- Saturday, February 3 1979 -
Kentucky - 61 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Macy | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Truman Claytor | 25 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| Dwight Anderson | 28 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Chuck Verderber | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lavon Williams | 26 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Chris Gettelfinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwane Casey | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Shidler | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Clarence Tillman | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Fred Cowan | 35 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Team | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 24 | 54 | 13 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 61 |
Louisiana State - 70 (Head Coach: Dale Brown) - [Ranked 9th by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Green | 38 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| Ethan Martin | 35 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| DeWayne Scales | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Lionel Green | 33 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Greg Cook | 34 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Willie Sims | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Jordy Hultberg | 18 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Rick Mattick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Rudolph | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 20 | 44 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 70 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Auburn 66 - 59 | | | Mississippi 87 - 82 |
