- Monday, February 6 1978 -
Auburn - 81 (Head Coach: Bob Davis) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Patrick | 35 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Mike Mitchell | 40 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| Bobby Cattage | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bubba Price | 25 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| Stan Pietkiewicz | 40 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| Wayne Bracy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Stringer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kirk Powers | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Benny Anthony | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Earl Banks | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Jeff Adams | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 33 | 66 | 15 | 19 | 32 | 31 | 20 | 24 | 81 |
Kentucky - 104 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Ranked 1st by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Givens | 28 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| Rick Robey | 28 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Mike Phillips | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Kyle Macy | 39 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| Truman Claytor | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dwane Casey | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Shidler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Stephens | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| James Lee | 27 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| Fred Cowan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Courts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Aleksinas | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Lavon Williams | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | |||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 36 | 74 | 32 | 40 | 41 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 104 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Florida 88 - 61 | | | Louisiana State 94 - 95 OT |
Kyle Macy (#4) grabs the rebound in front of Auburn's Bobby Cattage (#45)
Boston Celtics General Manager Red Auerbach talks to Sue Cowens, sister of Celtics center Dave Cowens, while Assistant Coach K.C. Jones and head Coach Satch Sanders look on
