The Turn-Around

Meeks, Kentucky beat Florida to snap three-game skid

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PHOTO WIRE
	Kentucky players Ramon Harris, left, and Jodie Meeks, right, celebrate with teammate Dwight Perry after beating Florida 68-65 in their NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Ky., Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) · View photo | View gallery

TEAM STAT COMPARISON
	FLORIDA	KENTUCKY
Points	65	68
FG Made-Attempted	22-54 (.407)	26-55 (.473)
3P Made-Attempted	4-14 (.286)	7-17 (.412)
FT Made-Attempted	17-26 (.654)	9-16 (.563)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant)	16 (1/0)	21 (0/0)
Largest Lead	8	6

GAME LEADERS
	FLORIDA	KENTUCKY
Points	N. Calathes 33	J. Meeks 23
Rebounds	N. Calathes 7	P. Stevenson 8
Assists	N. Calathes 3	K. Galloway 9
Steals	D. Werner 3	P. Stevenson 2
Blocks	A. Tyus 3	P. Stevenson 3
· Team Stats: Florida | Kentucky

GAME FLOW

2008-09 SEASON
DATE	GAME	LINKS
· Feb 10, 2009	@UK 68, FLA 65	Recap | Box Score
Mar 7, 2009	UK @ FLA	2:00 PM ET

NEXT 5 GAMES
FLORIDA (ET)	KENTUCKY (ET)
02/14 @UGA 3:30pm 02/18 ALA 7:00pm 02/21 VAN 3:00pm 02/24 @LSU 9:00pm 03/01 TENN 2:00pm	02/14 @ARK 1:05pm 02/17 @VAN 9:00pm 02/21 TENN 1:00pm 02/25 @SCAR 7:00pm 02/28 LSU 4:00pm
· Complete Schedule: Florida | Kentucky

SEC - EAST STANDINGS
TEAM	CONF W-L	TOTAL W-L
Florida	6-3	19-5
South Carolina	6-3	17-5
Kentucky	6-3	17-7
Vanderbilt	4-5	15-8
Tennessee	5-3	14-8
Georgia	0-8	9-14
· View expanded standings

Associated Press

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Jodie Meeks scored 23 points, including a fade-away 3-pointer with under five seconds left, as Kentucky snapped a three-game losing streak with a critical 68-65 victory over Florida on Tuesday night.

With the game tied at 65, the Southeastern Conference scoring leader swished in the closely guarded shot.

Florida got an opportunity to tie when Kentucky'sKevin Galloway fouled Nick Calathes while trying a last-second desperation heave. But Calathes missed all three shots, the last one intentionally, as Kentucky held on.

The loss spoiled a huge night for Calathes, who scored a career-high 33 points and joined the career 1,000-point club -- the eighth-fastest Gator to do so.

Kentucky (17-7, 6-3) pulled into a tie with Florida (19-5, 6-3) atop the SEC East.