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Balanced attack propels men’s hoops into second round.
#16 ~ #15 Utah Utes (1-0)
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#14 ~ #12 Kentucky Wildcats (1-0)
Preseason NIT – Quarterfinals
Nov. 17, 1999 – 7:04 p.m. ET
Rupp Arena (23,000) – Lexington, Ky.
ON THE AIR
- UK Radio Network — 5:30 p.m. ET Ralph Hacker, Sam Bowie, Dave Baker
- ESPN Dan Shulman, Bill Raftery
- To follow the Wildcats in cyberspace, log onto www.ukathletics.com. Live stats, notes and information on this year’s team is available.
Last ’90s Matchup Set For Wildcats-Utah
Two of the more storied college basketball programs — the Kentucky Wildcats and the Utah Utes — are set to battle in the quarterfinals of the Preseason NIT after both teams advanced past their first-round opponents. Utah crushed Arkansas State, 76-43, on Tuesday and the Wildcats completed the second-round pairing with a 67-50 win over Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
Kentucky, the winningest program in college basketball (1,749 victories) and owners of the second-most victories during the decade of the ’90s (282), will battle Utah, which ranks 13th in all-time wins (1,429) and eighth in the ’90s (250). The teams have met four times in the last decade, all in the NCAA Tournament and all victories by the Wildcats.
Other comparisons include:
Category UK UtahAll-Time Winning % 76.4% (1st) 65.7% (11th)'90s Winning % 81.7% (2nd) 76.7% (8th)NCAA Appearances 8 7NCAA Wins ('90s) 31 (2nd) 15 (9th)
The Wildcats hope to become the first team in college basketball to record 1,750 wins when they take on Utah. UK is in its 97th season of college basketball, and its record number of victories include seven NCAA Championships, two NIT titles (postseason), a record 84 NCAA Tournament victories and 39 Southeastern Conference Championships.
Probable Starters
KENTUCKY
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Ppg Rpg Hometown21 Tayshaun Prince G/F 6-9 215 So. 9.0 8.0 Compton, Calif.40 Jules Camara F 6-11 223 So. 8.0 5.0 Dakar, Senegal42 Jamaal Magloire C 6-10 260 Sr. 11.0 9.0 Toronto, Ontario11 Saul Smith G 6-2 175 Jr. 8.0 *3.0 Athens, Ga.32 Desmond Allison G/F 6-5 214 So. 11.0 7.0 Tampa, Fla.
Key Cats Off The Bench
3 J.P. Blevins G 6-2 181 So. 6.0 2.0 Edmonton, Ky.24 Marvin Stone F/C 6-10 256 Fr. 12.0 6.0 Huntsville, Ala.40 Jules Camara F/C 6-11 223 So. 8.0 5.0 Dakar, Senega
UTAH
50 Alex Jensen F 6-7 225 Sr. 9.0 14.0 Centerville, Utah40 Phil Cullen F 6-9 215 So. 9.0 2.0 Chelan, Wash.52 Nate Althoff C 6-11 260 Jr. 14.0 7.0 Delano, Minn.5 Tony Harvey G 6-5 200 Sr. 8.0 *5.0 Carson, Calif.32 Jeremy Killion G 5-11 190 Sr. 6.0 0.0 San Diego, Calif.
* Assists per game
Preseason NIT Results
A complete bracket is later in these notes…
First Round
Utah 76, Arkansas State 43, Notre Dame 59, Ohio St. 57, Arizona 88, Kansas St. 69, New Mexico St. 69, Hofstra 59, Siena 89, Davidson 79, Kentucky 67, Penn 50, Maryland 71, S. Francisco 61, Tulane 80, Fordham 69.
Quarterfinals
Nov. 18
Notre Dame at Siena
Nov. 19
New Mexico State at Arizona, Utah at Kentucky, Tulane at Maryland.
Tickets Available
Less than 200 tickets remain for the UK-Utah contest. The upper arena seats are $15 each and can be purchased at the Rupp Arena box office or the Memorial Coliseum ticket office. Tickets can be charged with a Visa or MasterCard by calling 800-928-CATS or 606-233-3535.
