
(4) Louisville 62
(12-2, 0-1 Big East)

(3) Kentucky 69
(13-1, 10-0 home)
Coverage: CBS
12:00 PM ET, December 31, 2011
Rupp Arena, Lexington, KY
Top Performers
Louisville: R. Smith 30 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Stl
Kentucky: M. Kidd-Gilchrist 24 Pts, 19 Reb, 1 Ast
| Louisville Cardinals | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Kyle Kuric, G-F | 38 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Chane Behanan, F | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Gorgui Dieng, C | 33 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Chris Smith, G | 21 | 2-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Peyton Siva, G | 29 | 2-13 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jared Swopshire, F | 17 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rakeem Buckles, F | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Elisha Justice, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Smith, G | 27 | 10-20 | 3-8 | 7-10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| Kevin Ware, G | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 20-62 | 4-18 | 18-27 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 62 | ||
| 32.3% | 22.2% | 66.7% | ||||||||||
| Kentucky Wildcats | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F | 39 | 7-16 | 2-4 | 8-13 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Anthony Davis, F | 27 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 12-13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Darius Miller, G | 32 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Doron Lamb, G | 24 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 8-9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Marquis Teague, G | 29 | 1-8 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Eloy Vargas, F | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twany Beckham, G | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrence Jones, F | 30 | 1-9 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle Wiltjer, F | 15 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 17-57 | 3-16 | 32-43 | 14 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 69 | ||
| 29.8% | 18.8% | 74.4% | ||||||||||
Officials: Jamie Luckie, Michael Stephens, Tony Greene
Attendance: 24,387

