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- Saturday, February 11 1956 -
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Mississippi - 49 (Head Coach: Bonnie Graham) - [Unranked]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Gibbon (*) | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Wayland Inman | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Robinson | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| Jimmy Hunt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| James Miller | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Carlton Garner | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jerry Bynum | 4 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| Wade Lindsey | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Bobby Williams | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Bill Stokes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 63 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 17 | 49 |
Kentucky - 88 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 7th by AP]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Bird | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 16 |
| Phil Grawemeyer | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| Ray Mills | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| John Crigler | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Smith | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Johnson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Burrow | 11 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| Ed Beck | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Vernon Hatton | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Gerry Calvert | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| John Brewer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Billy Ray Cassady | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Harold Ross | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincoln Collinsworth | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 34 | 76 | 20 | 30 | 65 | 17 | 88 |
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Florida 81 - 70 | | | Mississippi State 86 - 65 |
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Mississippi's Wayland Inman (#21) grabs the ball in front of UK's Phil Grawemeyer (behind Inman) and Jerry Bird while Ole Miss' James Miller looks on
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