Kentucky Defeats Ole Miss in SEC Tourney

UK has a duo that is easy to be be nervous about. Jodie Meeks scored 25 points and Patrick Patterson had 15 points and 14 rebounds Thursday to help Kentucky stop a four-game losing streak with a 71-58 victory over Mississippi in the opening round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. The Wildcats (20-12) advanced to Friday's quarterfinals against LSU (No. 16 ESPN/USA Today, No. 20 AP) and kept alive their hopes of extending their streak of consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament to 18.

NCAA Basketball by FanDome | March 12, 2009

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