This Day In Kentucky Basketball History: January 18th

January 18th

All-Time Record Playing On January 18th: 18-9 (.667)

102 Years Ago Today (1909): Kentucky – 27 Advent Memorial Club – 41 Advent Memorial Club Gymnasium

• Only meeting between the two teams
• First time Kentucky scored exactly 27 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Wayne Plummer (11 points)
• Advent Memorial Club’s leading scorer: Jacques (14 points)

95 Years Ago Today (1916): Kentucky – 29 Georgetown – 22 Georgetown Gymnasium

• Former Kentucky player Homer Thompson was born on this day
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jim Server (12 points)
• Georgetown’s leading scorer: J. Boyce Taylor (8 points)

92 Years Ago Today (1919): Kentucky – 30 Georgetown – 32 Buell Armory Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: H.C. Thomas (12 points)
• Georgetown’s leading scorer: “Beaut” Dean (12 points)

90 Years Ago Today (1921): Kentucky – 38 Georgetown – 23 Buell Armory Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Paul Adkins and William King (12 points)
• Georgetown’s leading scorer: Adams (11 points)

89 Years Ago Today (1922): Kentucky – 12 Vanderbilt – 22 Hippodrome

• Fewest points scored by Kentucky against Vanderbilt (176 meetings)
• The last time Kentucky has scored exactly 12 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: William King (10 points)
• Vanderbilt’s leading scorer: Alvin “Pep” Bell (12 points)

87 Years Ago Today (1924): Kentucky – 13 Tennessee – 20 Jefferson Hall

• The last time Kentucky scored exactly 13 points in a game
• Kentucky’s largest margin of defeat when allowing exactly 20 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: James McFarland (4 points)
• Tennessee’s leading scorer: Billy Harkness and Bill Hatcher (7 points)

83 Years Ago Today (1928): Kentucky – 26 Navy – 32 Dahlgren Hall

• First meeting between the two schools
• Kentucky’s only loss to Navy (4 meetings)
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Paul McBrayer (8 points) 
• Navy’s leading scorer: William Howard (14 points)

81 Years Ago Today (1930): Kentucky – 23 Tennessee – 20 Alumni Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Carey Spicer (9 points)
• Tennessee’s leading scorer: LeClair Greenblatt (8 points)

76 Years Ago Today (1935): Kentucky – 63 Tulane – 22 Alumni Gymnasium

• First time Kentucky scored exactly 63 points in a game
• Kentucky’s largest margin of victory when scoring exactly 63 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Dave Lawrence (12 points)
• Tulane’s leading scorer: Claude Simons (10 points)

75 Years Ago Today (1936): Kentucky – 39 Tulane – 21 Alumni Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Ralph Carlisle (15 points)
• Tulane’s leading scorer: Ernest Carrere (8 points)

70 Years Ago Today (1941): Kentucky – 22 Tennessee – 32 Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (Attendance: 2,800)

• The last time Kentucky scored exactly 22 points in a single game
• The last time Kentucky lost when allowing exactly 32 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: James King (5 points)
• Tennessee’s leading scorer: John Clark (9 points)

68 Years Ago Today (1943): Kentucky – 60 Georgia – 28 Woodruff Hall

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Mulford Davis (12 points)
• Georgia’s leading scorer: Charles Anderson (9 points)

64 Years Ago Today (1947): Kentucky – 54 Tennessee – 39 Alumni Memorial Gymnasium

• Former Kentucky player Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones’s brother, Hugh Jones, played for Tennessee in the game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Ralph Beard and Jack Tingle (13 points)
• Tennessee’s leading scorer: Richard Mehen (14 points)

53 Years Ago Today (1958): #9 Kentucky – 77 #13 Tennessee – 68 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,600)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Johnny Cox (30 points)
• Tennessee’s leading scorer: Leon Ammerman (18 points)

47 Years Ago Today (1964): #4 Kentucky – 66 Tennessee – 57 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 12,600)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Cotton Nash (23 points)
• Tennessee’s leading scorer: A. W. Davis (20 points)

46 Years Ago Today (1965): Kentucky – 73 Auburn – 67 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,300)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Louie Dampier (22 points)
• Auburn’s leading scorer: Bobby Buisson (18 points)

42 Years Ago Today (1969): #5 Kentucky – 69 Tennessee – 66 Stokely Center (Attendance: 12,700)

• Kentucky’s 1,000th victory (1st school to reach 1,000 victories)
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Dan Issel (21 points)
• Tennessee’s leading scorer: Bill Justus (25 points)

36 Years Ago Today (1975): #10 Kentucky – 85 Ole Miss – 82 Tad Smith Coliseum (Attendance: 4,713)

• Kentucky’s smallest margi
  n of victory when allowing exactly 82 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kevin Grevey (27 points)
• Ole Miss’s leading scorer: Dave Shepherd (21 points)

25 Years Ago Today (1986): #11 Kentucky – 72 Florida – 55 Stephen C. O’Connell Center (Attendance: 11,914)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kenny Walker (25 points)
• Florida’s leading scorer: Vernon Maxwell (16 points)

24 Years Ago Today (1987): Kentucky – 41 LSU – 76 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,285)

• Kentucky’s 10th largest margin of defeat in school history
• Kentucky’s largest margin of defeat against LSU (104 meetings)
• Kentucky’s fewest points scored against LSU (104 meetings)
• Kentucky’s largest margin of defeat when allowing exactly 76 points in a game
• Kentucky’s last time scoring exactly 41 points in a game
• Kentucky’s largest margin of defeat when scoring exactly 41 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: James Blackmon (14 points)
• LSU’s leading scorer: Anthony Wilson (28 points)

22 Years Ago Today (1989): Kentucky – 64 Alabama – 76 Coleman Coliseum (Attendance: 15,043)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Derrick Miller (19 points)
• Alabama’s leading scorer: Michael Ansley (19 points)

19 Years Ago Today (1992): #10 Kentucky – 85 Eastern Kentucky – 55 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 24,090)

• Kentucky’s largest margin of victory against Eastern Kentucky (10 meetings)
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jamal Mashburn (18 points)
• Eastern Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jamie Ross (14 points)

17 Years Ago Today (1994): #7 Kentucky – 57 Florida – 59 Stephen C. O’Connell Center (Attendance: 12,221)

• Kentucky’s smallest margin of defeat when scoring exactly 57 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Rodrick Rhodes (12 points)
• Florida’s leading scorer: Dan Cross (20 points)

16 Years Ago Today (1995): #5 Kentucky – 82 Ole Miss – 65 The Pyramid (Attendance: 12,073)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Rodrick Rhodes (23 points)
• Ole Miss’s leading scorer: Anthony Boone (15 points)

14 Years Ago Today (1997): #5 Kentucky – 77 Auburn – 53 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 24,169)

• Auburn’s Daymeon Fishback, former Kentucky Mr. Basketball, played in the game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Ron Mercer (18 points)
• Auburn’s leading scorer: Franklin Williams (15 points)

8 Years Ago Today (2003): #16 Kentucky – 88 #10 Notre Dame – 73 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 22,778)

• Last game Kentucky played while ranked #16 in the AP Poll
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Marquis Estill (18 points)
• Notre Dame’s leading scorer: Matt Carroll (29 points)

2 Years Ago Today (2009): Kentucky – 68 Georgia – 45 Stegeman Coliseum (Attendance: 9,090)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jodie Meeks (22 points)
• Georgia’s leading scorer: Terrance Woodbury (8 points)

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