEC's leading assist man in Ashton Hagans. Hagans is currently averaging 6.4 helpers per game. Hagans also leads UK in steals, with 2.0 per game, a mark that ranks second in the SEC, trailing only Missouri's Dru Smith.
• The University of Kentucky, founded in 1865, is one of just two land grant universities in the state of Kentucky. The other being NCAA Division II member Kentucky State. What was once the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, UK now stands as the state's largest university with an undergraduate enrollment of 22,136.
 
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Not feeling good about this one.

Rupp has been horrible to us, even during the Bruce Pearl years.

UK - 77
UT - 69
 
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All the odds are against our Vols tonight. However, the Big Orange has been down that road before against the Blue Misters. Look for Tennessee to "put on more steam" up in Lexington, their Olde Kentucky Home.
 

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YankeeVol said:
Tennessee Volunteers: 16-13 (8-8 SEC)

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vs.

#6 Kentucky Wildcats: 124-5 (14-2 SEC)

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GAME 30 | TENNESSEE at KENTUCKY - March 3, 2020 | 9:05 p.m. ET | Rupp Arena (23,500)

Line: UT +8.5
O/U: 131

TV: ESPN / Watch
Radio: Vol Network / Listen
Satellite Radio: XM: 382 / Internet: 972
Online: WatchESPN app

Kensucky Game Notes

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Wow, that’s a hell of a record.
124-5
 
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