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Spivey Nets40 As ’CatsWin 97-62Lexington, Ky. —Kentucky’s Wildcats, behind the sharp-shooting of hook - shot artist big Bill Spivey who set a new Individual scoring record for a Kentucky basketball player, completely routed Georgia Tech, 97-02, here Saturday night.The entire squad was feeding the ball to the seven foot pivot-man from Macon, Ga./in the final minutes of play to run his total to 40 points for the night.‘Grtls/’ as he is known to his teammates, tied the 3S-piinfc record set last year by Alex Groza, now with the pro Indianapolis Olympians, and then set the new mark with less than a minute left to. play.The sophomore Kentucky :ager also set a new Southeastern Conference InHlvidual scoring record with the 40 points. Groza previously had held it with 38 tallies which he made against Georgia here last year.Spivey was guarded by three men during the last three or four minutes of the contest as Tech tried to hold bia scoring spree down. He broke the record with a push shot from back of the foul circle with 26 secondsto go.foTtIsK ha* yeai wild unai pres Lt cap urtdlt; Pari tent befo wha plial 8.0 cer « Com opin clubibemufits is IVols Overwhelm Loyola, 52 To 39New Orleans—(/Pj_xhe University of Tennessee Volunteers overwhelmed the Loyola Wolfpack 52-39 in basketballhere Raturriav ntsh#recGuguileashidrianctagdriofseihaer
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Kingsport Times News
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Sun, Feb 19, 1950
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