- Wednesday, December 1 1971 -
Northwestern - 85 (Head Coach: Brad Snyder) - [Preseason Unranked by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Moran | 38 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| Rick Sund | 32 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Barry Hentz | 24 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Paul Douglass | 29 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Mark Sibley | 32 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Steve Berg | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Shoger | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Kachan | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Otis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Ashbaugh | 13 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Greg Wells | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8 | ||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 32 | 79 | 21 | 36 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 85 |
Kentucky - 94 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Preseason Ranked 10th by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Parker | 40 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| Larry Stamper | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Jim Andrews | 40 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 37 |
| Ronnie Lyons | 26 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Stan Key | 31 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Rick Drewitz | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob McCowan | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ray Edelman | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wendell Lyons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | ||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 37 | 67 | 20 | 23 | 47 | 23 | 11 | 94 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Marquette 74 - 91 | | | Kansas 79 - 69 |
Bob McCowan tries to elude Northwestern's Bryan Ashbaugh
