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Future Cat Alex Poythress garners another honor

Alex Poythress - photo from CatsIllustrated.com

Alex Poythress - photo from CatsIllustrated.com

Alex Poythress is hard at work preparing for the next phase of his career.  The Northeast High basketball phenom spends much of his day working out as he prepares to leave for Lexington, Ky. to officially begin his college career at the University of Kentucky on June 3.  But before he graduates, putting an end to his high school career, he has one more accolade to collect.  Poythress was been named to the Tennessee Sports Writers’ Class AAA All State basketball team for a second straight year.

 

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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 February 27, 1956, Kentucky scored 143 points against Georgia for the most points ever scored by a Kentucky team in a single game.

 

On February 27, 1956, Kentucky made 60 field goals against Georgia for the most field goals ever made in a single game by a Kentucky team.

 

On February 27, 2016, freshman Jamal Murray scored 33 points at Vanderbilt.

 

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