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No. 2 'Cats annihilate Razorbacks

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Darius Miller had a career-high 18 points and DeMarcus Cousins got his 10th double-double as No. 2 Kentucky coasted by Arkansas 101-70 Saturday.

The Wildcats kept alive the nation's only unblemished record and a near certain return to the top of the college basketball rankings.

Kentucky (19-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) hasn't topped The Associated Press poll since 2003, but that streak is almost certain to end Monday courtesy of its dominating victory over UK alumnus John Pelphrey's Razorbacks and top-ranked Texas' loss to Kansas State earlier in the week.

This one was practically over by tipoff. Kentucky scored the game's 10 points, stretched the lead to 30 by halftime, then added the first 14 points of the second half.

With that much margin for error, the Wildcats easily avoided the kind of second half letdown that made recent wins over Georgia and Auburn much closer than anticipated. Arkansas (8-11, 1-3) did make an 18-3 run midway through the second half, but by that time, Kentucky had plenty of cushion to withstand it.

The Wildcats' largest lead was 46 after John Wall hit a jumper with 14 minutes left. The Razorbacks got it no closer than 92-62 with under 4 minutes to go.

► Vanderbilt 82, Auburn 74: At Nashville, Tenn., Jeffery Taylor scored all of his 18 points in the second half and Vanderbilt rallied for a victory over Auburn.

John Jenkins' 3-pointer with 11:39 left gave Vanderbilt its first lead a



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