Kentucky - 81 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 2nd by AP]

Player	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	Reb	PF	Pts
Ted Deeken	9	16	0	1	2	3	18
Larry Conley	2	7	3	5	3	5	7
Cotton Nash	13	29	4	8	5	3	30
Randy Embry	7	11	1	1	5	1	15
Terry Mobley	3	9	3	3	3	2	9
Mickey Gibson	1	4	0	0	2	0	2
Tommy Kron	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Team					1
Totals	35	76	11	18	23	14	81

Duke - 79 (Head Coach: Vic Bubas) - [Ranked 8th by AP]

Player	FG	FGA	FT	FTA	Reb	PF	Pts
Hack Tison	10	14	7	11	7	3	27
Jeff Mullins (*)	11	20	4	4	14	3	26
Jay Buckley	5	11	2	3	9	4	12
Denny Ferguson	1	3	0	0	4	2	2
Buzzy Harrison	2	3	0	0	3	3	4
Brent Kitching	0	2	2	2	4	0	2
Jack Marin	3	5	0	0	2	0	6
Ron Herbster	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team					5
Totals	32	59	15	20	48	15	79

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Mobley's Shot Clincher; Nash Leads with 30

New Orleans, Dec. 31 -- For 79 minutes and 57 seconds, Terry Mobley suffered through two games of the Sugar Bowl Basketball Tournament as the scoring goat.

Then, in the last three seconds, he quickly became the tourney's hero when he sank a jump shot that gave Kentucky an 81-79 victory over Duke in the final here Tuesday.

Led by the 30 points of brilliant Cotton Nash, the rallying Wildcats battled from behind a 12-point deficit to win their fifth Sugar Bowl championship in their 10th appearance.

Mobley, junior guard from Harrodsburg, produced the dramatic clutch basket in the final tense seconds as Kentucky played out the clock for the last shot. He also sank a corner shot that tied the score 79-79 with one minute, 27 seconds left.

Score Tied at 79-79

Duke, which led 66-58 with about 10 1/2 minutes left in the game, had possession of the ball with the score tied at 79-79. The Blue Devils called a time-out with 59 seconds remaining.

They came out of the huddle with the apparent intention of playing for the last shot. But Louisvillian Ted Deeken batted the ball out of the hands of Hack Tison and sophomore guard Tommy Kron snapped it up.

Kentucky then called a timeout with 47 seconds left. This time, the Wildcats played for the final shot, with little Randy Embry dribbling the ball until he fired a pass to Mobley.

Mobley may have been the last Wildcat the Blue Devils expected to take the vital shot.

For Nash held the hot hand with his 30 points and Deeken, who came to life in the second half, had 18 points.

Only One on Monday

Mobley, meanwhile, had failed to produce in the meet. Carrying a 13.4 point scoring average into the tourney, he scored only one point Monday against Loyola of New Orleans.

Starting again Tuesday, he tallied only seven points - until Embry fired the pass to him. From 13 feet out, Mobley jumped and let fly. The ball hit the backboard and caromed through the basket.

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