In a game for the ages Jodie Meeks dropped 54 points, including 10 three pointers, on Tennessee to give the Wildcats a 90-72 road win, the Associated Press is reporting.

In the process Meeks also broke Dan Issel's school record of 53 points.  The record has stood for 39 years.

"It means a lot to be in the same sentence as Dan Issel. It's mind-boggling," he said. "I was just out there playing to win."

"I have never seen anything like it," Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie said. "Jodie Meeks had 46 against Appalachian State, and they are a nice team, but not near a team the quality of Tennessee and on the home court."

The 54 points was also the biggest individual SEC performance since Chris Jackson's 55 for LSU against Mississippi in 1989.

"There have been so many great players -- this is the greatest basketball tradition in the world at the collegiate level -- and to be able to put your name up there with some of those greats is quite an accomplishment," Gillispie said.