- Wednesday, December 8 1965 -
Kentucky - 86 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Riley | 39 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 13 |
| Larry Conley | 35 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Thad Jaracz | 39 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 32 |
| Louie Dampier | 40 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| Tommy Kron | 37 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| Bob Tallent | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Porter | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Cliff Berger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim LeMaster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 202 | 36 | 83 | 14 | 16 | 47 | 17 | 86 |
Illinois - 68 (Head Coach: Harry Combes) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Freeman | 40 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| Deon Flessner | 37 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| Rich Jones | 6 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 14 | |
| Jim Dawson | 39 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Benny Louis | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Johansen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson (*) | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Larry Hinton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Dunlap | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 161 | 26 | 70 | 16 | 20 | 40 | 15 | 68 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Virginia 99 - 73 | | | Northwestern 86 - 75 |
Pat Riley (#42) dribbles against U of I's Deon Flessner (#30)
Illinois' Jim Dawson (#24) goes strong to the hoop
Thad Jaracz (#55) battles Illinois' Don Freeman for a rebound while Preston Pearson looks on
