- Saturday, January 17 1959 -
Tennessee - 58 (Head Coach: Emmett Lowery) - [Unranked]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalen Showalter | 5 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| Charlie Scott | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Gene Tormohlen | 7 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 17 |
| Kenny Coulter | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Bob Risser | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bobby Carter | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Don Reeverts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Glenn Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Gilley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Carmichael | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Garrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 61 | 18 | 27 | 42 | 19 | 58 |
Kentucky - 79 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 2nd by AP]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Cox | 5 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 13 |
| Bobby Slusher | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Mills | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| Bill Lickert | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Bennie Coffman | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Phil Johnson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Sid Cohen | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Dick Parsons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ned Jennings | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Howard Dardeen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lowell Hughes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 77 | 23 | 28 | 53 | 19 | 79 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Tulane 85 - 68 | | | Georgia Tech 94 - 70 |
Johnny Cox unfurls a hook shot
Tennessee's Gene Tormohlen secures the rebound with the help of Charlie Scott as Bill Lickert (#44), Don Mills (#52) and Sid Cohen (#22) look on
