- Tuesday, January 6 1959 -
Kentucky - 66 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 1st by AP]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Cox | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| Bill Lickert | 4 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| Don Mills | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Sid Cohen | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Bennie Coffman | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| Phil Johnson | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| Bobby Slusher | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Dick Parsons | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Howard Dardeen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 71 | 20 | 28 | 32 | 50 | 66 |
Vanderbilt - 75 (Head Coach: Roy Skinner) - [Unranked]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Rowan | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| Don Hinton | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| William Depp | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| James Henry | 8 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 29 |
| Douglas Yates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Warren Fiser | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Larry Banks | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Totals | 21 | 46 | 33 | 49 | 20 | 41 | 75 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Georgia Tech 72 - 62 | | | Louisiana State 76 - 61 |
