This Day In Kentucky Basketball History: November 30th
By Paul Jordan
November 30th
All-Time Record Playing On November 30th: 9-0 (1.000)
64 Years Ago Today (1946): Kentucky – 64 Tulane – 35 Alumni Gymnasium
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: Ralph Beard (13 points)
- Tulane’s leading scorer: Charlie McMillan (17 points)
- Stat of the game: Tulane made just 9 field goals the entire game
47 Years Ago Today (1963): #9 Kentucky – 75 Virginia – 64 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,500)
- Kentucky’s last win against Virginia
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: Ted Deeken and Cotton Nash (28 points)
- Virginia’s leading scorer: Chip Conner (30 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Ted Deeken (17 rebounds)
- Virginia’s leading rebounder: Chip Conner (17 rebounds)
- Stat of the game: Virginia shot just 38.2% from the field (21 of 55)
42 Years Ago Today (1968): #3 Kentucky – 115 Xavier – 77 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 9,500)
- Last meeting between the two schools
- Kentucky’s most points scored against Xavier (39 meetings)
- Kentucky’s most points allowed against Xavier (39 meetings)
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: Mike Casey and Dan Issel (29 points)
- Xavier’s leading scorer: Christopher Hall (17 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Dan Issel (24 rebounds)
- Xavier’s leading rebounder: Tom Rohling (19 rebounds)
Stat of the game: Both teams combined to attempt 186 shots from the field (Kentucky – 100 Xavier – 86)
36 Years Ago Today (1974): #16 Kentucky – 97 Northwestern – 70 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,500)
- Kentucky’s last win against Northwestern
- Kentucky’s first win when ranked 16th in the AP Poll
- Kentucky’s most points scored when ranked 16th in the AP Poll
- Kentucky’s largest margin of victory when ranked 16th in the AP Poll
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kevin Grevey (32 points)
- Northwestern’s leading scorer: Billy McKinney (16 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Bob Guyette (9 rebounds)
- Northwestern’s leading rebounder: Greg Wells (11 rebounds)
- Kentucky’s assists leader: Jimmy Dan Conner and Kevin Grevey (3 assists)
- Northwestern’s assists leader: Billy McKinney and Greg Wells (2 assists)
- Stat of the game: Northwestern had just 2 assists on 25 made field goals
31 Years Ago Today (1979): #2 Kentucky – 79 Bradley – 58 Buckner Fieldhouse (Attendance: 3,000)
- Great Alaska Shootout Game
- Last meeting between the two schools
- Kentucky’s most points scored against Bradley (3 meetings)
- Kentucky’s largest margin of victory against Bradley (3 meetings)
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: Sam Bowie and Fred Cowan (16 points)
- Bradley’s leading scorer: Mitchell Anderson (18 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Chuck Verderber (8 rebounds)
- Bradley’s leading rebounder: Mitchell Anderson (8 rebounds)
- Kentucky’s assists leader: Dirk Minniefield (5 assists)
- Bradley’s assists leader: Carl Maniscalco (4 assists)
- Stat of the game: Kentucky made more free throws than Bradley attempted (Kentucky – 29 Bradley – 21)
16 Years Ago Today (1994): #3 Kentucky – 79 #14 Ohio – 74 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 24,212)
- Only time Ohio has faced Kentucky while ranked in the AP Poll
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: Tony Delk and Walter McCarty (17 points)
- Ohio’s leading scorer: Gary Trent (21 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Mark Pope (11 rebounds)
- Ohio’s leading rebounder: Gary Trent (10 rebounds)
- Kentucky’s assists leader: Rodrick Rhodes (5 assists)
- Ohio’s assists leader: Jeff Boals, Geno Ford, and Gary Trent (2 assists)
- Stat of the game: Both teams combined to shoot 35.7% from 3-point range (10 of 28)
14 Years Ago Today (1996): #8 Kentucky – 92 College Of Charleston – 65 Sullivan Arena (Attendance: 8,285)
- First meeting between the two schools
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: Ron Mercer (22 points)
- College Of Charleston’s leading scorer: Thaddeous Delaney (24 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Nazr Mohammed (6 rebounds)
- College Of Charleston’s leading rebounder: Thaddeous Delaney (5 rebounds)
- Kentucky’s assists leader: Anthony Epps (9 assists)
- College Of Charleston’s assists leader: Anthony Johnson and Jermel President (6 assists)
- Stat of the game: Kentucky shot 68.9% from 2-point range (31 of 45)
6 Years Ago Today (2004): #8 Kentucky – 92 Tennessee Tech – 63 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 20,076)
- Tennessee Tech’s head coach, Mike Sutton, was a former Kentucky assistant coach
- Kentuck
y’s leading scorer: Kelenna Azubuike (21 points) - Tennessee Tech’s leading scorer: Willie Jenkins (18 points)
- Kentucky’s leading rebounder: Chuck Hayes (11 rebounds)
- Tennessee Tech’s leading rebounder: Ben Jacobson and Willie Jenkins (6 rebounds)
- Kentucky’s assists leader: Patrick Sparks (5 assists)
- Tennessee Tech’s assists leader: Keyon Boyd (2 assists)
- Stat of the game: Both teams combined to have just 3 blocks (Tennessee Tech – 2 Kentucky – 1)
1 Year Ago Today (2009): Kentucky – 94 UNC-Asheville – 57 Freedom Hall (Attendance: 15,368)
- Last meeting between the two schools
- The last time Kentucky has scored exactly 94 points
- The last time Kentucky has allowed exactly 57 points
- Kentucky’s leading scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (24 points)
- UNC-Asheville’s leading scorer: Sean Smith (19 points)
Kentucky’s leading rebounder: DeMarcus Cousins (10 rebounds) - UNC-Asheville’s leading rebounder: D. J. Cunningham (7 rebounds)
- Kentucky’s assists leader: John Wall (14 assists)
- UNC-Asheville’s assists leader: J. P. Primm (5 assists)
- Stat of the game: Kentucky made more free throws than UNC-Asheville attempted (Kentucky – 14 UNC-Asheville – 9)
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