This Day In Kentucky Basketball History: November 20th
By Paul Jordan
November 20th
All-Time Record Playing On November 20th: 4-0 (1.000)
19 Years Ago Today (1991): #4 Kentucky – 106 West Virginia – 80 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 22,360)
- Preseason NIT Game
- West Virginia’s head coach, Gale Catlett, was a former Kentucky assistant coach
- Tied for the most points scored by Kentucky against West Virginia (18 meetings)
- Kentucky’s largest margin of victory against West Virginia (18 meetings)
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: John Pelphrey (26 points)
- West Virginia’s leading scorer: Tracy Shelton (17 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Jamal Mashburn (8 rebounds)
- West Virginia’s leading rebounder: Ricky Robinson (8 rebounds)
- Kentucky’s assists leader: Sean Woods (8 assists)
- West Virginia’s assists leader: Mike Boyd (5 assists)
- Stat of the game: Both teams combined to have 27 steals (West Virginia – 14 Kentucky – 13)
13 Years Ago Today (1997): #9 Kentucky – 88 Morehead State – 49 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,097)
- Tubby Smith’s 1st game as head coach at Kentucky
- Morehead State’s head coach, Kyle Macy, was a former player at Kentucky
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: Allen Edwards (15 points)
- Morehead State’s leading scorer: Dewayne Krom (11 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Jamaal Magloire (8 rebounds)
- Morehead State’s leading rebounder: Luke Lloyd and Jeremy Webb (6 rebounds)
- Kentucky’s assists leader: Scott Padgett and Jeff Sheppard (4 assists)
- Morehead State’s assists leader: Hezzie Boone, Ted Docks, and Thomas Jenkins (2 assists)
- Stat of the game: Kentucky had 17 blocks
6 Years Ago Today (2004): #9 Kentucky – 77 Coppin State – 46 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 22,231)
- Only meeting between the two schools
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: Chuck Hayes and Patrick Sparks (12 points)
- Coppin State’s leading scorer: Antwan Harrison (8 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Chuck Hayes (13 rebounds)
- Coppin State’s leading rebounder: Antwan Harrison (5 rebounds)
- Kentucky’s assists leader: Ramel Bradley (6 assists)
- Coppin State’s assists leader: Raheem Scott (3 assists)
- Stat of the game: Coppin State shot just 8.3% from 3 point range (1 of 12)
4 Years Ago Today (2006): #22 Kentucky – 87 DePaul – 81 Lahaina Civic Center (Attendance: 2,400)
- Maui Classic Invitational Game
- Last game Kentucky has played ranked #22 in the AP Poll
- Last meeting between the two schools
- Last win at the Maui Classic Invitational
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: Randolph Morris (20 points)
- DePaul’s leading scorer: Wilson Chandler and Sammy Mejia (17 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Randolph Morris (9 rebounds)
- DePaul’s leading rebounder: Karron Clarke (7 rebounds)
- Kentucky’s assists leader: Joe Crawford (6 assists)
- DePaul’s assists leader: Jabari Currie (4 assists)
- Stat of the game: Kentucky and DePaul had the exact same number of field goals made (32), 3 point field goals made (6), 2 point field goals made (26), total rebounds (28), steals (5), and turnovers (11)
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