- Wednesday, February 2 1949 -
Kentucky - 56 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 1st by AP]
Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wallace Jones | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
Cliff Barker | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Alex Groza | 7 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 23 |
Ralph Beard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Dale Barnstable | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Walter Hirsch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Jim Line | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Stough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Roger Day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Garland Townes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 20 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 56 |
Alabama - 40 (Head Coach: Floyd Burdette) - [Unranked]
Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Shaeffer | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Rebel Steiner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Gene Palmer | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Dick McKenzie | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
Dyson Hamner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Pete Mangina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Jack Brown | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Billy Dean | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Totals | 14 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 40 |
Prior Game | | | Next Game |
Vanderbilt 72 - 50 | | | Mississippi 75 - 45 |
Alabama's Dyson Hamner shoots over Kentucky's Ralph Beard and Alex Groza. Wallace Jones (#27) prepares for the rebound while Cliff Barker (#23) and Dale Barnstable (#18) look on from the perimeter
Alex Groza scores inside while he's surrounded by Alabama players Carl Shaeffer and Dick McKenzie along with Wallace Jones. Kentucky's Walter Hirsch looks on outside the scrum.
Alabama's Dyson Hamner (#11) shoots a layup while Dale Barnstable (#18) is caught looking the wrong way while guarding Alabama's Dickie McKenzie (#33)