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Doron Lamb, Brandon Knight named SEC’s best of the week

Doron Lamb, Brandon Knight named SEC’s best of the week
Doron Lamb

Doron Lamb - photo by Walter Cornett | WildcatWorld.com

The University of Kentucky men’s basketball team on Monday claimed the top weekly honors from the Southeastern Conference.  Freshman guard Doron Lamb was named SEC Player of the Week and point guard Brandon Knight was the league’s Freshman of the Week.  Lamb set a UK freshman record with 32 points in the Cats’ only game last week, a win against Winthrop.  Knight had 21 points and five rebounds in the same game.

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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 12, 1998, No. 5 Kentucky upset No. 2 Maryland, 103-91.  In a scintillating, up-and-down matchup that had a Rupp Arena crowd of 24,321 rocking, UK seniors Heshimu Evans (31 points), Scott Padgett (25) and Wayne Turner (17) and freshman Tayshaun Prince (13) outdueled Maryland’s Terence Morris (26), Steve Francis (25) and Obinna Ekezie (19).

 

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