National Basketball Association
Kentucky 68, Auburn 53
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Where: Auburn Arena, Auburn, Alabama
Officials:
# John Cahill, # Mike Nance, # Mike Roberts
Attendance:
9121
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Anthony Davis and
Doron Lamb both scored 14 points to spark No. 2 Kentucky to a 68-53 win at
Auburn on Thursday, extending the Wildcats' winning streak to eight games.
The game was tied
47-47 with 10:22 left, but Auburn didn’t score for nearly five minutes.
Consecutive 3-pointers from Lamb and Darius Miller in the final six minutes
keyed a 13-2 run and put Kentucky over the hump.
Kentucky (16-1, 2-0
SEC) also had Marquis Teague with 12 points and Terrence Jones with 10 points
and five rebounds. Davis had a team-high six rebounds.
Auburn (10-6, 0-2) got
14 points and eight rebounds from Rob Cubb and 12 points from Chris Denson. The
Tigers have lost three in a row.
Auburn looked like a
different team than the one that scored only 35 points against Vanderbilt in
losing its SEC opener. But that didn’t prevent the Tigers from losing to
Kentucky for the 13th straight time, a setback that broke
Auburn’s 10-game homecourt winning streak.
Top Game Performances
Kentucky |
|
Auburn |
Anthony Davis 14 |
Scoring |
Rob Chubb 14 |
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 3 |
Assists |
Varez Ward 4 |
Anthony Davis 6 |
Rebounds |
Rob Chubb 8 |
Doron Lamb 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Rob Chubb 4 |
Anthony Davis 3 |
Steals |
Adrian Forbes 1 |
Anthony Davis 4 |
Blocks |
Kenny Gabriel 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Kentucky
|
68 |
40.4 |
7-20 |
15-18 |
10 |
25 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
Auburn
|
53 |
41.2 |
1-12 |
10-12 |
12 |
29 |
4 |
2 |
15 |