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- Saturday, March 3 1979 -
SEC Tournament Championship (at Birmingham, AL)
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Kentucky - 69 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Verderber | 35 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Lavon Williams | 43 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Fred Cowan | 26 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Kyle Macy | 43 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Truman Claytor | 36 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Chris Gettelfinger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwane Casey | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Shidler | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Clarence Tillman | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 225 | 26 | 50 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 69 |
Tennessee - 75 (Head Coach: Don DeVoe) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Crosby | 45 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Reggie Johnson | 36 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Howard Wood | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Bert Bertelkamp | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Gary Carter | 43 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| Johnny Darden | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Chuck Threeths | 29 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Kevin Nash (*) | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 225 | 28 | 53 | 19 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 75 |
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Louisiana State 80 - 67 | | | Clemson 67 - 68 OT |
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Tennessee's Chuck Threeths (#31) grabs a rebound above Chuck Verderber, Kyle Macy (#4) and Fred Cowan
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Truman Claytor (#22) drives to the basket ahead of Tennessee's Terry Crosby (#25)
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Coach Hall instructs Dwane Casey on the bench
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