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For UK, 999 straight games with a three-pointer has been ‘such a cool thing’

On Nov. 28, 1988, Ronald Reagan had 53 days left to live in the White House before he turned the keys over to George Herbert Walker Bush.

Bon Jovi’s “Bad Medicine” was in its second week atop the Billboard U.S. pop chart. Bill Murray’s “Scrooged,” was America’s most popular movie.

In Anchorage, Alaska, that day, Kentucky junior guard Derrick Millar — the player then known as “Derrick Miller” — hit seven of eight three-pointers and scored 36 points as Eddie Sutton’s Wildcats blasted California 89-71 in the consolation round of The Great Alaska Shootout.