Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - Kentucky and Providence were both undefeated coming into Sundays meeting at Rupp Arena, and it was virtually even for 20 minutes before the top-ranked Wildcats pulled away. Willie Cauley-Stein and Karl-Anthony Towns each recorded 11 points and six rebounds, and Kentucky held the Friars to 16 points after the break en route to a 58-38 win. The Wildcats (7-0) saw five other players finish with six points, including Andrew Harrison, who added four assists and four steals. We needed to face a team like (Providence), Cauley-Stein said. The game could have gone either way, but we found a way to win. Tyler Harris and Carson Desrosiers each netted 10 points for the Friars (6-1), who made just 4-of-24 (16.7 percent) in the deciding second half. Kris Dunn shot 1-of-7 from the floor and committed 10 of Providences 18 turnovers. We just didnt have good ball movement, so thats on me, Providence head coach Ed Cooley said. Im excited to move my team forward. While the final numbers were unsightly, the Friars opened the contest by making seven of their first 10 shots. They led 19-15 following two Harris free throws with 6:49 remaining in the first half, but baskets were much tougher to come by the rest of the way. Kentucky went into halftime holding a 26-22 lead and never trailed after the break. For a 14-plus minute stretch that went into the second half, the Friars connected on just 1-of-16 shots, and a Towns three-point play gave Kentucky a 33-25 lead with 14:04 to go. A quick 9-0 run capped by an Alex Poythress layup in transition extended the Wildcats cushion to 44-29, and the hosts cruised from there. Game Notes Providence fell to 2-12 all-time against No. 1 ranked teams ... Kentucky beat its first six opponents by an average of 36.8 points ... Providence came in averaging 74.2 ppg ... Kentucky outscored the Friars in the paint, 38-12. 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After a 3-1 win behind ace Clayton Kershaw in the Major League Baseball season opener Saturday night, Los Angeles remained perfect at Sydney Cricket Ground with its second consecutive victory over its NL West rival in Australia. Cahill (0-1) came in 6-0 with a 2.01 ERA in 10 career starts against the Dodgers, but left in the fifth trailing 3-0. He gave up eight hits with just one strikeout and was charged with five runs and four walks in four-plus innings. The Diamondbacks made three errors, two by catcher Miguel Montero. After trailing 7-0, Arizona scored once in the eighth and four times in the ninth, including Mark Trumbos two-run homer off closer Kenley Jansen with two outs. Jansen struck out Gerardo Parra to end a game that featured 14 pitchers and lasted a minute more than 4 hours. Beginning his second season in the majors, Ryu (1-0) held the Diamondbacks to two hits in five shutout innings. He struck out five and walked one. The left-hander had a strong rookie season last year, going 14-8 with a 3.00 ERA in 30 starts after seven seasons in South Korea. Trumbo also had an RBI single in the eighth, his first hit for the Diamondbacks. Martin Prado had a two-run single in the ninth. Puig, who was 0 for 5 with three strikeouts in the opener, also made a nice running catch in right field on a liner off the bat of Aaron Hill with the bases loaded to end the Arizona seventh. These were the first regular-season major league games played in Australia. The 162-year-old cricket ground was turned into a baseball park over two weeks, and nearly 80,000 fans attended the two games.dddddddddddd The Dodgers led 1-0 after the first inning. Puig singled and scored on a two-out single by Andre Ethier. Los Angeles scored two more runs in the third after Ryu helped himself by leading off the inning with a sharp single over Hills head at second base. He moved to third when Gordon doubled to centre, and scored on Puigs second hit. Adrian Gonzalez added a sacrifice fly. Uribe hit an RBI double in a two-run fifth, and Puig doubled home Gordon in the sixth. Gordon had a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Gordon and Puig were both hit by pitches. Puig was plunked by Cahill in the fourth inning, and Gordon by Addison Reed in the ninth. Last June, a brawl between the teams resulted in eight suspensions. Paul Goldschmidts first-inning single for Arizona extended his hitting streak to 21 games dating to Sept. 10 last season, the longest active streak in the majors. The Diamondbacks threatened in the fourth thanks to some shoddy Dodgers fielding, but Ryu struck out Parra to end the inning. NOTES: Dodgers LF Carl Crawford, who is on paternity leave and didnt travel to Australia, is a dad. The team said his fiancee, Evelyn Lozado, gave birth to their first child, Carl Leo Crawford, in Arizona early Saturday morning. ... 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