- Saturday, January 16 1954 -
Tulane - 43 (Head Coach: Clifford Wells) - [Unranked]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Browne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Richard Brennan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Phil Wallace | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Kriebel | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Jim Nowakowski | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Roy Stoll | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Harold Cervini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Bob Delpit | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Harry Hobbs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Tyner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 43 |
Kentucky - 94 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 1st by AP]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Tsioropoulos | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| Phil Grawemeyer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Cliff Hagan | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
| Bill Bibb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Ramsey | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Billy Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Gayle Rose | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Linville Puckett | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals | 39 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 94 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| DePaul 81 - 63 | | | Tennessee 97 - 71 |
Lou Tsioropoulos (#16) fights for the ball with an unidentified Tulane player (#12) while Frank Ramsey (#30), Cliff Hagan (#6) and Bill Evans (#42) look on
