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- Wednesday, November 26 1997 -
Maui Classic Invitational (at Lahaina, HI)
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Kentucky
 -
 77
 (Head
 Coach:
 Orlando
 Smith)
 -
 [Ranked
 8th
 by
 AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | 3pt FG  | 3pt FGA  | FT | FTA | Off Reb  | Def Reb  | Tot Reb  | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Edwards | 23 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 
| Scott Padgett | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 
| Jamaal Magloire | 24 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 
| Wayne Turner | 20 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 
| Jeff Sheppard | 28 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 
| Saul Smith | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 
| Nazr Mohammed | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| Heshimu Evans | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 
| Cameron Mills | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| Myron Anthony | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 
| Michael Bradley | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 
| Ryan Hogan | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Steve Masiello | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Team | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 27 | 65 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 77 | 
Missouri
 -
 55
 (Head
 Coach:
 Norm
 Stewart)
 -
 [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | 3pt FG  | 3pt FGA  | FT | FTA | Off Reb  | Def Reb  | Tot Reb  | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyron Lee | 29 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 
| Kelly Thames | 25 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 
| George Mazyck | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 
| Dibi Ray | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 
| Jeff Hafer | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Tate Decker | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 
| John Woods | 22 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 
| Monte Hardge | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 
| Brian Grawer | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 
| Johnnie Parker | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 
| Mark Wampler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Steve Weaver | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 20 | 57 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 55 | 
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game | 
| Arizona 74 - 89 | | | Clemson 76 - 61 | 
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Game Writeup - Courtesy of Dr. Jeffrey Neil Burch; Dr. J's UK Newsletter, Vol. 7 No. 13. (All Rights Reserved)
Show Me:
The
 Wildcats
 bounced
 back
 from
 their
 defeat
 at
 the
 hands
 of
 Arizona
 with
 a
 solid
 77-55
 win
 over
 the
 Missouri
 Tigers.
 
 Kentucky
 trailed
 only
 by
 the
 score
 of
 2-0
 before
 cruising.
 
 
 The
 Wildcats
 were
 led
 in
 scoring
 and
 rebounding
 by
 Jamaal
 Magloire
 who
 had
 18
 pts
 and
 17
 rebounds.
 
 UK
 won
 3rd
 place
 in
 the
 Maui
 Classic
 with
 this
 victory,
 and
 Kentucky
 was
 ranked
 #8
 in
 the
 nation
 when
 this
 game
 was
 played.
Allen
 Edwards
 hit
 a
 19
 footer,
 followed
 by
 3
 FTs
 awards
 after
 being
 fouled
 outside
 the
 line,
 and
 UK
 was
 off
 to
 the
 races.
 
 Thanks
 to
 Magloire
 and
 Padgett,
 the
 lead
 expanded
 to
 12-3
 before
 the
 Tigers
 could
 stem
 the
 bleeding
 with
 a
 Thames
 long
 2.
 
 Following
 a
 Saul
 Smith
 3,
 the
 Cats
 led
 23-13,
 which
 became
 27-13
 at
 the
 start
 of
 the
 3rd
 quarter,
 after
 a
 Magloire
 FG
 and
 pair
 of
 FTs.
Minutes
 later,
 Sheppard
 put
 back
 his
 own
 miss
 to
 make
 it
 33-17,
 and
 he
 added
 a
 turnaround
 jumper
 to
 go
 up
 35-17.
 
 In
 fact,
 Kentucky
 hit
 every
 1
 of
 its
 FT
 attempts
 until
 radio
 commentator
 Ralph
 Hacker
 pointed
 out
 the
 fact,
 whereupon
 of
 course
 Saul
 Smith
 finally
 missed
 1
 of
 2,
 but
 the
 Wildcats
 still
 led
 36-17.
 
 Thames
 and
 Lee
 scored
 for
 Missouri,
 but
 when
 Evans
 put
 in
 a
 basket
 on
 his
 3rd
 try,
 UK
 was
 up
 40-19.
 
 Padgett
 scored
 off
 a
 lob
 dunk
 to
 make
 it
 45-22,
 and
 Parker
 hit
 a
 FT
 to
 close
 on
 the
 scoring
 in
 the
 1st
 half
 with
 the
 margin
 45-24.
The Cats were a bit more casual in the 2nd half, although Turner started things off with a 3. The lead reached 54-30 (UK would have a 24 pt margin a few more times in the 3rd quarter), but aggressive play by Hardge, Decker, Parker, and Woods (who hit a pair of 3s) allowed the Tigers to rally at 61-45 as the end quarter ended.
Kentucky surged back out to take a 69-47 lead on a Magloire putback. UK at 1 pt led 76-49, its largest margin of the afternoon, with a Turner layup, but then Missouri closed to 76-54 after a dry spell by the Cats. Decker and Anthony each made 1 of 2 FT tosses to finish the scoring with the final margin 77-55.
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Jeff Sheppard is surrounded by Missouri's George Mazvck (#42) and Jeff Hafer
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