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TOURNAMENT RECORDS

TEAM

POINTS--GAME

1.central vs.paducah tilghman,1972?????????? 123
2.WAYLAND WASPS VS BELL CO.,1956?????????? 122

POINTS--HALF

1.WAYLAND WASPS VS BELL CO.,1956?????????? 72
2.central vs paducah tilghman,1972?????????? 66
3.hazard vs highlandes,1986?????????? 62

POINTS--QUARTER

1.WAYLAND WASPS VS BELL CO.,1956?????????? 38
2.hazard vs highlands,1986?????????? 36
2.murray vs holmes,1977??????????36

POINTS--BOTH TEAMS--GAME

1.WAYLAND WASPS 122 * BELL CO. 89 ** 1956?????????? 211
2.central 123 * paducah tilghman 87**1972????????? 210
3. murray 100 * holmes 93 ** 1977??????????? 193

POINTS--TOURMNAMENT

1.clay co.,1988?????????? 345
2. WAYLAND WASPS, 1956??????????? 341
3.central,1969??????????? 334

FIELD GOALS--TOURNAMENT

1.central vs paducah tilghman,1972?????????? 53
2. WAYLAND WASPS VS BELL CO.,1956?????????? 48
3.henry clay vs phelps,1988??????????45

KELLY'S FOUR YEAR RECORD

1955-56?????? 41 GAMES?????? 1,919 TOTAL POINTS?????? 46.8 AVERAGE

1954-55?????? 36 GAMES??????1,174 TOTAL POINTS?????? 32.6 AVERAGE

1953-54??????30 GAMES?????? 784 TOTAL POINTS?????? 26.1 AVERAGE

1952-53?????? 20 GAMES??????386 TOTAL POINTS?????? 19.3 AVERAGE

127 TOTAL GAMES???????? 4,263 TOTAL POINTS???????? 33.6 TOTAL FOUR YEAR AVERAGE

COLEMAN'S score of 68 POINTS in the 3rd place winning game of the state high school tournament was not his highest score that season. that same year in a regular season game,COLEMAN scored 75 POINTS against the maytown WILDCATS. maytown's final score was 74 points. KELLY out scored the team from maytown by 1 POINT. final score WAYLAND 122???maytown 74.

this record is not mention often, but COLEMAN'S 68 POINTS scored in the 3rd place game against bell co., is the largest amount of points ever scored in a single game at THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY'S MEMORIAL COLISEUM.

TEAM

FIELD GOALS -- GAME

central vs paducah tilghman, 1972 ?????????? 53
WAYLAND WASPS va bell co, 1956 ********** 48
henry clay vs phelps, 1988?????????? 45

FIELD GOALS -- TOURNAMENT

central, 1960 ?????????? 140
WAYLAND WASPS, 1956 ?????????? 137
lexington paul dunbar, 1993?????????? 134

in four trips to the SWEET'16 wallace jones scored 51 free throws.
in four trips to the SWEET'16 linville puckett scored 50 free throws.
IN ONE TRIP TO THE SWEET'16 KING KELLY COLEMAN SCORED 47 FREE THROWS.

in five trips to the SWEET'16 richie farmer scored 317 points
in four trips to the SWEET'16 wallace jones scored 223 points
in four trips to the SWEET'16 linville puckett scored 210 points
IN ONE TRIP TO THE SWEET'16 KING KELLY COLEMAN SCORED 185 POINTS

MOST POINTS -- ALL TEAMS

1972???????????? 2,265
1956??????????? 2,192
1988????????????2,162

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM 1956

KELLY COLEMAN, WAYLAND--corky withrow,central city-- byron pinson, david eakins and pascal benson,henderson--e.a.couch and bobby shepherd, carr creek--harry todd earlington,rex story, mayfield-- billy lickert, layafette

1956 FIRST ROUND

WAYLAND WASPS 87------shelbyville 76

QUARTERFINALS
WAYLAND WASPS 65 ------ earlington 58

SEMIFINALS
carr creek 68 ------ WAYLAND WASPS 67

THIRD PLACE

WAYLAND WASPS 122 ------ bell co. 89

SWEET'16 FACT

in march 1957 the UK WILDCATS played michigan state at home in memorial coliseum before a crowd of 11,500 for the right to advance to the NCAA' FINAL FOUR.the same night in louisville, 18,400 fans--the largest crowd to ever see a basketball game of any kind SOUTH OF THE MANSON--DIXON LINE--showed up at the new freedom hall to watch the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE SWEET'16.

'KING' KELLY COLEMAN STILL A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN FC
by ed taylor sports editor of the floyd county times

he broke all offensive records in the state of kentucky. he holds the state tournament scoring record with 68 POINTS in the consolation game of the state tournament. he had 27 field goals and made 14 out of 18 free throws. he led the NATION in scoring his senior year with 1,734 POINTS per game. his name KELLY COLEMAN . his team the WAYLAND WASPS. his coach COPPER JOHN.
we asked COLEMAN, what was the best memory he had about his playing days at WAYLAND?
"it was in a regional tournament game against pikeville in the finals, played at pikeville. that was in 1956. i fouled out in the third quarter when we were leading by 20 points. they caught up with us in the fourth quarter and OUR TEAM pulled it out, winning by six points. that was an exciting moment for me to be on the bench and see OUR TEAM pull the game out". he says.
COLEMAN had 44 POINTS before fouling out in the third period.
COLEMAN has some fond memories of the coaches he played for or against."TOMMY BOYD was a good coach on fundamentals, but he sure was wild on the bench. HOSS HALBERT at martin was a good coach and always had a good team". KELLY remembers.
the "KING'S" name is still heard often when you talk about basketball in the MOUNTAINS OF KENTUCKY. many people ask. "what ever happen to KELLY COLEMAN?" as they remember the boy from the small school in WAYLAND that THRILLED THE HEARTS OF THOUSANDS.
"we were playing martin one night,"COLEMAN recalled,"and i shot from almost out of bounds and landed in HOSS' lap. he told me to set somewhere else."
COLEMAN said after his stint in the pros he "just didn't try amymore. i had a reputation and everything they said about me was true. i have regrets."
if he had it to do all over, would he do things different?
"yes, i would," he said."if i had it to do over i would do things different. i would play pro basketball more than i did. i would become a nice guy and stay in shape."
what advice would COLEMAN give to aspiring youngsters today who have a dream of playing professional basketball?
"learn all you can about the game. practice. learn to be a complete player. many come to play but don't learn how to play."

"QUOTE"

What about 1956? Over 40 years later, did it seem, looking back, that it was real? Or a dream?
"I sometimes wonder how I scored so many points. I watch games on television now, and I say,'How could I score that many? How could I have been that cocky to think that way?"

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