Less than 500 tickets remain for the UK-Dayton game on Nov. 29 at the Firstar Center in Cincinnati. Seats are $30 and must be purchased through Ticketmaster (Cincinnati — 513-562-4949, Lexington — 606-281-6644).
Should the Wildcats Advance…
If the Wildcats defeat Utah, they will advance to New York to play two games at Madison Square Garden — Nov. 24 & 26 — regardless of wins or losses. The Preseason NIT’s “Final Four” includes a consolation game prior to the championship contest.
Kentucky would face the winner of the Maryland-Tulane game in the semifinals. Against Maryland, which also is a regular-season opponent for the Cats (Dec. 11, at College Park, ESPN), UK leads the series 6-3. The two teams last met 11 months ago (Dec. 12) in Lexington, with the Wildcats earning a 103-91 win over the second-ranked Terrapins. Ironically, the two teams could have met twice last season, had UK not lost in the second round of the Puerto Rico Shootout at Thanksgiving, a tournament Maryland eventually won.
Against Tulane, UK leads the series 39-5. The last time the two teams met was in the 1995 NCAA Tournament, an 82-60 second-round victory by UK. The two teams met almost annually from 1932 to 1966 until the Green Wave withdrew from the Southeastern Conference. The two teams have met only twice since, both UK wins.
The Skinny on the Utes
Utah returns a veteran team this season, including four starters that helped Utah to a 28-5 record and a second-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Utes were beaten by Miami of Ohio in the round of 32, missing a chance to play Kentucky again in the Midwest Region semifinals.
Gone from the team is All-American guard Andre Miller. But the Utes could be without Hanno Mottola, a 6-9 senior forward, who is listed as doubtful for the Preseason NIT after suffering a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee. He suffered the injury in the Utes’ exhibition loss to the California All-Stars on Nov. 9.
Other starters returning include forward Alex Jensen, the leading returning rebounder and assist man, center Nate Althoff and guard Jeremy Killion.
Utah won its first exhibition against Nunawalding (92-53) before falling to the California West All-Stars, 70-68. (Note: UK defeated the California South All-Stars.)
Championship Leftovers
Only three Wildcats remain from the 1998 NCAA Championship game against Utah which UK won, 78-69. Jamaal Magloire had seven points and four rebounds in a reserve role while Saul Smith played but did not record any stats. Steve Masiello did not play in the final game.
Utah also has three players remaining from that team. Hanno Mottola had 15 points and eight rebounds in the contest while Alex Jensen had 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting. Nate Althoff was a freshman on that squad but did not see action in the contest.
The Series
Kentucky owns a 6-2 series advantage over the Utes, including a 78-69 win in the 1998 NCAA Championship game. Each of the eight meetings have occurred in tournament settings. Utah’s two wins came against UK in the 1947 NIT Championship game and the 1976 UKIT finals. The Cats’ UKIT loss to Utah was their first loss in the new Rupp Arena.
The two teams have met four times in the 1990s, all in the NCAA Tournament, all UK victories. Kentucky eliminated Utah in the 1993 Southeast Region second round (83-62), the 1996 Midwest Region semifinals (101-70), the 1997 West Region final (72-59) and the ’98 final game.
Majerus is 0-4 against Kentucky, while Smith is 1-0 against the Utes.
Knight Connection
UK transfer Nate Knight has a former high school teammate among the Utah Utes. Sophomore Adam Sharp, a 6-2 guard, played with Knight for Alta High School in Sandy, Utah. The duo led the Hawks to the 1995 Class 5A Utah State Championship while Knight was a junior and Sharp was a sophomore.
Magloire Moves Up Blocks Chart
Jamaal Magloire recorded three blocked shots against Penn to raise his career total to 214, moving him into third place on UK’s all-time list past Andre Riddick, who recorded 212 (1992-95). Topping the list? Melvin Turpin with 226 and UK broadcast analyst Sam Bowie with 218.
UK Career Blocked Shots
1. Melvin Turpin (1981-84) 2262. Sam Bowie (1980-81, 84) 2183. Jamaal Magloire (1997-00) 2144. Andre Riddick (1992-95) 212
Rupp Arena
The Kentucky Wildcats, in their 24th season of basketball at Rupp Arena, is 304-35 (89.7%) in the facility.
