Game notes from UK’s 73-66 loss to West Virginia
- UK lost to West Virginia 73-66 in the East Regional Final of the NCAA Tournament. The loss ends UK’s season at 35-3. West Virginia (31-6) will move on to the Final Four to face either Duke or Baylor.
- UK head coach John Calipari’s 35 wins in his inaugural season tie him with Tubby Smith for the most wins by a UK head coach in his inaugural season.
- John Wall scored 19 points, pulled down nine rebounds and dished out five assists against West Virginia.
- Wall finished the season with 616 points, 241 assists and 175 made free throws. All are UK freshman season records.
- Wall fouled out for the first time all season against West Virginia.
- DeMarcus Cousins scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds against West Virgina.
- Cousins grabbed 364 rebounds this season, the most-ever by a UK freshman.
- Patrick Patterson scored eight points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
- Patterson moved to within 11 points of 12th place on UK’s all-time scoring list with 1,564 points.
- The Cats were 4-of-32 from beyond the arc. They missed their first 20 3-point field goal attempts.
- UK outrebounded West Virginia 51-36.
- UK outscored West Virginia 36-18 in the paint.
- UK was 16-29 from the foul line.
- Baylor was 8-15 in the first half from beyond the arc, and 0-16 from inside the arc.
- The largest lead of the game was when West Virginia went up by 16 points with 4:25 left in the game. UK’s biggest lead was by seven with 14:14 left in the first half.
- Attendance was 22,497.


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