Three things to watch when UK plays Arkansas-Little Rock tonight at 7 p.m. (TV: FS South, ESPN3.com):

1. Darius Miller closing in on milestone: Miller is five points away from 1,000 career points. He’s scored five or more points in 13 of 14 games and is averaging 10.3 points per game this year, making it very likely that Miller reaches that milestone.

2. Attendance: The game is at Freedom Hall — and the last couple years haven’t been sellouts, bringing up questions about the game’s future on UK’s schedule. As of yesterday, upper-level tickets were still available. John Calipari put on the push for fans to show up; let’s see if they responded.

3. Free-throw shooting: Arkansas-Little Rock allows an average of 25.9 free throws per game, and their allowed free throw rate of 51.9 free throw attempts per 100 field goal attempts is one of the worst in the nation. Combined with UK’s advantage in athleticism, the Cats should get plenty of opportunities to continue their hot free throw shooting. In the last four games, UK has made 77 percent of its free throws, and its season average now sits at 71 percent.

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