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This Day In Kentucky Basketball History: January 11th

By Paul Jordan

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January 11th

All-Time Record Playing On January 11th: 16-4 (.800)

81 Years Ago Today (1930): Kentucky – 25 Creighton – 21 Alumni Gymnasium (Attendance: 5,000)

  • The beginning of a 27 game homecourt winning streak, tied for the 7th longest homecourt winning streak in school history
  • First win against Creighton
  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Cecil Combs (10 points)
  • Creighton’s leading scorer: Werner Jensen (7 points)

70 Years Ago Today (1941): Kentucky – 43 West Virginia – 56 Mountaineer Field House (Attendance: 3,100)

  • Kentucky’s first loss when scoring exactly 43 points in a game
  • Kentucky’s largest margin of defeat when scoring exactly 43 points in a game
  • First time Kentucky allowed exactly 56 points in a game
  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kenneth England (9 points)
  • West Virginia’s leading scorer: Rudolph Baric (18 points)

64 Years Ago Today (1947): Kentucky – 70 Dayton – 29 Alumni Gymnasium

  • First meeting between the two schools
  • Kentucky’s fewest points scored in a victory against Dayton (5 meetings)
  • Kentucky’s fewest points allowed against Dayton (5 meetings)
  • Kentucky’s largest margin of victory against Dayton (5 meetings)
  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Alex Groza (19 points)
  • Dayton’s leading scorer: Bill Ginn (15 points)

62 Years Ago Today (1949): Kentucky – 63 Bowling Green – 61 Cleveland Arena (Attendance: 13,113)

  • The beginning of a 21 game win streak, tied for the 8th longest win streak in school history
  • First meeting between the two schools
  • First time Kentucky allowed exactly 61 points in a game
  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Ralph Beard (20 points)
  • Bowling Green’s leading scorer: Chuck Share (25 points)

57 Years Ago Today (1954): #1 Kentucky – 81 DePaul – 63 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 10,500)

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Cliff Hagan and Frank Ramsey (22 points)
  • DePaul’s leading scorer: Ronald Sobieszczyk (18 points)

53 Years Ago Today (1958): #9 Kentucky – 97 LSU – 52 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,300)

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Vernon Hatton (17 points)
  • LSU’s leading scorer: Merele (10 points)

51 Years Ago Today (1960): Kentucky – 68 Tulane – 42 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 10,000)

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Sid Cohen (26 points)
  • Tulane’s leading scorer: Victor Klinker, Ronald Mitchell, and Dick O’Brien (9 points)

48 Years Ago Today (1963): Kentucky – 63 LSU – 56 John Parker Memorial Coliseum

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Cotton Nash (24 points)
  • LSU’s leading scorer: Ellis Cooper (24 points)

47 Years Ago Today (1964): #2 Kentucky – 105 Tulane – 63 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 12,000)

  • Kentucky’s most points scored against Tulane (46 meetings)
  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Cotton Nash (34 points)
  • Tulane’s leading scorer: Don Rose (14 points)

46 Years Ago Today (1965): Kentucky – 102 Tulane – 72 Fogelman Arena (Attendance: 2,500)

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Louie Dampier (22 points)
  • Tulane’s leading scorer: Al Andrews (21 points)

42 Years Ago Today (1969): #7 Kentucky – 88 Florida – 67 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,500)

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Dan Issel (20 points)
  • Florida’s leading scorer: Neal Walk (22 points)

40 Years Ago Today (1971): #11 Kentucky – 79 Georgia – 66 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,500)

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Tom Parker (23 points)
  • Georgia’s leading scorer: Cauthen Westbrook (20 points)

36 Years Ago Today (1975): #7 Kentucky – 85 Auburn – 90 Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,399)

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kevin Grevey (29 points)
  • Auburn’s leading scorer: Mike Mitchell (31 points)

27 Years Ago Today (1984): #2 Kentucky – 51 Mississippi State – 42 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,802)

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kenny Walker (16 points)
  • Mississippi State’s leading scorer: Chauncey Robinson (15 points)

25 Years Ago Today (1986): #11 Kentucky – 76 Alabama – 52 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,345)

  • Alabama’s Mark Gottfried, future Alabama head coach, played in the game
  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kenny Walker (24 points)
  • Alabama’s leading scorer: Jim Farmer (11 points)

19 Years Ago Today (1992): #15 Kentucky – 81 Florida – 60 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 22,055)

  • Florida’s Stacey Poole, Sr., father of current Kentucky player Stacey Poole, Jr., played in the game
  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jamal Mashburn (18 points)
  • Florida’s leading scorer: Stacey Poole (21 points)

14 Years Ago Today (1997): #3 Kentucky – 69 Ole Miss – 73 Tad Smith Coliseum (Attendance: 8,195)

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jared Prickett (14 points)
  • Ole Miss’s leading scorer: Joezon Darby (19 points)

11 Years Ago Today (2000): #20 Kentucky – 63 #4 Auburn – 66 Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 10,500)

  • Auburn’s Daymeon Fishback, a former Kentucky Mr. Basketball, played in the game
  • Fewest points allowed in a loss to an opponent ranked #4 in the AP Poll
  • Kentucky’s smallest margin of defeat when allowing exactly 66 points in a game
  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jamaal Magloire (16 points)
  • Auburn’s leading scorer: Chris Porter (22 points)

8 Years Ago Today (2003): #18 Kentucky – 62 South Carolina – 55 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,510)

  • Kentucky’s leading scorer: Erik Daniels (19 points)
  • South Carolina’s leading scorer: Kebrell Brown (19 points)

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