Tennessee vs. Kentucky: Full Game Preview

Tennessee

(8-6, 1-3 away)

Kentucky

(10-5, 9-2 home)

Venue: Rupp Arena

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, January 15, 2013

Team Leaders

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Tennessee	J McRae 13.3	J Stokes 7.7	T Golden 4.1
Kentucky	A Goodwin 15.7	N Noel 9.3	A Goodwin 3.6

Kentucky has a statistical edge over Tennessee in two specific areas. The Wildcats have the upper hand in blocked shots, seven per game to three per game. Kentucky also has an advantage in scoring, 77 points per game to 65 points per game. When considering the Four Factors, Kentucky performs well in effective field goal percentage at 53.7. This ranks 2nd in the conference and 32nd in the country.

Kentucky StatSmack

Skylar McBee is ranked 10th in the SEC in three-pointers.
Trae Golden is ranked 2nd in the SEC in assists.
Tennessee players are more experienced than Kentucky players (8,463 minutes played vs 6,587 minutes played).
Even computers respect Tennessee more. We have a better RPI this season than Kentucky (RPI: #39 vs #51).
We beat real teams. Tennessee has more wins against the RPI Top 50 than Kentucky this season (2 vs 0).
We make our fans proud. Tennessee has a better record at home than Kentucky this season (6-0 vs 8-1).
Tennessee is better at defending the three (25.0% allowed vs 31.9% allowed) than Kentucky this season.

TENN Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B	Jarnell Stokes	27	11	8	1	1	1	2
B	Jordan McRae	29	13	3	2	1	1	2
B-	Trae Golden	29	11	3	4	0	0	2
C+	Josh Richardson	30	8	5	1	1	1	2
C+	Derek Reese	20	6	2	1	1	0	0
C	Kenny Hall	23	6	6	0	0	1	2
C	Skylar McBee	26	6	1	1	0	0	1
C-	Yemi Makenjuola	10	3	3	0	0	0	1
D+	Q. Chievous	11	2	3	0	0	0	1
D+	D. Edwards	10	3	2	0	0	0	0
D	Armani Moore	8	2	1	1	0	0	1
D	Rob Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Brandon Lopez	6	0	1	0	0	0	1

UK Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Nerlens Noel	31	11	9	2	3	4	2
B+	Archie Goodwin	32	16	5	4	1	1	3
B	Alex Poythress	26	13	6	1	0	1	3
B-	W. Cauley-Stein	21	8	6	1	1	2	1
C+	Kyle Wiltjer	23	11	4	2	0	0	1
C+	Julius Mays	31	9	3	3	1	0	1
C+	Ryan Harrow	26	10	2	3	1	0	1
D+	Jarrod Polson	12	2	1	1	0	0	0
D+	Brian Long	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Jon Hood	5	2	1	0	1	0	0
D	Twany Beckham	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Tod Lanter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Sam Malone	2	0	1	0	0	0	1