- Wednesday, December 29 1948 -
Sugar Bowl (at New Orleans, LA)
Kentucky - 78 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp)
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Beard | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| Alex Groza | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Dale Barnstable | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Cliff Barker | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| Wallace Jones | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Jim Line | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Walter Hirsch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| John Stough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Roger Day | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Garland Townes | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 30 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 78 |
Tulane - 47 (Head Coach: Clifford Wells)
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Peck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Virgil Risner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Jim Riffey | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Warren Perkins | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| Mel Payton | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| Tommy Bowman | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Robert Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cornelius Hanley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Troye Svendson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August Admonitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Cox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Jamison | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Totals | 17 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 47 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Tulane 51 - 47 | | | St. Louis 40 - 42 |
Hal Jamison (#27) shoots a runner as UK's Alex Groza (#15) prepares to rebound
Alex Groza tries to score over Tulane's Jim Riffey (#30) while Wallace Jones (#27) and Tulane's Mel Peyton (#25) look on.
