Kentucky Wildcats vs Providence Friars

Men's Basketball Championship - East Region - 1st Round

21-12

Final

	1	2	T
Providence PROV	31	22	53
Kentucky UK	38	23	61

Kentucky WildcatsKentuckyUK

22-11

Providence Friars

starters
Bryce HopkinsB. Hopkins#23
Ed CroswellEd Croswell#5
Devin CarterD. Carter#22
Jared BynumJ. Bynum#4
Noah LockeN. Locke#10
bench
Clifton MooreC. Moore#21
Jayden PierreJ. Pierre#1
Corey Floyd Jr.C. Floyd Jr.#14
Alyn BreedA. Breed#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
39	7	2-9	0-3	3-5	8	2	4	0	0	0	8	4
27	16	8-10	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	2	0	2	3	4
37	10	4-14	1-7	1-2	5	3	0	2	1	1	4	4
34	9	3-10	2-6	1-1	2	5	0	1	0	1	1	1
29	8	3-11	2-7	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
14	1	0-3	0-1	1-2	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12	2	1-1	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	53	21-58	5-24	6-11	31	12	10	5	1	8	23	16
		36%	21%	55%

Kentucky Wildcats

starters
Jacob ToppinJ. Toppin#0
Chris LivingstonC. Livingston#24
Oscar TshiebweO. Tshiebwe#34
Cason WallaceC. Wallace#22
Antonio ReevesA. Reeves#12
bench
Daimion CollinsD. Collins#4
Lance WareL. Ware#55
Adou ThieroA. Thiero#3
CJ Fredrick Jr.CJ Fredrick#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
37	18	6-14	0-2	6-6	6	2	1	0	1	1	5	1
34	6	3-8	0-1	0-0	6	0	1	0	1	1	5	1
33	8	4-10	0-0	0-0	25	2	3	3	2	11	14	4
39	7	2-11	0-2	3-5	4	5	1	2	0	1	3	0
38	22	8-18	5-9	1-2	3	0	3	0	0	1	2	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
	61	23-63	5-16	10-13	48	10	11	6	4	18	30	12
		37%	31%	77%

Game Information

Greensboro, NC

Referee:Patrick Evans

Referee:John Gaffney

Referee:K.B. Burdett

NCAA Division I

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

Southeastern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Florida	16-2	-	27-8
Arkansas	13-5	3	28-9
Alabama	13-5	3	25-10
Vanderbilt	11-7	5	27-9
Tennessee	11-7	5	25-12
Texas A&M	11-7	5	22-12
Georgia	10-8	6	22-11
Kentucky	10-8	6	22-14
Missouri	10-8	6	20-13
Texas	9-9	7	21-15
Auburn	7-11	9	22-16
Oklahoma	7-11	9	21-16
Mississippi State	5-13	11	13-19
Ole Miss	4-14	12	15-20
South Carolina	4-14	12	13-19
LSU	3-15	13	15-17

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