3/26/2015 Kentucky v. West Virginia Game Preview

March 26, 2015 at 9:45 PM ET
NCAA Tournament

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Cleveland, Ohio

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2014-2015 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
West Virginia3540.372.624.961.1.4086.520.5.31616.324.7.66215.519.535.014.110.72.712.923.5
Kentucky3940.474.425.855.1.4685.214.9.34917.624.2.72611.924.736.714.26.56.910.517.1
WVU Opponents3540.366.821.846.5.4695.514.9.36517.825.8.6908.423.632.011.65.74.219.122.3
UK Opponents3940.454.319.254.3.3544.516.6.27111.417.2.65910.818.929.77.74.72.413.419.9


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 19, 2011
West Virginia
Kentucky
63 - 71
Kentucky
Post-Season NCAA Tournament Amalie Arena
Mar 27, 2010
West Virginia
Kentucky
73 - 66
West Virginia
Post-Season NCAA Tournament JMA Wireless Dome
Nov 29, 2008
West Virginia
Kentucky
43 - 54
Kentucky
Non-Conference Tournament Orleans Arena
Nov 22, 2005
Kentucky
West Virginia
80 - 66
Kentucky
Non-Conference Tournament Municipal Auditorium

2014-2015 West Virginia Mountaineers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Staten G. Browne D. Miles, Jr. J. Holton D. Williams
Rotation J. Carter T. Phillip   N. Adrian  
Rotation J. Paige     E. Macon  
Lim PT C. Connor   B. Williams B. Watkins  
Lim PT J. Long        
Lim PT T. Hughes        
Lim PT R. Romeo        

2014-2015 Kentucky Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters A. Harrison A. Harrison T. Lyles K. Towns W. Cauley-Stein
Rotation T. Ulis D. Booker A. Poythress M. Lee D. Johnson
Lim PT D. Hawkins E. Floreal   D. Willis  
Lim PT B. Long        
Lim PT S. Malone        
Lim PT T. Lanter        

West Virginia Mountaineers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
11 Nathan Adrian PF 35 15.4 2.8 1.0 3.3 .307 0.3 1.8 .177 0.5 0.7 .654 1.5 1.1 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.7 2.4
14 Gary Browne PG 32 20.1 7.0 1.9 5.1 .374 0.9 2.4 .385 2.2 3.2 .696 0.7 1.2 1.9 1.4 1.2 0.0 1.2 1.8
2 Jevon Carter PG 35 23.8 8.1 2.7 7.5 .360 1.4 4.4 .314 1.3 1.7 .770 1.1 1.2 2.3 1.8 1.9 0.1 1.2 1.9
10 Chase Connor G 23 5.3 2.1 0.7 2.0 .378 0.7 1.9 .349 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.6
1 Jonathan Holton F 35 21.5 7.5 2.9 6.3 .452 0.4 1.8 .203 1.4 2.2 .658 3.0 2.9 5.9 1.2 1.2 0.8 1.5 3.4
23 Tyrone Hughes G 7 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.6 .250 0.1 0.6 .250 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
13 James Long G 10 2.1 0.7 0.3 0.6 .500 0.1 0.3 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
45 Elijah Macon PF 33 13.1 4.3 1.7 3.6 .458 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.8 .517 1.3 1.4 2.7 0.8 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.9
4 Daxter Miles, Jr. G 35 20.5 7.3 2.7 6.5 .408 1.2 3.3 .357 0.8 1.5 .528 1.1 1.1 2.3 1.0 1.1 0.1 0.7 2.5
34 Kevin Noreen PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 Jaysean Paige G 34 13.3 5.6 2.0 4.9 .405 1.0 2.7 .385 0.6 1.1 .526 1.1 0.8 1.9 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.9 2.3
12 Tarik Phillip G 34 12.9 4.1 1.3 2.8 .469 0.2 0.8 .214 1.2 1.8 .689 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.8 1.1 0.1 1.0 1.4
30 Richard Romeo G 7 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.4 .333 0.1 0.4 .333 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
3 Juwan Staten G 30 31.3 14.2 4.8 11.3 .421 0.7 1.9 .362 4.0 5.7 .702 0.5 2.2 2.7 4.6 1.1 0.0 2.0 1.7
20 Brandon Watkins F 23 6.7 1.9 0.8 1.8 .463 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.6 .429 0.9 0.5 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.2
21 Billy Dee Williams F 18 7.3 1.2 0.5 2.2 .225 0.2 0.9 .250 0.0 0.1 .000 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.2
41 Devin Williams PF 34 24.9 11.6 3.7 8.4 .446 0.0 0.0 .000 4.1 5.8 .702 2.8 5.4 8.1 1.3 0.8 0.3 2.2 2.9

Kentucky Wildcats Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
1 Devin Booker SG 38 21.5 10.0 3.6 7.6 .470 1.5 3.7 .411 1.4 1.7 .828 0.4 1.6 2.0 1.1 0.4 0.1 1.0 1.5
15 Willie Cauley-Stein C 39 25.9 8.9 3.5 6.1 .572 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.3 .617 2.3 4.2 6.4 1.0 1.2 1.7 1.2 2.0
24 E.J. Floreal G 13 1.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2
2 Aaron Harrison GF 39 25.8 11.0 3.7 9.5 .395 1.5 4.8 .316 2.0 2.6 .782 0.4 2.2 2.6 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.9 1.6
5 Andrew Harrison G 39 25.5 9.3 2.6 6.8 .378 0.9 2.4 .383 3.2 4.1 .792 0.3 1.9 2.2 3.6 1.0 0.2 1.6 1.8
25 Dominique Hawkins G 23 7.1 1.3 0.4 1.5 .286 0.2 0.9 .238 0.2 0.4 .400 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.6
44 Dakari Johnson C 39 16.3 6.4 2.0 4.0 .506 0.0 0.0 .000 2.3 3.7 .625 1.7 2.9 4.6 0.7 0.4 0.9 1.1 1.8
21 Tod Lanter G 7 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0 Marcus Lee C 39 10.9 2.6 1.2 1.9 .644 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.6 .320 1.2 1.5 2.7 0.3 0.1 0.7 0.5 1.6
32 Brian Long PG 10 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
41 Trey Lyles SF 36 23.0 8.7 3.2 6.7 .487 0.1 0.8 .138 2.1 2.8 .735 1.8 3.4 5.2 1.1 0.5 0.4 1.1 1.6
13 Sam Malone PG 7 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.3 .500 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
22 Alex Poythress F 8 20.2 5.5 2.0 5.2 .381 0.0 0.9 .000 1.5 1.8 .857 1.5 2.2 3.8 0.2 0.5 1.5 1.0 2.1
12 Karl-Anthony Towns C 39 21.1 10.3 3.7 6.6 .566 0.1 0.2 .250 2.8 3.4 .813 2.4 4.3 6.7 1.1 0.5 2.3 1.4 2.9
3 Tyler Ulis PG 37 23.8 5.6 1.8 4.5 .406 0.9 2.1 .429 1.1 1.4 .808 0.4 1.4 1.8 3.6 1.0 0.1 1.0 1.5
35 Derek Willis PF 19 3.9 1.3 0.4 0.9 .389 0.3 0.8 .333 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3

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