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Rajon Rondo

Rajon Rondo

From The Season Never Ends 2010 Calendar:  “Rajon Rondo, the second year guard out of Kentucky charged with steering the Boston Celtics as they tried to quench a 22-year championship drought, delivered big time as the Celtics won their 17th NBA Championship with a 131-92 Game 7 victory over the L.A. Lakers.  Rondo had 21 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and six steals.  Rondo’s title continued a remarkable run by UK players over the decade.  He joined Tayshaun Prince, Antoine Walker, Derek Anderson and Nazr Mohammed as holders of NBA title rings.”

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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 December 7, 1957, what was then referred to as “the longest game in UK history” proves fruitful for the Wildcats as they defeat Temple 85-83 in three overtimes. Vernon Hatton scores UK’s final six points to edge the Owls.  Hatton hit a shot from 47 feet against Temple that tied the score at the end of the first overtime.  This remains one of the games that looms largest in the lore of Kentucky basketball.

 

On December 7, 1988, LeRon Ellis scored 37 points against Northwestern State.

 

On December 7, 1996, No. 6 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Indiana, 99-65.  Before 20,074 fans in Freedom Hall, UK’s Derek Anderson (30 points) and Ron Mercer (26) led a Kentucky full-court blitz that annihilated Bobby Knight’s Hoosiers.

 

Wildcats Born on This Date

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44 Cliff Dwyer

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35 Woodrow Preston

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