UK has recorded seven perfect home seasons and four years with only one defeat since Rupp Arena opened in 1976-77. The Big Blue earned its 300th victory in the 23,000-seat gymnasium on Jan. 30, 1999, an 86-62 win over LSU. Kentucky was 12-1 in the facility last year.
UK in the NIT
The Wildcats have participated in one Preseason NIT since the event began in 1985. UK finished the 1992 tournament with a 1-1 record after beating West Virginia, 106-80, in the first round before losing to Pittsburgh, 85-67.
In the postseason NIT, UK has participated seven times, but only once since 1950. The Cats won the NIT in 1946, when it was still considered the “national” championship, and again in 1976, after failing to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. UK has an 11-5 record in postseason NIT action.
Season Openers
Kentucky has now won 10 of its last 11 season openers. UK’s one defeat came at the hands of Clemson, a 79-71 overtime loss in the BCA Classic double-header at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis on Nov. 15, 1996. UK has not lost a home opener since Northwestern State upset the Cats in 1988-89, a streak of 11 consecutive victories.
Home In November
Since 1980, Kentucky has only lost two home games in November, establishing a mark of 18-1 during the past two decades including its victory over Penn on Wednesday. The only defeat? To Pittsburgh in the second round of the Preseason NIT in Nov. 1991.
Overall in November, UK is 43-8 all-time, including a 27-1 mark at home, a 3-0 record on the road and a 13-7 slate at neutral sites.
The NBA Connection
Kentucky led all Southeastern Conference teams with 10 Wildcats on 1999-2000 opening day NBA rosters. No other SEC team had more than six former players in the league. For UK, the Cats had Derek Anderson (Clippers), Tony Delk (Kings), Rex Chapman (Suns), Jamal Mashburn (Heat), Ron Mercer (Nuggets), Nazr Mohammed (76ers), Walter McCarty, Antoine Walker and Wayne Turner (Celtics) and Scott Padgett (Jazz). Turner has since been waived.
Coaching Comparisons
Orlando “Tubby” Smith (High Point ’73)
Overall (9th year) 188-75 (71.5%)at UK (3rd year) 64-13 (83.1%)SEC Tournament (4 yrs.) 10-2 (83.3%)NCAA Tournament (6 yrs.) 15-5 (75.0%)vs. Utah 1-0
Rick Majerus (Marquette ’70)
Overall (16th year) 338-116 (74.4%)at Utah (11th year) 239-64 (78.9%)vs. Kentucky 0-4
Cats Short on Experience, Long on Talent
Seven of the 11 Wildcats on the ’99-2000 roster are freshmen or sophomores. UK lost its top four scorers, its top three rebounders and its top three assists men. The Cats’ leading returning scorer and rebounder is senior Jamaal Magloire, who averaged 7.0 ppg and 4.4 rpg, while the leading returning assist man is Saul Smith, who averaged 1.6 apg last season. The only returning starter is Desmond Allison.
Returning production includes:
Points: 35.8%Rebounds: 38.9%Assists: 33.1%Blocks 63.8%Steals: 37.8%
Latest Rankings
The preseason rankings were released last week by The Associated Press, a weekly vote by the nation’s media, and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll, a weekly poll of college basketball coaches. Kentucky was ranked 14th in the AP poll, where it remains in this week’s poll, and 12th in the ESPN/USA Today poll. It’s the first time since the 1990-91 season the Wildcats have begun the season outside the AP top 10. In 1990-91, UK began the year unranked. In addition, since late in the ’92 season, this week marks the fifth week the Wildcats have appeared outside of the AP top 10, including one week during the ’94 season and two weeks last season.
The Cats finished the 1999 season ranked eighth in the final AP poll and fifth in the Coaches rankings. It was the Wildcats’ 34th finish in the AP top 10, a national record. Overall, UK has appeared in the AP top 10 in 126 of the last 130 weeks, dating back to March 2, 1992. UK has appeared in the AP poll 609 times out of a possible 798 weeks since the poll began in 1948-49. The Wildcats have spent 87 weeks at No. 1 and have appeared at the top of the final regular-season polls on seven occasions.
