This Day In Kentucky Basketball History: December 1st

December 1st

All-Time Record Playing On December 1st: 20-4 (.833)

67 Years Ago Today (1943): Kentucky – 51 Fort Knox – 18 Alumni Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Bob Brannum (11 points)
• Fort Knox’s leading scorer: MacDonald (5 points)

65 Years Ago Today (1945): Kentucky – 59 Fort Knox – 34 Alumni Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s smallest margin of victory against Fort Knox (7 meetings)
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jack Tingle (17 points)
• Fort Knox’s leading scorer: William W. Harvey (9 points)

63 Years Ago Today (1947): Kentucky – 80 Fort Knox – 41 Alumni Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s most points scored against Fort Knox (7 meetings)
• Kentucky’s largest margin of victory against Fort Knox (7 meetings)
• Last meeting between the two teams
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Alex Groza and Jack Parkinson (12 points)
• Fort Knox’s leading scorer: Wattier (15 points)

60 Years Ago Today (1950): Kentucky – 73 West Texas State – 43 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 8,000)

• The first game played at Memorial Coliseum
• First meeting between the two schools
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Bill Spivey (18 points)
• West Texas State’s leading scorer: Mose Hale (16 points)

54 Years Ago Today (1956): Kentucky – 94 Washington & Lee – 66 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,300)

• Last meeting between the two schools
• Kentucky’s most points allowed against Washington & Lee (13 meetings)
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Vernon Hatton (26 points)
• Washington & Lee’s leading scorer: Lee Marshall (30 points)

52 Years Ago Today (1958): Kentucky – 91 Florida State – 68 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,450)

• First meeting between the two schools
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Johnny Cox (27 points)
• Florida State’s leading scorer: Hugh Durham (30 points)

51 Years Ago Today (1959): Kentucky – 106 Colorado State Teachers (now Northern Colorado) – 73 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 12,000)

• Only meeting between the two schools
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Bennie Coffman (18 points)
• Colorado State Teachers’s leading scorer: Frank Carbajal and Theo Holland (18 points)

50 Years Ago Today (1960): Kentucky – 72 Virginia Military Institute – 56 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,000)

• Roger Newman scored 20 points, the 6th most points scored by a player in their first varsity game in school history
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Roger Newman (20 points)
• Virginia Military Institute’s leading scorer: Dick Gedro (14 points)

48 Years Ago Today (1962): #3 Kentucky – 77 Virginia Tech – 80 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 12,500)

• Only loss to Virginia Tech (4 meetings)
• Kentucky’s most points allowed to Virginia Tech (4 meetings)
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Cotton Nash (34 points)
• Virginia Tech’s leading scorer: Leland Melear (24 points)

45 Years Ago Today (1965): Kentucky – 83 Hardin-Simmons – 55 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 12,000)

• Only meeting between the two schools
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Louie Dampier (23 points)
• Hardin-Simmons’s leading scorer: Clarence McHenry and Sylvester Neal (12 points)

41 Years Ago Today (1969): #2 Kentucky – 106 West Virginia – 87 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,500)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Dan Issel (34 points)
• West Virginia’s leading scorer: Richard Symons (21 points)

40 Years Ago Today (1970): #3 Kentucky – 115 Northwestern – 100 McGaw Memorial Hall (Attendance: 7,355)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Tom Parker (23 points)
• Northwestern’s leading scorer: Ron Shoger (35 points)

39 Years Ago Today (1971): #10 Kentu
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• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jim Andrews (37 points)
• Northwestern’s leading scorer: Barry Moran (32 points)

37 Years Ago Today (1973): #10 Kentucky – 81 Miami (Ohio) – 68 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,700)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kevin Grevey (29 points)
• Miami (Ohio)’s leading scorer: Phil Lumpkin (19 points)

35 Years Ago Today (1975): #6 Kentucky – 77 Northwestern – 89 McGaw Memorial Hall (Attendance: 5,500)

• Kentucky’s only loss to Northwestern (8 meetings)
• Last meeting between the two schools
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Rick Robey (24 points)
• Northwestern’s leading scorer: Billy McKinney (31 points)

31 Years Ago Today (1979): #2 Kentucky – 97 Alaska-Anchorage – 68 Buckner Fieldhouse (Attendance: 3,000)

• Great Alaska Shootout Game
• First meeting between the two schools
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Fred Cowan (19 points)
• Alaska-Anchorage’s leading scorer: Hicks Taylor and Tony Turner (15 points)

28 Years Ago Today (1982): #3 Kentucky – 58 Notre Dame – 45 Joyce Athletic Center (Attendance: 11,345)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Derrick Hord (18 points)
• Notre Dame’s leading scorer: John Paxson (16 points)

26 Years Ago Today (1984): Kentucky – 56 Purdue – 66 Mackey Arena (Attendance: 14,123)

• Kentucky’s fewest points scored against Purdue (8 meetings)
• Kentucky’s largest margin of defeat against Purdue (8 meetings)
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: James Blackmon and Kenny Walker (16 points)
• Purdue’s leading scorer: Mack Gadis (15 points)

23 Years Ago Today (1987): #5 Kentucky – 101 Cincinnati – 77 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 22,865)

• Kentucky’s most points scored against Cincinnati (37 meetings)
• Kentucky’s most points allowed against Cincinnati (37 meetings)
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Rex Chapman (22 points)
• Cincinnati’s leading scorer: Cedric Glover (22 points)

20 Years Ago Today (1990): Kentucky – 98 Notre Dame – 90 Hoosier Dome (Attendance: 38,043)

• Big Four Classic Game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Richie Farmer (19 points)
• Notre Dame’s leading scorer: LaPhonso Ellis (21 points)

17 Years Ago Today (1993): #1 Kentucky – 115 Tennessee Tech – 77 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 22,982)

• Kentucky’s most points scored when ranked 1st in the AP Poll
• Kentucky’s most points scored against Tennessee Tech (5 meetings)
• Kentucky’s largest margin of victory against Tennessee Tech (5 meetings)
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Rodrick Rhodes (21 points)
• Tennessee Tech’s leading scorer: Maurece Houston (19 points)

12 Years Ago Today (1998): #4 Kentucky – 63 #8 Kansas – 45 United Center (Attendance: 19,124)

• Great Eight Game
• Kentucky’s fewest points allowed to an opponent ranked 8th in the AP Poll
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Wayne Turner (14 points)
• Kansas’s leading scorer: Eric Chenowith (12 points)

7 Years Ago Today (2003): #10 Kentucky – 89 Marshall – 76 US Bank Arena (Attendance: 13,913)

• Last meeting between the two schools
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Gerald Fitch (24 points)
• Marshall’s leading scorer: Ronny Dawn (23 points)

3 Years Ago Today (2007): Kentucky – 77 #1 North Carolina – 86 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 24,252)

• Kentucky’s last game against an opponent ranked 1st in the AP Poll
• The last time Kentucky has allowed exactly 86 points
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Joe Crawford (21 points)
• North Carolina’s leading scorer: Danny Green (20 points)

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