- Monday, February 13 1956 -
Mississippi State - 65 (Head Coach: Babe McCarthy) - [Unranked]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Duncan | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Bill Ethridge | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| John Heiden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Wayne Lemon | 5 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| Dudley Nash | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Lloyd Johnson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jerry Ritchey | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Jim Ashmore | 9 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| Shellie Bailey | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Totals | 22 | 70 | 21 | 27 | 41 | 16 | 65 |
Kentucky - 86 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 7th by AP]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Bird | 5 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 |
| Phil Grawemeyer | 3 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| Ray Mills | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Phil Johnson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Burrow | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 15 |
| Ed Beck | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Gerry Calvert | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Vernon Hatton | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| Billy Ray Cassady | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| John Brewer | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| John Crigler | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Harold Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincoln Collinsworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 90 | 20 | 28 | 61 | 15 | 86 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Mississippi 88 - 49 | | | DePaul 79 - 81 |
Gerry Calvert (#10) scores on a layup while Mississippi State's Jerry Ritchey (#32), Vernon Hatton, Bob Burrow (#50), Wayne Lemon (#53), and Wayne Duncan (#43) look on
