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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

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