- Tuesday, February 21 1961 -
Vanderbilt - 59 (Head Coach: Bob Polk) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Ringstaff | 36 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Larry Banks | 25 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 8 |
| Bill Depp | 36 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| Bobby Bland | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| John Russell | 40 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Bob Scott | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Griffiths | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Bill Johnson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ray Clark | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 199 | 20 | 59 | 19 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 59 |
Kentucky - 60 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Newman | 30 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 |
| Bill Lickert | 29 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 10 |
| Ned Jennings | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Larry Pursiful | 27 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| Dick Parsons | 40 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Carroll Burchett | 27 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| Allen Feldhaus | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Jim McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 200 | 23 | 73 | 14 | 18 | 52 | 22 | 60 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| UCLA 77 - 76 | | | Alabama 80 - 53 |
Bill Lickert (#44) grabs a rebound in traffic while Larry Pursiful (#24) and Vanderbilt's Don Ringstaff (#22) gets tangled up
Ned Jennings lies on the floor after spraining his ankle. Coach Rupp and manager Tommy Thompson checks on him while trainers Rusty Payne and Sam Pressman attend to his ankle.
Ned Jennings returns to score the winning basket with 26 seconds left to give UK the victory. Defending Jennings is Vanderbilt's Ray Clark (#42)
