- Saturday, March 5 1949 -
SEC Tournament (at Louisville, KY)
Kentucky - 83 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 1st by AP]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Jones | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| Dale Barnstable | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Walter Hirsch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jim Line | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Roger Day | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Al Bruno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Alex Groza | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| Ralph Beard | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Cliff Barker | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| John Stough | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Garland Townes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Henne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 32 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 83 |
Tennessee - 44 (Head Coach: Emmett Lowery) - [Unranked]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Walther | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Bert Keenan | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Don Graham | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Dale Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Art Burris | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Hank Kinzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Hugh Jones (*) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Ed Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Bill Byrd | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 15 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 44 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Auburn 70 - 39 | | | Tulane 68 - 52 |
Alex Groza and Paul Walther wrestle for the ball while Tennessee's Art Burris (#20) and Kentucky's Ralph Beard (#12) look on
Ralph Beard (#12) tries to escape from the close guarding of Tennessee's Paul Walther
