No. 10 Kentucky Defeats Indiana, 73-58

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Patrick Sparks scored 16 points and No. 10 Kentucky dominated Indiana inside in a 73-58 win over the Hoosiers on Saturday.<br> <br> Chuck Hayes added 14 points and nine rebounds for Kentucky (6-1), which has won five straight games and 12 of the last 14 in its annual series against Indiana (2-4).<br> <br> The Hoosiers have lost four straight games, the third time in as many seasons they&#39;ve had a losing streak of at least four games. The current streak has come against heavyweights - North Carolina, Connecticut, Notre Dame and Kentucky.<br> <br> Indiana entered the game shooting 34.8 percent for the season and wasn&#39;t much better against the Wildcats, shooting 38 percent. Junior guard Bracey Wright, the Hoosiers&#39; leading scorer, kept them in the game with six 3-pointers and 31 points. <br> <br> Indiana trailed by nine points at halftime. The Hoosiers&#39; first four baskets of the second half were 3-pointers - three of them by Wright - as Indiana pulled within 42-37 with 11:40 left.<br> <br> Sparked by Kelenna Azubuike, Kentucky scored the next 11 points. Azubuike hit a 3-pointer to start the run, then capped it with a driving lay-in, a steal and an assist to Rajon Rondo, whose dunk put the Wildcats ahead 53-37 with 9:16 left.<br> <br> Indiana came no closer than 13 points after that.<br> <br> Kentucky continually took the ball inside, and it showed - the Wildcats shot 49 percent from the field and outscored the Hoosiers 38-10 in the paint.<br> <br> Center Randolph Morris scored 11 points for Kentucky, and his backup, 7-foot-3 Shagari Alleyne, had 10 points, five rebounds and four blocked shots.<br> <br> Indiana hit five of its first seven shots - three of them 3-pointers - to jump to a 13-4 lead. But the Hoosiers then reverted to their shooting woes, going without a basket for almost 8 minutes. After their initial spurt, the Hoosiers went 3-of-17 from the field the rest of the first half.<br> <br> Sparks pulled the Wildcats even at 19-19 with two free throws 5:51 before halftime. That started a 16-5 Kentucky run to close the half, during which Sparks had 10 points and an assist. Kentucky led 33-24 at halftime.

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