This Day In Kentucky Basketball History: November 30th

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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