 Over the next four years Issel would score an average of 25.7 per game, adding up to 2,137 points in his college career.This made Issel the player with the most points to ever play at Kentucky, a feat that has not been matched to this day.This included his 53 points scored against Mississippi State in 1970, the most by a Kentucky player in a single game and breaking the previous record of 51 points held by Cliff Hagan.