The top-10 finish in the Coaches poll last season was UK’s 30th top-10 finish, the most by any team.
Did You Know?
Freshman Marvin Stone scored 12 points in his debut on Wednesday. Did you know that the most points ever scored by a Wildcat in his first varsity action is 28? Mike Casey tallied 28 against Michigan on Dec. 2, 1967 to open his sophomore campaign.
Consecutive Threes
The Cats have hit three-pointers in 375 consecutive games. The last time UK was held without a three-point field goal was Nov. 26, 1988, a “three-point” loss to Seton Hall in the Great Alaska Shootout (63-60). UK’s current streak ranks fourth nationally. UNLV, Vanderbilt and Princeton have had a three-pointer in every game since the rule was implemented in 1986-87.
Magloire Earns Preseason All-SEC Honor
In early November, media members at the Southeastern Conference Media Days in Birmingham picked the Wildcats to finish second in the Eastern Division behind Florida and selected Jamaal Magloire to the preseason All-SEC team. Auburn, which returns Chris Porter and Doc Robinson from last year’s Sweet 16 team, was chosen to win the regular-season crown.
SEC Media Day Predictions
Champion (Votes) Auburn 29 Florida 10 Kentucky 5
Eastern Division Western Division Florida (30) 227 Auburn (40) 240 Kentucky (3) 188 Arkansas 177 Tennessee (7) 181 Alabama 142 Vanderbilt 100 Miss. State 121 Georgia 85 LSU 67 South Carolina 56 Ole Miss 58
All-SEC
G - Tony Harris, Tennessee 27 G - Doc Robinson, Auburn 41 F - Chris Porter, Auburn 49 F - Mike Miller, Florida 37 C - Jamaal Magloire, Kentucky 17
SEC Player of the Year
Chris Porter, Auburn 45 Doc Robinson, Auburn 1 Mike Miller, Florida 1
Exhibition Games
In UK’s first exhibition game of the season on Nov. 2, the Wildcats edged the California All-Stars, 73-66, after leading by 15 points inside the final five minutes.
Tayshaun Prince led Kentucky in scoring, finishing with 19 points and five rebounds. Jamaal Magloire tallied 17 points and 13 rebounds, and led UK in blocked shots with six. His mark would have tied his career high had the game not been an exhibition. The Wildcats also would have broken the school record for blocks in a game with 18.
The All-Stars were led by Mark Sanford’s 23 points and 14 rebounds. Sanford was a college star at Washington, who had joined the squad after participating with the Sacramento Kings during the NBA preseason. Last week, he led the All-Stars to a wins over Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech.
UK held the athletic All-Stars to 32.8 percent shooting and forced the group into 25 turnovers. But the young Cats were outrebounded 50-47 and committed 23 turnovers.
Nine days later, UK ousted Athletes in Action, 98-77, putting together a 55-point second half to roll to victory. Prince again led the Cats in scoring with 22 points. He also had five assists and committed his first turnover in the two exhibition games. Magloire added 17 points and eight rebounds while Saul Smith and Keith Bogans both added 11. After a first half that ended in a tie, 43-43, Smith sparked UK’s second stanza, canning two of his three three-pointers early in the half.
UK shot 56.9 percent from the field, including 43.5 percent from three-point range against AIA.
20-ppg Scorers
Sophomore Tayshaun Prince led the Wildcats in scoring during their two exhibition games earlier this month. Prince tallied 20.5 ppg as UK won both contests.
So how rare is it for a Wildcat to tally 20 ppg for a season? Consider that since 1977, only two UK players have accomplished the feat — Kenny Walker in 1985 and ’86 (22.9 ppg and 20.0 ppg) and Jamal Mashburn in 1992 and ’93 (21.3 ppg and 21.0 ppg).
Rule Changes
- Timeout format for radio/TV games — five 30-second timeouts for the game. The first called by either team will be 75 seconds. Four timeouts can be carried over to the 2nd half. In overtime, an additional timeout will be granted. TV timeouts will continue to occur after the 16-, 12-, 8- and 4-minute marks.
- The “held-ball rule” was rescinded after one season. Now, all held balls will be awarded according to the possession arrow.
