- Friday, February 22 1935 -
Creighton - 42 (Head Coach: Arthur Schabinger)
Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emil Engelbretson | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
John Lomax | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Donald McIver | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
George Busch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Euercher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Douglas Trish | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Francis Wilcox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
Kentucky - 63 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Final Rank ]
Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Lawrence | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
Garland Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Leroy Edwards | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 34 |
Milerd Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Warfield Donohue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
James Goforth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Ralph Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Russell Ellington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Bliss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Bruce Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Edward Tierney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 63 |
Prior Game | | | Next Game |
Tennessee 38 - 36 | | | Creighton 24 - 13 |
Kentucky-Creighton Game Real Thriller
Edwards Sets Record As Cats Win 63-42
Bluejays, However, Conceded Real Chance of Reversing Decision on Second Game Here Tonight
ORDINARILY, a 21-point victory in basketball is sufficient to convince anyone that the losing team is hopelessly outclassed, but the majority of the 3,500 fans who saw Kentucky beat Creighton, 63 to 42. Friday night will tell you that the Bluejays have an excellent chance of reversing the decision when the two teams meet again at 8 o'clock tonight on the Kentucky floor. And everyone of the 3,500 spectators will add that the first game between the two teams was the most thrilling ever seen on the Wildcats' court.
For speed and high scoring no game ever played on the Kentucky floor can touch Friday night's melee. Between them the teams rolled up 105 points. Two players - Leroy Edwards of Kentucky and Emil Engelbretson of Creighton - scored more than half of this total, 56 to be exact.
The high-powered Kentucky sophomore center dropped 15 field goals and four free throws through the hoop for a total of 34, which is certainly a new record for a Kentucky player in a single game. It is also believed to be a new record for southern basketball.
Engelbretson, who was the most finished basketball player seen on the Wildcats' floor since Kentucky's all-American "Aggie" Sale graduated, tallied nine field goals and four free throws to gain second high-scoring honors with 22 points.
Creighton Forward Brilliant
The Creighton forward's floorwork outshone that of any other player on the court. "Andy" Anderson, Kentucky guard who turned in a brilliant performance, "War Horse" Donohue and Jim Goforth found him the toughest opposition they had faced all season. On several occasions Engelbretson faked Kentucky's guards so completely out of position that the Wildcats might as well have been watching the game from the bleachers.
But the one man Creighton could not handle was big Edwards. Moreover, Edwards was at his peak in the fierce pace set by the two teams. He was practically unstoppable under the basket although he missed a number of crips, which had they been made would have sent his total soaring even much higher.
Edwards surpassed the record of 31 points made by "Frenchy" DeMoisey against Vanderbilt at Nashville three years ago. Having equaled DeMoisey's mark Edwards was removed from the game with four minutes of the game left.
Coach Adolph Rupp a few seconds later sent Edwards back into the line-up for a chance to set a new mark. The excited pivot ace dashed out on the floor, reported to Referee Frank Lane and immediately told Dave Lawrence: "Pass that ball to me, boy. I've got a chance to set a new scoring record. And watch me set it." That bit of conversation gave Creighton a free throw on a technical foul.
Cats Never Behind
Kentucky was never behind, but their lead was seriously threatened on more than one occasion and if Edwards had not come to the Wildcats' aid in the pinches Creighton might have sent home a different story. The Kentuckians got away in front, with Edwards tossing in most of the 10 points. Creighton tied the tally up at that point as the two teams scored 20 points in the first five minutes.
But the combination of Lawrence and Edwards overpowered the visitors and Kentucky kept safely ahead of the Bluejays and led by 29-to-17 at the half.
Big Ed couldn't start as fast in the second half, and Creighton took advantage of his apparent letdown to cut Kentucky's margin to 34-to-30 in the first five minutes of play in the second period. Then the Kentucky pivot man really got hot and practically burned the mesh off the hoops - so fast did he pour the ball through the basket.
Creighton could not combat Edwards' tremendous height advantage under the basket and "Big Ed" pushed crips and rebounded the ball through the hoop in rapid succession until he was removed from the game. As the Wildcats built up a 56-36 lead from a 36-34 margin Edwards scored eight of the 10 field goals Kentucky made during that time.
The 20-point margin gave Coach Rupp a chance to run substitutes into the game, and he used almost three full teams before the game was over.
Lawrence trailed Engelbretson in the high scoring column with 17 points. The former Corinth high school star was never better than he was Friday night. He and the big center passed the ball around in almost unbelievable fashion and some of Lawrence's shots were made from almost impossible positions.
Too Fast For Defense
Action was so fast that neither team had any time to set up its defensive formations. Creighton refused to wait for Kentucky to bring the ball down the floor, and on numerous occasions the Bluejays made the Wildcats' passing look mighty bad, what with their interceptions of Kentucky's tossing and tying the Wildcats up in the back court.
Creighton's coach, A.A. Schabinger, no doubt spent most of today devising plans for checking the Wildcats' mighty pivot ace. If he can accomplish that and Lawrence fails to click as he did Friday night, the Bluejays will make the going terribly bad for the Wildcats tonight.
Creighton's shooting from far out on the floor was far above that of Kentucky or any other club which has played here in a long time. That alone is sufficient reason to make fans believe the Bluejays will offer another thriller tonight.