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- Monday, January 8 1979 -
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Mississippi - 64 (Head Coach: Bob Weltlich) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elston Turner | 38 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| John Stroud | 40 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| Tim Thomas | 27 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Sean Tuohy | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Stanley Malcom | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Henry Jackson | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Warda | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| James Ivy | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Barrett | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Richard Hamilton | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 28 | 63 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 64 |
Kentucky - 90 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Ranked 9th by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cowan | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Lavon Williams | 20 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Chuck Aleksinas | 30 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Kyle Macy | 36 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Dwane Casey | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Gettelfinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Truman Claytor | 18 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Dwight Anderson | 25 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Jay Shidler | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Verderber | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Clarence Tillman | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Team | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 30 | 58 | 30 | 42 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 90 |
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Louisiana State 89 - 93 | | | Alabama 52 - 55 |
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Clarence Tillman (#35) grabs a rebound
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