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Date Time League Season
November 14, 2008 7:00 pm NCAA 2008-09

Results

Team1st Half2nd Half1st OT2nd OTFinal ScoreOutcome
Kentucky4756——103Loss
Virginia Military Institute5754——111Win

Kentucky

# Player MIN FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA OR DR PF AST TO BLK STL PTS
13Michael Porter1812000112115002
21Perry Stevenson408120045773224220
5Ramon Harris276100148213230116
23Jodie Meeks3413273111012223150339
54Patrick Patterson2734002325331308
1Darius Miller21580124444220012
34Deandre Liggins2737030007457206
55Josh Harrellson602000011010100
Team000000000000000
 Total200397231622331929211725106103

Virginia Military Institute

MIN FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA OR DR PF AST TO BLK STL PTS
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Court

Rupp Arena
430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507, USA

Past Meetings

DateHomeResultsAwayTime
KentuckyVirginia Military Institute
KentuckyVirginia Military Institute
Virginia Military InstituteKentucky
Virginia Military InstituteKentucky
Virginia Military InstituteKentucky
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On March 1, 1952, Cliff Hagan scored 42 points against Tennessee.

 

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On March 1, 1969, Mike Casey joined the 1,000-point club.  He did it in 51 games.

 

On March 1, 1979, the 1979 SEC Tournament quarterfinals featured Kentucky and Alabama.  In a scintillating display of fast-paced basketball, Kentucky hit 68.3 percent of its shots (43-of-63) and outlasted Coach C.M. Newton’s Crimson Tide and star Reggie King (38 points) behind stellar guard play from Truman Claytor (25 points, 11-of-14 field goals), Kyle Macy (22, 9-of-16) and Dwight Anderson (19, 7-of-11) before 16,300 in the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center.

 

On March 1, 1981, on Senior Day, No. 9 Kentucky defeated No. 2 LSU 73-71.  Kentucky denied LSU’s bid for an unbeaten SEC season when Sam Bowie blocked Howard Carter’s potential game-tying jumper just ahead of the final buzzer before 24,011 in Rupp Arena.

 

On March 1, 1987, Richard Madison's basket with eight seconds left enabled the Wildcats to upset the No. 12 Sooners.

 

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