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Kentucky closes home stand with Northern Kentucky

Kentucky beat Northern Kentucky 91-73 in 2004 in exhibition play in the only other meeting between the two teams.

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Sunday, Nov. 10 – 4:00 p.m. ET
Lexington, Ky.
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NKU is entering its second season of competing at the NCAA Division I level and is coming off a heartbreaking buzzer-beater loss at Purdue by a 77-76 score on Friday. The Norse posted an 11-16 overall record last season and finished 9-9 in Atlantic Sun Conference play.

NKU welcomes back one starter and five letterwinners from a season ago. The Norse must replace leading scorer Eshaunte Jones, who earned All-Atlantic Sun Conference honors after averaging 15.7 points per game.

A year ago, the Norse were 9-3 when scoring more than 60 points. Northern Kentucky was 2-13 when held below the 60-point mark.

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On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 28, 1992, in what many called the “best NCAA Tournament game ever,” Kentucky takes defending NCAA champion Duke into overtime before losing 104-103 in the East Regional finals in Philadelphia. A last-second shot by Christian Laettner sends Duke to the Final Four, and breaks the hearts of Wildcat fans everywhere. It is Cawood Ledford’s last game as the “Voice of the Wildcats.”

 

On March 28, 1998, against Stanford, Kentucky rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, then grabbed a 5-point overtime lead, before fending off the Cardinals to advance to the title game for the third straight season. Jeff Sheppard canned three long-range three-pointers - two in the final three minutes and one in overtime - en route to a career-high 27 points.

 

On March 28, 2014, unranked Kentucky beat No. 5 Louisville 74-69, in the 2014 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.  Aaron Harrison buried a three-pointer from the left corner with 39 seconds left that put UK ahead to stay before 41,072 in Lucas Oil Stadium.

 

On March 28, 2015, No. 1 Kentucky defeated No. 8 Notre Dame, 68-66, in the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.  With its 37-0 record on the line, Kentucky trailed Notre Dame 59-53 with 6:14 left. UK rallied in front of 19,464 fans in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena and preserved its perfect season thanks to a crucial blocked shot by Willie Cauley-Stein and two game-deciding free throws from Andrew Harrison in the final seconds.

 

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