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[email protected] Long” blog at www.winchestersun.com. Sports (859) 355-1214 briefs Twitter: @keithtaylor21 TUESDAY, FEB. 21, 2012 — B1 UK athletics 40th District Tournament: George Rogers Clark 46, Bourbon County 41 Cats snap 3-game losing streak Cal: LEXINGTON (AP) — Back home after losing three straight on the road and falling out of the Top 10, No. Dogs 13 Kentucky recovered with a 70-61 victory over Vanderbilt on Monday night. Samarie Walker a test scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds By Larry Vaught for the Wildcats (22-5, The Advocate-Messenger 11-3 Southeastern Con- ference), now tied with LEXINGTON — Playing at Tennessee for the con- Mississippi State tonight and ference lead. hosting Vanderbilt on Saturday The Wildcats’ SEC could make for a difficult week for No. 1 Kentucky, but that’s victory total is their fine with coach John Calipari. highest ever and was “In February you need tests their 19th consecutive and you need to find out where win at home, 17 of you are at this point,” Calipari those this season. said Monday. “This isn’t foot- Tiffany Clarke ball. You can drop games in scored 19 points and basketball and still be fine, so Christina Foggie 16 for let’s find out where we are, and the Commodores (20-7, see if that’s good enough.” 8-6), who could have Mississippi State has lost tied four teams for three straight Southeastern third place in the SEC.