How many points did Patrick Patterson score in the Kentucky Wildcats season series game in Lexington, Kentucky?

Kentucky junior Patrick Patterson chipped in a season-high 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting. LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Patrick Patterson agonized for a month over the one blemish on No. 2 Kentucky's otherwise perfect season -- a loss to South Carolina on a night when he had just five points, his worst outing by far. "It was just pitiful on my part," he said. "No energy, no offensive presence, no defensive presence. I was extremely frustrated." Determined not to repeat it in Thursday night's rematch with the Gamecocks, Patterson responded with a season-high 23 points -- many of them in the clutch -- and Kentucky coasted to an 82-61 victory. Fast Facts • Kentucky junior Patrick Patterson chipped in a season-high 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting. • DeMarcus Cousins (19 points, 11 rebounds) added his ninth double-double in the Wildcats' last 11 games. • Freshman John Wall finished 4-for-15 from the field and has hit 20 of his last 57 (35 percent) over his last four contests. • South Carolina guard Devan Downey, who had 30 points in the Gamecocks' win in Columbia, left Lexington with 26. • The Gamecocks did not get a single point from their bench. -- ESPN Stats & Information The Wildcats (27-1, 12-1) need just one more victory or a Vanderbilt loss to clinch at least a share of their 44th Southeastern Conference championship. Vanderbilt beat Georgia 96-94 in overtime Thursday, delaying the Kentucky celebration for at least another game. Like its last meeting with Kentucky a month ago, South Carolina (14-13, 5-8) proved a pesky opponent at times. However, Kentucky had too much offensive firepower, going on a late 13-0 run that turned what was then a 10-point lead into a blowout. Defensively, Kentucky gave up 26 points to the SEC's leading scorer, Devan Downey, but little else. "When you have Patrick playing the way he's playing, it takes the heat off everyone else," coach John Calipari said. "I'm so proud of him and what he's doing. We need him to be this." South Carolina never led, and every time it started to chip away, the Wildcats had an answer and usually it was from Patterson. He scored the first points of the game on a 3-pointer and didn't slow down. Kentucky had a 15-point lead early in the second half, but twice Patterson responded when the Gamecocks cut it to six -- first with a dunk, then a three-point play. South Carolina got no closer. The veteran forward has often been overshadowed this year by star freshmen John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe, but this was Patterson's night to be clutch. Source: http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap/_/id/300560096/south-carolina-gamecocks-vs-kentucky-wildcats