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1928-1929 Kentucky Basketball Statistics

Final Record: Won: 12; Lost: 5
Head Coach: John Mauer
Manager: William Griffeth
Team Captain(s): Lawrence McGinnis

Individual

Player Games
Played		 Total
Pts		 PPG
Stanley Milward 17 116 6.82
Cecil Combs 15 93 6.2
Louis McGinnis 17 99 5.82
Carey Spicer 15 86 5.73
Paul McBrayer 17 49 2.88
Jake Bronston 3 7 2.33
Lawrence McGinnis 17 36 2.12
Hays Owens 5 7 1.4
Bill Trott 3 3 1
Claire Dees 8 0 0
Elmer Gilb 3 0 0
Fred McLane 2 0 0
Len Miller 1 0 0

Schedule and Results

Date Game Result Score Notes
12/15/1928 Eastern Normal at Kentucky W 35 – 10 –
12/21/1928 Miami (OH) at Kentucky W 43 – 42 3 OT –
1/4/1929 North Carolina at Kentucky L 15 – 26 –
1/12/1929 Kentucky at Notre Dame W 19 – 16 –
1/16/1929 Kentucky at Georgia Tech L 19 – 33 –
1/17/1929 Kentucky at Tennessee W 35 – 29 –
1/19/1929 Tennessee at Kentucky W 27 – 22 –
1/26/1929 Alabama at Kentucky L 26 – 27 –
2/1/1929 Kentucky at Mississippi A & M W 25 – 23 OT –
2/2/1929 Kentucky vs. Mississippi A & M W 32 – 14 (at Jackson, MS)
2/4/1929 Kentucky at Tulane L 22 – 34 –
2/8/1929 Washington & Lee at Kentucky W 31 – 30 –
2/13/1929 Centre College at Kentucky W 47 – 11 –
2/22/1929 Mississippi at Kentucky W 35 – 30 –
2/23/1929 Mississippi at Kentucky W 32 – 24 –
3/1/1929 Kentucky vs. Tulane W 29 – 15 Southern Conference Tournament (at Atlanta, GA)
3/2/1929 Kentucky vs. Georgia L 24 – 26 Southern Conference Tournament (at Atlanta, GA)

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On December 10, 1951, Bob Burrow collected 34 rebounds against Temple for the most rebounds ever in a single game by a Kentucky player.

 

On December 10, 1977, as top-ranked UK is defeating Kansas on “Adolph Rupp Night” in Allen Field House on Naismith Drive in Lawrence, Kansas, Rupp dies. Thousands would participate in the funeral procession in Lexington.

 

On December 10, 2011, Indiana's Christian Watford hits a 3-pointer at the buzzer in Assembly Hall to stun No. 1 Kentucky.  It's only the second time Indiana had beaten a top-ranked team at Assembly Hall.