This Day In Kentucky Basketball History: December 10th

December 10th

All-Time Record Playing On December 10th: 16-5 (.762)

76 Years Ago Today (1934): Kentucky – 55 Alumni – 8 Alumni Gymnasium (Attendance: 2,000)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Leroy Edwards (18 points)
• Alumni’s leading scorer: Carey Spicer (3 points)

72 Years Ago Today (1938): Kentucky – 57 Kentucky Wesleyan – 18 Alumni Gymnasium (Attendance: 1,000)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Fred Curtis (10 points)
• Kentucky Wesleyan’s leading scorer: Johns (6 points)

63 Years Ago Today (1947): Kentucky – 74 DePaul – 50 Jefferson County Armory

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Ralph Beard (17 points)
• DePaul’s leading scorer: Andrew Federinko (14 points)

62 Years Ago Today (1948): Kentucky – 81 Tulsa – 27 Alumni Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Alex Groza (23 points)
• Tulsa’s leading scorer: Neil Ridley (9 points)

61 Years Ago Today (1949): Kentucky – 90 Western Ontario – 18 Alumni Gymnasium (Attendance: 2,000)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Bill Spivey (19 points)
• Western Ontario’s leading scorer: Chris Ellis (6 points)

59 Years Ago Today (1951): Kentucky – 97 Xavier – 72 Cincinnati Gardens (Attendance: 4,571)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Cliff Hagan (29 points) 
• Xavier’s leading scorer: Gene Smith (25 points)

55 Years Ago Today (1955): #2 Kentucky – 61 Temple – 73 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 12,000)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Ray Mills (14 points)
• Temple’s leading scorer: Guy Rodgers (24 points)

54 Years Ago Today (1956): Kentucky – 70 St. Louis – 71 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,500)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Vernon Hatton (21 points)
• St. Louis’s leading scorer: Jack Mimlitz (25 points)

44 Years Ago Today (1966): #3 Kentucky – 118 Northwestern – 116 McGaw Memorial Hall (Attendance: 8,359)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Pat Riley (33 points) 
• Northwestern’s leading scorer: Jim Burns (34 points)

37 Years Ago Today (1973): #10 Kentucky – 84 #5 North Carolina – 101 Greensboro Coliseum (Attendance: 10,823)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kevin Grevey (23 points)
• North Carolina’s leading scorer: Bobby Jones (21 points)

35 Years Ago Today (1975): #14 Kentucky – 91 Miami (Ohio) – 69 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,500)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jack Givens (31 points)
• Miami (Ohio)’s leading scorer: Chuck Goodyear (20 points)
• Former player Cameron Mills was born on this day

33 Years Ago Today (1977): #1 Kentucky – 73 #19 Kansas – 66 Allen Fieldhouse (Attendance: 15,620)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kyle Macy (15 points)
• Kansas’s leading scorer: Darnell Valentine (17 points)

31 Years Ago Today (1979): #5 Kentucky – 126 South Carolina – 81 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,428)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kyle Macy (24 points)
• South Carolina’s leading scorer: Cedrick Hordges (20 points)

27 Years Ago Today (1983): #2 Kentucky – 72 Kansas – 50 Allen Fieldhouse (Attendance: 15,200)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Melvin Turpin (25 points)
• Kansas’s leading scorer: Calvin Thompson (18 points)

22 Years Ago Today (1988): Kentucky – 78 Western Carolina – 60 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 18,253)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: LeRon Ellis (19 points)
• Western Carolina’s leading scorer: Bennie Goettie (26 points)

20 Years Ago Today (1990): #25 Kentucky – 81 #10 North Carolina – 84 Dean Smith Center (Attendance: 21,572)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: John Pelphrey (24 points)  
• North Carolina’s leading scorer: Pete Chilcutt, Rick Fox, King Rice (14 points)

19 Years Ago Today (1991): #9 Kentucky – 82 Texas State – 36 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,255)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jamal Mashburn (17 points)
• Texas State’s leading scorer: George Conner (22 points)

16 Years Ago Today (1994): #7 Kentucky – 90 Boston – 49 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,650)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Tony Delk and Antoine Walker (13 points)
• Boston’s leading scorer: Tremain Boyd (14 points)

13 Years Ago Today (1997): #4 Kentucky – 81 Canisius – 54 Marine Midland Arena (Attendance: 10,083)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jeff Sheppard (21 points) 
• Canisius’s leading scorer: James Cammaert and Mike McCarthy (9 points)

8 Years Ago Today (2002): #12 Kentucky – 76 Tulane – 60 New Orleans Arena (Attendance: 5,216)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Keith Bogans (21 points)
• Tulane’s leading scorer: Waitari Marsh (19 points)

5 Years Ago Today (2005): #15 Kentucky – 53 #18 Indiana – 79 RCA Dome (Attendance: 28,031)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Rajon Rondo (21 points)
• Indiana’s leading scorer: Marco Killingsworth (23 points)

Also, The Brown Baron, the face of Kentucky basketball, and the man for which our current arena is named after, died in 1977, 33 years ago today. Rest In Peace Adolph Rupp.

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