- Saturday, December 1 1962 -
Virginia Tech - 80 (Head Coach: Bill Matthews) - [Preseason Unranked by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Pardue | 40 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| Bobby Vicars | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Barry Benfield | 26 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Leland Melear | 40 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| Frankie Alvis | 40 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Cal Jacobs | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| Homer McCoy | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Team | 10 | |||||||
| Totals | 200 | 30 | 62 | 20 | 25 | 47 | 17 | 80 |
Kentucky - 77 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Preseason Ranked 3rd by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Nash | 40 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| Roy Roberts | 30 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 7 |
| Don Rolfes | 27 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Scotty Baesler | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Sam Harper | 40 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Terry Mobley | 26 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| John Adams | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Charles Ishmael | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8 | |||||||
| Totals | 200 | 32 | 93 | 13 | 21 | 59 | 19 | 77 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Ohio State 64 - 74 | | | Temple 56 - 52 |
Leland Melear (#10) drives against Cotton Nash (#44)
Barry Benfield (#50) shoots over Roy Roberts (#45)
Sam Harper (#30) shoots ahead of Tech's Calvin Jacobs (#40)
