Duke vs Kentucky

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Walter Cornett
November 17, 1979

Details

Date	Time	League	Season	Game Notes
November 17, 1979	12:00 am	NCAA	1979-80	Tip-off Classic

Results

Team	1st Half	2nd Half	1st OT	Final Score	Outcome
Duke	42	30	10	82	Win
Kentucky	35	37	4	76	Loss

Duke

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kentucky

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
40	Fred Cowan	30	5	8	3	3	4	4	1	5	1	1	13
52	Lavon Williams	32	2	7	7	7	8	2	0	0	1	2	11
31	Sam Bowie	40	9	14	4	10	17	2	1	6	1	0	22
4	Kyle Macy	38	4	9	6	6	2	2	3	5	0	3	14
25	Jay Shidler	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
10	Dirk Minniefield	21	3	5	0	0	0	4	6	6	0	3	6
23	Dwight Anderson	26	2	8	3	4	3	5	3	3	0	0	7
32	Derrick Hord	12	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	Tom Heitz	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
34	Chuck Verderber	10	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
44	Charles Hurt	7	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	225	26	55	24	32	43	26	15	25	3	9	76

MIN

226		225

FGM

31		26

FGA

65		55

3PM

0		0

3PA

0		0

FTM

20		24

FTA

28		32

0		0

32		43

25		26

AST

21		15

17		25

BLK

4		3

STL

17		9

PTS

82		76

Court

Springfield Civic Center

MassMutual Center, 1277, Main Street, Metro Center, South End, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, 01103, United States

Past Meetings

Date	Home	Results	Away	Time	Court
1978-03-27 00:00:00March 27, 1978	Duke	88 - 94	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1969-12-20 00:00:00December 20, 1969	Kentucky	98 - 76	Duke	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On January 13, 2009, Jodie Meeks scored 54 points at Tennessee in a 90-72 victory for the most points in a single game by a Kentucky player. Meeks played 39 minutes and went 15-of-22 from the field, including 10-of-15 from behind the arc. He also didn't miss from the free-throw line, where he went 14-of-14. He also hauled in eight rebounds and kicked out four assists. The 54 points by Meeks was also the most points scored in an SEC game since Chris Jackson from LSU tallied 55 against Ole Miss in 1989.

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