Bombs Away on Senior Day

1) UK hit 15 of 27 three-point field goal attempts last night in their 79-49 destruction of hapless Georgia.


In that sense, it was almost a throwback game to the Pitino era, because:


- only once has a Cal team hit 15+ threes (15/33 against ETSU in the 2010 NCAA First Round)
- neither of Gillispie's squads hit 15+
- only once did a Tubby team ever hit 15+ (16/32 against Tulane in Freedom Hall, 2002)


...but Pitino's teams, due to a combination of strategy and (at times in the earlier years) desperation, were flinging up massive numbers from behind the arc.


The overall team record: 21 made threes (out of 48) in a 1989 loss to North Carolina


The most recent date with more than 15: January 2nd, 2002 against Tulane (16 of 32)


The Senior Day record: 20 made threes (out of 35) in the 1995 obliteration (127-80) of LSU






2) Darius Miller hit 5 of 9 three-point attempts in his final game in Rupp Arena.


This was 1 away from his career high of 6 made threes against South Carolina in 2011.


The overall record for any UK player: 10 made threes (out of 15) by Jodie Meeks at UT in 2009


The most recent date with more than 6: December 22nd, 2010 against Winthrop (Lamb hit 7 of 8) 


The Senior Day record: 6 made threes (out of 8) by Tony Delk in the same LSU beatdown from 1995






3) Six different Wildcats hit threes - even Anthony Davis!


Miller had 5, Lamb and Wiltjer 3 each, Teague 2, Davis and MKG one each.


Our Cats have actually topped this a fair number of times in history.


The overall record for any UK team: 9 players made a total of 16 threes against Tulane 1/2/02 (Prince, Hawkins, Fitch, Bogans, Carruth, Carrier, Hayes, Estill, Heissenbuttel)


The most recent date with more than 6: the same 2002 Tulane game


The Senior Day record: 7 different players, twice (3/4/95 vs LSU, 3/2/91 vs Auburn)

Among other websites consulted, one of my main sources for this and many other posts is the peerless UK resource (and probably the best site of its kind for any sports team) known as "The Kentucky Basketball Statistics Project" operated by Jon Scott.  Available at http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/statistics.html