[B]High school career[/B]
As a fifth-year senior in 2009, Wall was ranked as one of the best high school basketball players in his class and was ranked by most as the best point guard in the class. Rivals.com rated him the #1 player in the country, Scout.com rated him #2, and he was rated #5 in the ESPNU100. Wall led Word of God Christian Academy to the North Carolina Class 1A state championship against United Faith Christian Academy but they were defeated 56-53 after one of the United Faith players hit a 40 foot shot at the buzzer. He scored 11 points in the game. He was selected to participate in the 2009 Nike Hoop Summit inPortland. He scored 13 points to go along with 11 assists and 5 steals. He was also selected to play in the 2009 Jordan Brand Classic at Madison Square Garden.
[B]College career[/B]
Wall committed to attend the University of Kentucky on May 19, 2009. He was suspended by the NCAA from Kentucky’s first exhibition game and first regular season game for travel benefits he received from his AAU coach, Brian Clifton, who was a certified agent at the time. In his first action as a Wildcat, in an exhibition game against Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Wall led his team with 27 points and 9 assists in 28 minutes of playing time.
11/17/09 – In his collegiate debut at Kentucky versus Miami of Ohio, Wall made the game winning shot with .5 seconds left on the clock to help then # 5 ranked Kentucky win. He finished with 19 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals.
11/19/09 – In his 2nd career game, against Sam Houston State, Wall topped his debut performance with 21 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists in a 102-92 winning effort.
11/21/09 – In his 3rd career game, against Rider University, Wall scored 21 points, grabbing 6 rebounds, 11 assists, and having only 2 turnovers.
11/24/09 – In his 5th career game, against Stanford, Wall scored a career high 23 points, hitting 2 free throws with 2.4 seconds left to send the game in to overtime.
12/05/09 – In his 7th career game Wall and the Wildcats faced their rival, The University of North Carolina, who was ranked #10 at the time. Wall battled cramping throughout the game but was able to lead his team to victory despite the fact that they squandered a double digit lead in the second half, with the final score being 68-66. Wall contributed 16 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals.
12/09/09 – In his first game in Madison Square Garden, against then-ranked #12 University of Connecticut, Wall scored a team-high 25 points, to go with 6 steals, and scored 12 of UK’s last 15 points for a 64-61 victory, moving Kentucky to #3 on the AP polls.
12/12/09 – Against UK’s rebuilding rival Indiana University, Wall scored a career-low 11 points and turned the ball over once, while playing all but one minute of the game. This game marked the third time in Wall’s 9-game career that he scored at least 10 points and had at least 8 assists, which leaves him 2 games away from tying a UK record, which was set by Wayne Turner.
12/29/09 – Against Hartford Wall set the UK single game assist record with 16, 11 in the 1st half, and only 1 turnover! The mark was previously held by Travis Ford, at 15, and was broken on Ford’s 40th Birthday. This is also the highest number of assists in one game recorded by any NCAA collegiate player this season as of 12/29/2009. Failed to break double digits in scoring, he scored 9, for first time in Collegiate Career.
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