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1959-1960 Kentucky Basketball Statistics

Record: 18-7 (10-4, 3rd in SEC)
Coach: Adolph Rupp

Team – Per Game

  G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 25   26.7 69.6 0.383 20.2 28 0.72 52.7         20.1 73.5
Opponent 25   22.4 61.9 0.361 21 29 0.723 45.7         20.4 65.7

 

Team – Totals

  G MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 25   667 1741 0.383 504 700 0.72 1317         502 1838
Opponent 25   559 1547 0.361 524 725 0.723 1142         509 1642

 

Individual – Per Game

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Bill Lickert 20     5.5 13.7 0.401 3.4 4.8 0.716 6.3         2.2 14.4
2 Don Mills 25     4.6 11.9 0.386 3.6 4.9 0.724 12.9         3 12.8
3 Sid Cohen 25     3.8 10.3 0.37 3.1 4.2 0.75 3.9         2.3 10.7
4 Bennie Coffman 23     3.7 9.3 0.391 2.9 3.3 0.882 2.7         2.3 10.2
5 Ned Jennings 22     3 8 0.373 2.8 4 0.693 7.4         3.4 8.8
6 Carroll Burchett 22     2.6 6.6 0.397 1.8 2.7 0.661 7.2         2.4 7
7 Dick Parsons 23     2.7 7.5 0.364 1.5 2 0.739 2.9         2.4 7
8 Larry Pursiful 17     1.4 2.9 0.48 1.5 2.1 0.722 1.4         1.2 4.4
9 Eddie Mason 2     1.5 3 0.5 1 2.5 0.4 1         0 4
10 Jim McDonald 23     1.4 4 0.352 1.1 1.8 0.61 3.7         2 3.9
11 Allen Feldhaus 20     0.8 2.1 0.366 0.7 1.3 0.56 2.4         0.7 2.2
12 Herky Rupp 5     0.4 0.6 0.667 0.2 0.2 1 0.2         0.6 1
13 Harry Hurd 4     0 1.5 0 0 0   1.5         0.8 0
14 Roy Roberts 5     0 0.6 0 0 0   0.6         0 0
15 Al Robinson 3     0 0.3 0 0 0.3 0 0         1.7 0

 

Individual – Totals

Rk Player G GS MP FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Don Mills 25     115 298 0.386 89 123 0.724 323         76 319
2 Bill Lickert 20     110 274 0.401 68 95 0.716 126         43 288
3 Sid Cohen 25     95 257 0.37 78 104 0.75 98         58 268
4 Bennie Coffman 23     84 215 0.391 67 76 0.882 61         52 235
5 Ned Jennings 22     66 177 0.373 61 88 0.693 162         75 193
6 Dick Parsons 23     63 173 0.364 34 46 0.739 66         55 160
7 Carroll Burchett 22     58 146 0.397 39 59 0.661 158         52 155
8 Jim McDonald 23     32 91 0.352 25 41 0.61 84         46 89
9 Larry Pursiful 17     24 50 0.48 26 36 0.722 23         20 74
10 Allen Feldhaus 20     15 41 0.366 14 25 0.56 47         14 44
11 Eddie Mason 2     3 6 0.5 2 5 0.4 2         0 8
12 Herky Rupp 5     2 3 0.667 1 1 1 1         3 5
13 Harry Hurd 4     0 6 0 0 0   6         3 0
14 Roy Roberts 5     0 3 0 0 0   3         0 0
15 Al Robinson 3     0 1 0 0 1 0 0         5 0
  School Totals 25     667 1741 0.383 504 700 0.72 1317         502 1838

 

Schedule and Results

G Date Type   Opponent Conf   Tm Opp OT W L Streak Arena
1 Tue, Dec 1, 1959 REG   Northern Colorado   W 106 73   1 0 W 1 Memorial Coliseum
2 Fri, Dec 4, 1959 REG @ UCLA AAWU W 68 66   2 0 W 2 L.A. Sports Arena
3 Sat, Dec 5, 1959 REG @ Southern California AAWU L 73 87   2 1 L 1 L.A. Sports Arena
4 Sat, Dec 12, 1959 REG @ Saint Louis MVC L 61 73   2 2 L 2 Kiel Auditorium
5 Mon, Dec 14, 1959 REG @ Kansas Big 8 W 77 72 OT 3 2 W 1 Allen Fieldhouse
6 Fri, Dec 18, 1959 REG   North Carolina ACC W 76 70   4 2 W 2 Memorial Coliseum
7 Sat, Dec 19, 1959 REG   West Virginia Southern L 70 79   4 3 L 1 Memorial Coliseum
8 Tue, Dec 22, 1959 REG   Temple Mid-Atl W 97 92   5 3 W 1 Freedom Hall
9 Mon, Dec 28, 1959 REG   Ohio State (5) Big Ten W 96 93   6 3 W 2 Memorial Coliseum
10 Sat, Jan 2, 1960 REG   Georgia Tech (10) SEC L 54 62   6 4 L 1 Memorial Coliseum
11 Tue, Jan 5, 1960 REG @ Vanderbilt SEC W 76 59   7 4 W 1 Memorial Gymnasium
12 Sat, Jan 9, 1960 REG   Louisiana State SEC W 77 45   8 4 W 2 Memorial Coliseum
13 Mon, Jan 11, 1960 REG   Tulane SEC W 68 42   9 4 W 3 Memorial Coliseum
14 Sat, Jan 16, 1960 REG @ Tennessee SEC W 78 68   10 4 W 4 Armory Fieldhouse
15 Mon, Jan 25, 1960 REG @ Georgia Tech (6) SEC L 44 65   10 5 L 1 Alexander Memorial Coliseum
16 Wed, Jan 27, 1960 REG @ Georgia SEC W 84 60   11 5 W 1 Municipal Auditorium
17 Fri, Jan 29, 1960 REG @ Florida SEC W 75 62   12 5 W 2 Florida Gymnasium
18 Sat, Feb 6, 1960 REG   Mississippi SEC W 61 43   13 5 W 3 Memorial Coliseum
19 Mon, Feb 8, 1960 REG   Mississippi State SEC W 90 59   14 5 W 4 Memorial Coliseum
20 Sat, Feb 13, 1960 REG   Notre Dame Ind W 68 65   15 5 W 5 Memorial Coliseum
21 Tue, Feb 16, 1960 REG   Vanderbilt SEC W 68 60   16 5 W 6 Memorial Coliseum
22 Sat, Feb 20, 1960 REG @ Auburn (17) SEC L 60 61   16 6 L 1 The Sports Arena
23 Mon, Feb 22, 1960 REG @ Alabama SEC W 75 55   17 6 W 1 Garrett Coliseum
24 Sat, Feb 27, 1960 REG   Tennessee SEC L 63 65   17 7 L 1 Memorial Coliseum
25 Sat, Mar 5, 1960 REG   Pittsburgh Ind W 73 66   18 7 W 1 Memorial Coliseum

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On December 3, 2011, freshman Anthony Davis soared to block John Henson's shot in the final seconds and No. 1 Kentucky held on to beat No. 5 North Carolina 73-72 to extend the Wildcats' home winning streak to 39 games.  Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Kentucky and Doron Lamb added 12 of his 14 points after halftime in the heavily hyped matchup.

 

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