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What we learned from Kentucky basketball's win over Vanderbilt

Kentucky coach John Calipari's postgame news conference after win over Vanderbilt.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In its last three games, Kentucky basketball proved capable of beating ranked squads. At Vanderbilt Tuesday, it proved capable of destroying a bad one.

Kentucky (17-3, 6-1) held Vanderbilt to just five points in the final 13:21 of the first half, scoring 33 of its own in that span to take a 30-point lead into the halftime locker room then cruised to a 87-52 victory.

The win extended the Wildcats' winning streak to seven games

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Sophomore forward PJ Washington led Kentucky with 26 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals.