By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today The Southeastern Conference took note of Lamont Butler’s career performance against Louisville. The Kentucky guard was named the league’s co-Player of the Week, sharing the honor with Auburn’s Johni Broome.

The point guard’s 33-point showing Saturday ranks among the top individual showings in a Kentucky-Louisville men’s hoops contest.

Since 1996-97, Butler is the only Division I player to make all of his shots, score at least 33 points and chart at least six assists. He’s just the second SEC player to finish with 30 or more points and hit all of his shot attempts in the last 20 seasons.

By Keith Taylor Kentucky Today A new chapter began in the Kentucky-Louisville rivalry on Saturday and Lamont Butler wrote the first paragraph. The fifth-ranked Wildcats (10-1) began the next decade of the storied series with a 93-85 win over the Cardinals,

Lamont Butler returned from a two-game absence to perfect from the field for a career-high 33 points, including six 3-pointers, and No. 5 Kentucky held off rival Louisville 93-85 for Bluegrass supremacy.

It was a grand return to the court for Kentucky basketball point guard Lamont Butler. After missing two games with an injury, he was back on the floor against Louisville, and showed why he is such an important player.