- Uniform numbers “1” and “2” are now legal.
- A three-foot coaching line will extend onto the floor to enable the officials to clearly monitor the coach’s box.
- After a double foul, the team in possession of the ball at that time shall have the opportunity to put the ball in play from a spot nearest to where the foul occurred. Previously, the possession arrow was used.
- Administrative technical fouls now include artificial noisemakers during a live ball and the use of a laser pointers by a fan at any time.
- Points of emphasis: calling the intentional foul, particularly in the closing minutes, rough, low-post play, rough play away from the ball, palming and the coaching box.
Team of the Decade
Kentucky staked its claim for the title of “Team of the Decade” during the 1990s. Only two NCAA Division I schools can claim two national titles during the last 10 years, UK and Duke.
NCAA Championships 2 Final Four Appearances 4 NCAA Runner-up 1 NCAA Tourney Record (App.) 31-6 (8) NCAA Tourney Winning % 83.8% Decade Wins (Pct.) 282 (81.7%) 30-Win Seasons 4 Losing Seasons 0 AP Top-10 Finishes 9 All-Americans 3 NBA Draft Picks (1st Rd.) 10 (8) SEC Championships 3 SEC Tournament Titles 7
News from the Summer Drought
- The ’99-2000 schedule includes 17 teams that played in the 1999 NCAA Tournament, including Final-Four qualifier Michigan State. There may be 14 home dates during the regular season should Kentucky advance in the Preseason NIT. The Cats could appear on national TV 18 times, including 12 times on ESPN or espn2 and five games on CBS. SEC games televised on “Super Tuesdays” by ESPN will begin at 9 p.m. instead of 9:30 p.m.
- Tubby Smith spent nearly all of July as an assistant coach for the 1999 USA Senior National Team. After winning the Tournament of the Americas in Puerto Rico, the squad qualified for the 2000 Olympics next September in Sydney, Australia. Smith will continue to serve on that staff as well, coaching such NBA greats as Tim Hardaway, Kevin Garnett, Steve Smith and Gary Peyton.
- Point guard Saul Smith competed for the SEC All-Stars, which toured Japan in August. Smith helped the team to a 4-1 record against the Japan National Team.
- Steve Masiello was awarded a scholarship for his senior season. The former walk-on from White Plains, N.Y. has been a member of UK’s ’97 NCAA runner-up squad, its ’98 NCAA Championship team and the Elite-Eight qualifier last season.
- Jamaal Magloire declared his intentions for the NBA Draft in May, but withdrew one week before the event and decided to return to UK for his senior season.
- Scott Padgett became the seventh Wildcat in the last four years to be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft when he was taken 28th by the Utah Jazz. Padgett was one of 11 Wildcats on NBA rosters as of opening day. In addition, seven other Cats are playing professionally, including Heshimu Evans, who is participating in a French league this winter. (See pages 154-157 of the 2000 UK Media Guide.)
Fall Signees
Cliff Hawkins, a 6-1, 180-pound guard at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va., and Michael Southall, a 6-10, 225-pound forward/center from West Salem, Wis., have both signed national letters-of-intent during the fall signing period to play their college basketball at the University of Kentucky.
Hawkins, a native of Dumfries, Va., helped the Warriors to a perfect 32-0 record last season and a final No. 1 ranking by USA Today, ESPN and The Associated Press, earning the crown of national champions.
“Cliff is a tough and tenacious defender who’s been an important part of a championship program,” Coach Smith said. “He understands what teamwork is all about and works to make others better. He’s not interested in padding his own stats, which was one of the first things that attracted us to him. He’s a point guard that knows how to push the ball up the court and he’s been well-schooled in the game, thanks to Coach Steve Smith at Oak Hill.”
As a junior, Hawkins averaged 11.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game last season while starting every contest. The southpaw, who his coach called the “best on the ball defender he’s ever coached,” also led the team in steals, averaging 3.9 per game. He shot 50.0 percent from the field, 62.5 percent from the foul line and 30.0 percent from three-point range during the ’99 season.
