Between the highlight reel dunks, table jumping hustle plays and freakish speed in the open court, it can be easy to forget Kentucky’s John Wall is a point guard.

The freshman sensation provided a record-breaking reminder on Tuesday night against Hartford.

Wall dished out a school-record 16 assists as the third-ranked Wildcats crushed the Hawks 104-61, a virtuoso performance that even left coach John Calipari a little stunned.

“He is a pleaser,” Calipari said. “He will defer to his team.”

And Wall’s coach will defer to his players. When told Wall needed two assists to break the mark of 15 set by Travis Ford 16 years ago, Calipari sent Wall back into the game and kept running set plays until the record was his.

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