- Monday, December 11 1961 -
St. Louis - 77 (Head Coach: John Benington) - [Preseason Unranked by AP]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Garrison | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Tom Kieffer | 5 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Bill Nordmann | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| George Latinovich | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Dave Harris | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Donnell Reid | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Jerry Strange | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Luechtefeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Dee | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Tom Book | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | |||||||
| Totals | 27 | 66 | 23 | 33 | 50 | 30 | 6 | 77 |
Kentucky - 86 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Preseason Unranked by AP]
| Player | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Feldhaus | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Roy Roberts | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Cotton Nash | 10 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Scotty Baesler | 6 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| Larry Pursiful | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| Carroll Burchett | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| Jim McDonald | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Ted Deeken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | |||||||
| Totals | 28 | 63 | 30 | 41 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 86 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Southern California 77 - 79 | | | Baylor 94 - 60 |
Cotton Nash (#44) cuts through two defenders to the hoop
Roy Roberts (#23) looks to make a move
Larry Pursiful (#24) drives the lane
