- Saturday, January 31 1959 -
Florida - 51 (Head Coach: John Mauer) - [Unranked]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hoban | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| Franklin Etheridge | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| Robert Sherwood | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Thomas Simpson | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| Paul Mosney | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Walter Rabhan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Charles Pike | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Robert Shiver | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| George Jung | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Louis Merchant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9 | ||||||
| Totals | 16 | 58 | 19 | 30 | 51 | 24 | 51 |
Kentucky - 94 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 1st by AP]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Cox | 8 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| Bill Lickert | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| Don Mills | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Bennie Coffman | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| Dick Parsons | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Bobby Slusher | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| Phil Johnson | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| Howard Dardeen | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Lowell Hughes | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Robinson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 5 | ||||||
| Totals | 35 | 73 | 24 | 35 | 56 | 19 | 94 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Georgia 108 - 55 | | | Mississippi 97 - 72 |
