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Archie Goodwin named SEC Freshman of the Week

Archie Goodwin - photo by Tammie Brown | WildcatWorld.com

Archie Goodwin – photo by Tammie Brown | WildcatWorld.com

Kentucky’s Archie Goodwin, a 6-foot-4, 198-pound freshman guard from Little Rock, Ark., was named SEC Freshman of the Week after averaging 25.0 points 7.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists in wins over Morehead State and LIU Brooklyn. Goodwin logged a career-high 28 points in a win over Morehead State to begin the week. It is the seventh-most points in a game for a UK freshman in the history of the program and the most by any UK player this season. He then followed that performance by nearly charting the second triple-double in school history. He posted a team-high 22 points to accompany career-highs in assists (9) and rebounds (9).

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On This Day in UK Basketball History

On December 22, 1953, undefeated Kentucky checked LaSalle's Tom Gola and turned loose its own Cliff Hagan to score a 73-60 victory and gain the championship of the University of Kentucky's first invitational basketball tournament.  The significance of Kentucky’s win over La Salle became apparent after the 1953-54 season. Unbeaten at 25-0, UK declined a bid to the NCAA Tournament because its three best players, Hagan, Tsioropoulos and Frank Ramsey were graduate students and therefore ineligible to play in the postseason by the rules of that time. With UK out of the field, La Salle won the 1954 NCAA championship.

 

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