This Day In Kentucky Basketball History: January 26th

January 26th

All-Time Record Playing On January 26th: 19-6 (.760)

105 Years Ago Today (1906): Kentucky – 17 Central (now Centre) – 15 Old Boyle Humphrey Gymnasium

• First time Kentucky scored exactly 17 points in a game
• Kentucky’s only win when scoring exactly 17 points in a game
• Kentucky’s first win when allowing exactly 15 points in a game

90 Years Ago Today (1921): Kentucky – 26 Cincinnati – 19 Schmidlapp Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s 100th victory
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: William King (16 points)
• Cincinnati’s leading scorer: Edgar Coons (11 points)

89 Years Ago Today (1922): Kentucky – 28 Mississippi A&M (now Mississippi State) – 21 Buell Armory Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: William King (14 points)
• Mississippi A&M’s leading scorer: L. B. Bryant, L. H. Hughes, R. F. Laird, and W. P. Wilson (4 points)

82 Years Ago Today (1929): Kentucky – 26 Alabama – 27 Alumni Gymnasium (Attendance: 3,000)

• Kentucky’s smallest margin of defeat against Alabama (136 meetings)
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Paul McBrayer (9 points)
• Alabama’s leading scorer: Millard Campbell (13 points)

76 Years Ago Today (1935): Kentucky – 48 Tennessee – 21 Alumni Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Leroy Edwards and Dave Lawrence (15 points)
• Tennessee’s leading scorer: Gene Johnson and William Reed (6 points)

68 Years Ago Today (1943): Kentucky – 39 Vanderbilt – 38 Alumni Gymnasium

• Kentucky’s smallest margin of victory when allowing exactly 38 points in a game
• Kentucky’s smallest margin of victory when scoring exactly 39 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Marvin Akers and Ken Rollins (10 points)
• Vanderbilt’s leading scorer: Dave Scobey (14 points)

65 Years Ago Today (1946): Kentucky – 47 Notre Dame – 56 Jefferson County Armory (Attendance: 6,000)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Wallace Jones (16 points)
• Notre Dame’s leading scorer: Vince Boryla (18 points)

61 Years Ago Today (1950): #5 Kentucky – 58 Xavier – 47 Cincinnati Gardens (Attendance: 7,463)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jim Line (20 points)
• Xavier’s leading scorer: Gene Smith (19 points)

59 Years Ago Today (1952): #3 Kentucky – 71 Alabama – 67 Foster Auditorium

• Kentucky’s first win when allowing exactly 67 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Bobby Watson (26 points)
• Alabama’s leading scorer: Paul Sullivan (21 points)

54 Years Ago Today (1957): #5 Kentucky – 91 #13 Vanderbilt – 83 Memorial Gymnasium (Attendance: 7,200)

• First time Kentucky allowed exactly 83 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Gerry Calvert and Johnny Cox (23 points)
• Vanderbilt’s leading scorer: James Henry and Al Rochelle (21 points)

52 Years Ago Today (1959): #1 Kentucky – 94 Georgia Tech – 70 Alexander Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 6,966)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Johnny Cox (23 points)
• Georgia Tech’s leading scorer: Ray “Buddy” Blemker (22 points)

48 Years Ago Today (1963): Kentucky – 90 Xavier – 76 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 10,500)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Cotton Nash (28 points)
• Xavier’s leading scorer: Steve Thomas (15 points)

41 Years Ago Today (1970): #2 Kentucky – 86 Alabama – 71 Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 11,500)

• Alabama’s head coach, C. M. Newton, went on to become athletic director at Kentucky
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Dan Issel (25 points)
• Alabama’s leading scorer: Bobby Lynch (34 points)

37 Years Ago Today (1974): Kentucky – 91 Florida – 82 Florida Gymnasium (Attendance: 5,126)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Kevin Grevey (35 points)
• Florida’s leading scorer: Chip Williams (37 points)

35 Years Ago Today (1976): Kentucky – 84 Auburn – 91 (Overtime) Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum (Attendance: 10,186)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jack Givens (21 points)
• Auburn’s leading scorer: Stan Pietkiewicz (22 points)

31 Years Ago Today (1980): #5 Kentucky – 56 Georgia – 49 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,441)

• Kentucky’s fewest points scored in a win when ranked #5 in the AP Poll
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Sam Bowie and Fred Cowan (18 points)
• Georgia’s leading scorer: Jimmy Daughtry and Lavon Mercer (12 points)

20 Years Ago Today (1991): #8 Kentucky – 83 Alabama – 88 Coleman Coliseum (Attendance: 15,043)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: John Pelphrey (28 points)
• Alabama’s leading scorer: Melvin Cheatum (26 points)

18 Years Ago Today (1993): #4 Kentucky – 105 LSU – 67 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 24,225)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jamal Mashburn (27 points)
• LSU’s leading scorer: Geert Hammink (19 points)

17 Years Ago Today (1994): #9 Kentucky – 79 South Carolina – 67 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,951)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jeff Brassow (25 points)
• South Carolina’s leading scorer: Jamie Watson (21 points)

14 Years Ago Today (1997): #3 Kentucky – 83 Arkansas – 73 Bud Walton Arena (Attendance: 20,320)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Nazr Mohammed (18 points)
• Arkansas’s leading scorer: Tarik Wallace (16 points)

12 Years Ago Today (1999): #7 Kentucky – 91 Georgia – 83 (Overtime) Stegeman Coliseum (Attendance: 10,411)

• Georgia’s G. G. Smith, former Kentucky coach Tubby Smith’s son, played in the game
• The last time Kentucky won a game when allowing exactly 83 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Scott Padgett (23 points)
• Georgia’s leading scorer: Jumaine Jones (34 points)

11 Years Ago Today (2000): #16 Kentucky – 75 Georgia – 69 Stegeman Coliseum (Attendance: 10,137)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Jamaal Magloire (19 points)
• Georgia’s leading scorer: Shon Coleman (26 points)

9 Years Ago Today (2002): #8 Kentucky – 61 #14  Alabama – 64 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,544)

• Former Kentucky player Milt Ticco died on this day
• Kentucky’s last loss to an opponent ranked #14 in the AP Poll
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Tayshaun Prince (14 points)
• Alabama’s leading scorer: Erwin Dudley (16 points)

3 Years Ago Today (2008): Kentucky – 78 South Carolina – 70 Rupp Arena (Attendance: 23,996)

• Kentucky’s leading scorer: Ramel Bradley (26 points) 
• South Carolina’s leading scorer: Devan Downey (24 points)

1 Year Ago Today (2010): #1 Kentucky – 62 South Carolina – 68 Colonial Life Arena (Attendance: 18,000)

• Kentucky’s 19 game win streak ended, their 10th longest win streak in school history
• Kentucky’s last loss when ranked #1 in the AP Poll
• Kentucky’s last loss to South Carolina
• Kentucky’s last loss when scoring exactly 62 points in a game
• Kentucky’s leading scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (27 points)
• South Carolina’s leading scorer: Devan Downey (30 points)

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