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Daniel Orton provides story of loyalty, sacrifice

Daniel Orton

Daniel Orton

John Calipari, the loquacious, lovable and laudable head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, has never met a story he didn’t like to tell.  So when asked to explain how reserve forward Daniel Orton ended up in Bluegrass Country, in the same recruiting class with NBA-ready freshman phenoms John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins, Calipari jumped at the opportunity.

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Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On January 13, 2009, Jodie Meeks scored 54 points at Tennessee in a 90-72 victory for the most points in a single game by a Kentucky player. Meeks played 39 minutes and went 15-of-22 from the field, including 10-of-15 from behind the arc. He also didn't miss from the free-throw line, where he went 14-of-14.  He also hauled in eight rebounds and kicked out four assists.  The 54 points by Meeks was also the most points scored in an SEC game since Chris Jackson from LSU tallied 55 against Ole Miss in 1989.

 

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