Hawkins played his sophomore season at Potomac High School, leading the squad to a state runner-up finish. In the state semifinals, he held Ronald Curry, the 1998 National Player of the Year, to six points, while tallying 31 in the winning effort. He earned first team Class AAA All-State honors before transferring to Oak Hill.
Hawkins, who chose UK over New Mexico, played on the 1998 DC Team Assault summer AAU squad with current Wildcat Keith Bogans.
Southall, who plays at West Salem High School, was the Coulee Conference and Region Player of the Year last season, averaging 20.7 points and 13.0 rebounds per game. He was named the team’s Most Valuable Player and earned third team All-State honors from the Lacrosse Tribune after leading his squad to a 14-8 record. He shot 65.0 percent from the field, 66.0 percent from the foul line and recorded 146 blocked shots (6.7 bpg) last season.
“Michael is a player that exemplifies the student-athlete we want in our program,” Coach Smith said. “He has set high goals and ambitions and has a great work ethic. With the loss of Jamaal Magloire to graduation next season, he’ll make an immediate impact. He’s a player that possesses excellent hands and agility and will obviously keep a shot-blocking presence on our front line.”
Southall also was named team MVP during his sophomore year, averaging 13.7 points and 12.0 rebounds a game while leading West Salem to the sectional final.
He chose UK over Utah, Georgia Tech, Michigan and Ohio State.
The fall signing period ended Nov. 17.
Smith’s Overtime Success
With an exciting 92-88 victory over Kansas in the second round of the 1999 NCAA tourney, the Wildcats won all three overtime games last season. UK also defeated host Georgia, 91-83, and Indiana, 70-61.
The Cats are 5-0 in overtime games since Tubby Smith took over as coach. In ’98, the Wildcats earned overtime victories over Arkansas, 80-77, and Stanford, 86-85. The Cats had lost seven of their last eight overtime games prior to the five-game win streak.
Overall, UK is 42-33 in overtime games, dating back to Feb. 12, 1907.
Smith is 13-3 in overtime games during his eight-year coaching career. He’s 5-0 at UK, 2-1 at Georgia and 6-2 at Tulsa, which includes a 2-1 mark in double overtime. His one overtime loss at Georgia was an 83-81 defeat to Syracuse in the 1996 NCAA Tournament and one of his OT defeats at Tulsa came at the hands of top-ranked Arkansas in 1994.
Wildcat Notes
DESMOND ALLISON
Recorded a career high in rebounds against Penn with seven while also tying his mark for steals in a game with four.
Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 12 Arkansas 2/20/99 FG Made 4 Six times FG Atts 8 Three times 3FG Made 2 Five times 3FG Atts 4 Three times FT Made 5 Arkansas 2/20/99 FT Atts 6 Arkansas 2/20/99 Rebounds 5 Four times Assists 6 Arkansas 2/20/99 Turnovers 3 Wright State 11/23/98 Blocks 2 N. Mexico St. 3/12/99 Steals 4 Georgia 1/26/99 Minutes 32 Arkansas 2/20/99
J.P. BLEVINS
With a career-long 13 minutes vs. Penn, set new career highs in FGM (2), FGA (4), 3FGM (2), 3FGA (3), and points (6) and he tied his career best with two rebounds.
Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 6 Penn 11/17/99 FG Made 2 Penn 11/17/99 FG Atts 4 Penn 11/17/99 3FG Made 2 Penn 11/17/99 3FG Atts 3 Penn 11/17/99 FT Made 0 FT Atts 1 Vanderbilt 2/24/99 Rebounds 2 Twice Assists 1 Three times Turnovers 2 Twice Blocks 0 Steals 1 EKU 11/17/98 Minutes 12 Mercer 11/19/98
KEITH BOGANS
Saw first collegiate action against Penn.
Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 0 FG Made 0 FG Atts 6 Penn 11/17/99 3FG Made 0 3FG Atts 4 Penn 11/17/99 FT Made 0 FT Atts 0 Rebounds 1 Penn 11/17/99 Assists 0 Turnovers 0 Blocks 0 Steals 1 Penn 11/17/99 Minutes 20 Penn 11/17/99
JULES CAMARA
Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 15 Mercer 11/19/98 FG Made 7 Mercer 11/19/98 FG Atts 9 Twice 3FG Made 1 Twice 3FG Atts 2 LSU 1/30/99 FT Made 2 Six times FT Atts 4 Twice Rebounds 11 EKU 11/17/98 Assists 2 Twice Turnovers 3 Three times Blocks 4 Mercer 11/19/98 Steals 4 Tennessee State 12/29/98 Minutes 23 EKU 11/17/98
NATE KNIGHT
UK Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 0 FG Made 0 FG Atts 1 Penn 11/17/99 3FG Made 0 3FG Atts 0 FT Made 0 FT Atts 0 Rebounds 2 Penn 11/17/99 Assists 0 Turnovers 0 Blocks 0 Steals 0 Minutes 7 Penn 11/17/99
JAMAAL MAGLOIRE
Moved into third place on UK’s all-time block list with 214. Needs 13 to become the school’s career leader.
Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 18 Missouri 11/26/97 FG Made 7 Twice FG Atts 12 Three times 3FG Made 0 3FG Atts 0 FT Made 6 Syracuse 11/28/96 FT Atts 8 Florida 2/5/97 Rebounds 17 Missouri 11/26/97 Assists 3 Auburn 2/25/98 Turnovers 5 Tennessee 1/24/98 Blocks 6 Five times Steals 3 Twice Minutes 34 Tennessee 1/12/99
STEVE MASIELLO
Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 6 South Carolina 3/8/98 FG Made 2 South Carolina 3/8/98 FG Atts 4 Canisius 1/9/97 3FG Made 1 Four times 3FG Atts 2 Three times FT Made 3 Indiana 12/7/96 FT Atts 4 Indiana 12/7/96 Rebounds 2 Five times Assists 2 Three times Turnovers 2 Canisius 12/10/97 Blocks 1 Auburn 3/7/97 Steals 1 Five times Minutes 9 Wright State 11/23/98
TAYSHAUN PRINCE
In the opener against Penn, tied his career high for rebounds with eight.
Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 15 Colorado 11/26/98 FG Made 7 Colorado 11/26/98 FG Atts 13 Maryland 12/12/98 3FG Made 3 UCLA 11/28/98 3FG Atts 6 Twice FT Made 6 Georgia 2/17/99 FT Atts 6 Georgia 2/17/99 Rebounds 8 Five times Assists 6 Arkansas 3/7/99 Turnovers 3 Twice Blocks 3 Twice Steals 4 Florida 1/2/99 Minutes 33 Maryland 12/12/98
SAUL SMITH
Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 17 Ole Miss 1/16/99 FG Made 5 Ole Miss 1/16/99 FG Atts 10 Ole Miss 1/16/99 3FG Made 3 Twice 3FG Atts 7 Twice FT Made 5 Ole Miss 1/16/99 FT Atts 6 Colorado 11/26/98 Rebounds 6 Kansas 12/1/98 Assists 5 Three times Turnovers 6 Penn 11/17/99 Blocks 1 Three times Steals 4 Florida 2/18/98 Minutes 30 Miami 12/5/98
MARVIN STONE
Scored 12 points in his collegiate debut vs. Penn, shooting 4-of-6 from the field. Earned Player of the Game honors. Also added six points, three assists, a block and no turnovers.
Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 12 Penn 11/17/99 FG Made 4 Penn 11/17/99 FG Atts 6 Penn 11/17/99 3FG Made 0 3FG Atts 0 FT Made 4 Penn 11/17/99 FT Atts 6 Penn 11/17/99 Rebounds 6 Penn 11/17/99 Assists 3 Penn 11/17/99 Turnovers 0 Blocks 1 Steals 0 Minutes 15 Penn 11/17/99
TODD TACKETT
Career Highs
Opponent Date Points 3 Four times FG Made 1 Four times FG Atts 6 Mercer 11/19/98 3FG Made 1 Twice 3FG Atts 2 Mercer 11/19/98 FT Made 1 Twice FT Atts 2 Twice, Rebounds 6 Mercer 11/19/98 Assists 1 Mercer 11/19/98 Turnovers 2 Mercer 11/19/98 Blocks 0 Steals 1 LSU 1/30/99 Minutes 12 Mercer 11/19/98
