Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2004 | 2:15 a.m.
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 the ball without taking a shot. Tennessee doesn't shoot 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 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 its record sixth championship.
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