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Article: Wildcats Hand Vandy 1st Loss
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- The Washington Post
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- January 13, 2008
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Kentucky 79, Vanderbilt 73
Unlike the start of his tenure at Kentucky, Coach Billy Gillispie
more than met expectations in his Southeastern Conference debut.
Freshman Patrick Patterson had 23 points and 12 rebounds to lift
the Wildcats to a 79-73 double-overtime win over No. 13 Vanderbilt
on Saturday, stealing back some of the luster missing from the
historic program during Gillispie's rocky start.
"There's a lot of basketball left," Gillispie said. "Not one time
have I heard anyone make an excuse for them and not one time have I
heard them make an excuse."
Ramel Bradley added 20 points, and Joe Crawford had 17 for
Kentucky (7-7, 1-0), which gave Gillispie his first win against a
ranked ...