- Saturday, March 2 1940 -
SEC Tournament Championship (at Knoxville, TN)
Kentucky - 51 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Final Rank ]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Farnsley | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Donald Orme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waller White | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Ermal Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marion Cluggish | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| James King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Layton Rouse | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Carl Combs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lee Huber | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Carl Staker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 51 |
Georgia - 43 (Head Coach: Elmer Lampe)
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Kelly | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Joe Killian | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Dan Kirkland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| John Stegeman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex McCaskill | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Roy Chatham | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Bobby Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 43 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Tennessee 30 - 29 OT | | | Alumni 62 - 25 |
Layton "Mickey" Rouse (#10) tries to rebound a missed shot by UK's Waller White while defended by Georgia's Joe Killiam on the right and UK teammate Lee Huber on the left. Also seen are to the right Keith Farnsley (#16), Georgia's Dan Kirkland (#11) and Cecil Kelly (#7) and James King (#8) of Kentucky.
Knoxville (TN) Journal features a photo of UK's Marion Cluggish shooting a shot over Georgia
Prior to the game Georgia captain Cecil Kelly engages in some good-natured trash talk with Kentucky captain Mickey Rouse
