- Saturday, January 5 1980 -
Kentucky - 47 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Ranked 2nd by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cowan | 34 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Lavon Williams | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Sam Bowie | 32 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Kyle Macy | 40 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Jay Shidler | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dirk Minniefield | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bo Lanter | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Derrick Hord | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Chuck Verderber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Hurt | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 23 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 47 |
Tennessee - 49 (Head Coach: Don DeVoe) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Wood | 34 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Steve Ray | 35 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Kevin Nash (*) | 39 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Gary Carter | 40 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Bert Bertelkamp | 26 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Dale Ellis | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ralph Parton | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 6 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 17 | 45 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 49 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Auburn 67 - 65 | | | Mississippi 79 - 73 |
Sam Bowie defends against Tennessee's Kevin Nash
Charles Hurt scores inside against Howard Wood while Fred Cowan (#40) looks on
Sam Bowie and Fred Cowan wait for the rebound with UT's Gary Carter and Howard Wood
