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2 0 0 8 - 0 9 W I L D C AT S<br />
PATRICK<br />
PATTERSON<br />
Sophomore • 6-9 • 235<br />
Hunt<strong>in</strong>gton, W.Va. • Hunt<strong>in</strong>gton HS<br />
ALL-TIME WILDCATS<br />
WHO HAVE WORN #54<br />
Don Mills 1958<br />
Howard Dardeen 1959<br />
Roy Roberts 1960<br />
Larry Lentz 1964-66<br />
Art Laib 1968-70<br />
Tom Payne 1971<br />
Dan Hall 1975-76<br />
Melv<strong>in</strong> Turp<strong>in</strong> 1981-84<br />
Patrick Patterson 2008-09<br />
Last Season<br />
Suffered season end<strong>in</strong>g stress fracture <strong>in</strong> left ankle, miss<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
five games ... Named SEC Co-Freshman <strong>of</strong> the Year by league<br />
coaches ... Also named second-team All-SEC ... Second-team<br />
all-district by NABC ... Was on pace to become first league<br />
freshman <strong>in</strong> 10 years to rank among the SEC’s top 10 <strong>in</strong> both<br />
scor<strong>in</strong>g and rebound<strong>in</strong>g ... Second on the team <strong>in</strong> po<strong>in</strong>ts (16.4,<br />
9th <strong>in</strong> SEC) and led club <strong>in</strong> rebounds (7.7, 6th <strong>in</strong> SEC) ...<br />
F<strong>in</strong>ished year 54 po<strong>in</strong>ts shy <strong>of</strong> Rex Chapman’s UK freshman<br />
scor<strong>in</strong>g record (464) ... Made 57 percent <strong>of</strong> his field goal<br />
attempts (5th <strong>in</strong> SEC) ... N<strong>in</strong>th <strong>in</strong> the SEC <strong>in</strong> free throw percentage<br />
(.731) ... Started 25 games, reach<strong>in</strong>g double figures <strong>in</strong><br />
22 <strong>of</strong> those ... Missed Houston game with a bad ankle ... N<strong>in</strong>e<br />
20-po<strong>in</strong>t games . .. Had six double-doubles, the most for a UK<br />
freshman s<strong>in</strong>ce Jamal Mashburn had six <strong>in</strong> 1990-91 ... Was<br />
named SEC Freshman <strong>of</strong> the Week three times ... Had 20<br />
po<strong>in</strong>ts/8 rebounds/3 blocks <strong>in</strong> w<strong>in</strong> over No. 3 Tennessee ... Had<br />
23 po<strong>in</strong>ts and 12 rebounds while play<strong>in</strong>g 50 m<strong>in</strong>utes <strong>of</strong> UK’s double-OT<br />
w<strong>in</strong> over Vanderbilt ... Recorded 19 po<strong>in</strong>ts and n<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Personal<br />
Born on March 14, 1989 ... Parents are Buster Jr. and<br />
Tywanna Patterson ... Chose <strong>Kentucky</strong> over Duke, Florida,<br />
Virg<strong>in</strong>ia, Wake Forest and West Virg<strong>in</strong>ia.<br />
68 K E N T U C K Y B A S K E T B A L L