Kentucky vs. Indiana (December 11, 1971) (original) (raw)
Indiana - 90 (Head Coach: Robert Knight) - [Unranked]
Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Ritter | 37 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Joby Wright | 32 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
Steve Downing | 50 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 47 |
Frank Wilson | 50 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Bootsie White | 48 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
Jerry Memering | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Rick Ford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Team | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 248 | 38 | 83 | 14 | 20 | 59 | 18 | 7 | 90 |
Junior center Steve Downing scored 47 points and grabbed 25 rebounds to pace unbeaten Indiana to 90-89 double-overtime victory over seventh-ranked Kentucky in a college basketball contest Saturday night.
A crowd of 18,000 saw Kentucky tie the game at 74-74 at the end of regulation time when guard Stan Key hit a 15-foot jumper with six seconds remaining.
Each team scored eight points in the first overtime, with Kentucky guard Ronnie Lyons having a shot bounce off the rim at the buzzer.
Then, in the second overtime, Downing, playing with a heavily taped left leg, scored his team's first five points and Jerry Memering sank a final free throw that proved tp be the Hoosiers' winning point.
The victory moved Indiana to a 4-0 season mark, and dropped Kentucky to 3-1.