Chart: Kentucky basketball players who scored 30 or more points in past 10 seasons
Kentucky’s Jamal Murray scored a career-high 35 points in Kentucky’s 80-61 thumping of Florida on Saturday at Rupp Arena. The freshman’s previous best was 33 in December against Ohio State in Brooklyn. So Murray is the first player in the John Calipari era to score 30 or more points in multiple games.
Looking back over the past 10 seasons, UK has had a player score 30 or more points in 17 games. Five of those 30-or-more performances belong to Jodie Meeks, who scored 37 or more points five times during the 2008-09 season.
Here’s a look at Kentucky players who have scored 30 or more points in a game in the past 10 seasons:
Kentucky players with 30 or more points in a game, 2007-16
Date | Opp | Player | FG | 3P | FT | TP |
1/13/09 | @Tenn | Jodie Meeks | 15-22 | 10-15 | 14-14 | 54 |
12/20/08 | vs. App. St. | Jodie Meeks | 14-21 | 9-14 | 9-10 | 46 |
2/14/09 | @Arkansas | Jodie Meeks | 17-24 | 7-12 | 4-7 | 45 |
11/14/08 | VMI | Jodie Meeks | 13-27 | 3-11 | 10-12 | 39 |
11/28/08 | vs. Kansas St. | Jodie Meeks | 11-17 | 4-6 | 11-13 | 37 |
3/5/08 | @S Car | Joe Crawford | 10-19 | 4-7 | 11-12 | 35 |
3/20/08 | vs. Marq | Joe Crawford | 13-22 | 5-8 | 4-8 | 35 |
1/11/11 | Auburn | Terrence Jones | 11-17 | 4-5 | 9-13 | 35 |
2/6/16 | Florida | Jamal Murray | 13-21 | 8-10 | 1-2 | 35 |
12/19/15 | vs. Ohio St. | Jamal Murray | 13-23 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 33 |
12/22/08 | Tenn State | Patrick Patterson | 15-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 33 |
11/24/07 | Texas Southern | Joe Crawford | 12-17 | 4-8 | 4-4 | 32 |
12/22/10 | Winthrop | Doron Lamb | 11-12 | 7-8 | 3-3 | 32 |
12/22/08 | Tenn. State | Jodie Meeks | 10-19 | 8-15 | 4-4 | 32 |
1/21/09 | Auburn | Jodie Meeks | 7-13 | 5-8 | 12-13 | 31 |
12/3/08 | Lamar | Patrick Patterson | 11-12 | 0-0 | 9-11 | 31 |
3/19/11 | vs. W. Virginia | Brandon Knight | 9-20 | 3-8 | 9-10 | 30 |
This story was originally published February 6, 2016 at 8:39 PM.