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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 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.

 

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