Sunday, March 16, 2014

Most combined points in consecutive games

Andrew Wiggins joined an elite group of Jayhawks when he scored 41 and 30 points in consecutive games against West Virginia and Oklahoma State.  The combined 71 points is the 15th time in KU history that a player has scored at least 70 points in back-to-back games, but the first time it has happened since 1972.  Wilt Chamberlain did it 6 times, Clyde Lovellette 4 times, Bud Stallworth 2 times, and Walt Wesley, Dave Robisch and Wiggins once each.

91 - Chamberlain, 52+39, vs Northwestern and Marquette, 1956
81 - Chamberlain, 36+45, vs Oklahoma and Colorado, 1956
80 - Stallworth, 30+50, vs Colorado and Missouri, 1972
78 - Stallworth, 50+28, vs Missouri and Oklahoma St, 1972
77 - Lovellette, 44+33, vs St. Louis and Santa Clara, 1952
77 - Robisch, 39+38, vs Iowa St and Colorado, 1970
76 - Chamberlain, 40+36, vs Colorado and SMU, 1957
75 - Lovellette, 31+44, vs TCU and St. Louis, 1952
74 - Lovellette, 33+41, KSU and Colorado, 1952
72 - Lovellette, 41+31, vs Colorado and TCU, 1952
72 - Wesley, 34+38, vs Missouri and Oklahoma, 1965
71 - Chamberlain, 40+31, vs Marquette and St. Joes, 1957
71 - Chamberlain, 25+46, vs KSU and Nebraska, 1958
71 - Wiggins, 41+30, vs West Virginia and OSU, 2014
70 - Chamberlain, 38+32, vs KSU and Colorado, 1957-58

Chamberlain holds the record for most points in 3 consecutive games, 121 in the first three games of his college career.

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