AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
Dec. 15
1964 -- San Francisco's Wilt Chamberlain scores 58 points, including nine in overtime, to give the Warriors a 134-132 victory over the New York Knicks.
1973 -- Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in the lowest scoring NCAA basketball game since 1938. With 11:44 left in the first half and Tennessee leading 7-5, Temple holds onto the ball without a shot. Tennessee doesn't take a shot in the second half, but manages four free throws by John Snow.
1973 -- Sandy Hawley becomes the first jockey in history to win 500 races in a single year, riding Charlie Jr. to victory in the third race at Laurel Race Course.
1974 -- Oakland's Jim "Catfish" Hunter is ruled a free agent by arbitrator Peter Seitz when A's owner Charles O. Finley fails to live up to the terms of Hunter's contract.
1984 -- Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky has five goals and an assist to lead the Oilers to an 8-2 triumph over the St. Louis Blues.
1995 -- The Vancouver Grizzlies avoid tying the NBA record for consecutive losses in a season by snapping a 19-game losing streak with a 104-100 overtime victory over Portland.
2000 -- Georgia Southern beats Montana 27-25 for a second-straight Division I-AA championship and a record sixth championship.
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