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- Saturday, November 26 1977 -
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Southern Methodist - 86 (Head Coach: Sonny Allen) - [Preseason Unranked by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Swedlund | 34 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Jeff Swanson | 27 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Thines Robinson | 24 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Ricci Greenwood | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Phil Hale | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Joey Ceravolo | 26 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| Mark Davis | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gordon Welch | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Tracy Scheibel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reggie Franklin | 21 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Tom Somerville | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 37 | 81 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 86 |
Kentucky - 110 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Preseason Ranked 2nd by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Givens | 29 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 30 |
| Rick Robey | 31 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| Mike Phillips | 32 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| Kyle Macy | 34 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 16 |
| Truman Claytor | 23 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Chris Gettelfinger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dwane Casey | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Tim Stephens | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Cowan | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Scott Courts | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chuck Aleksinas | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Team | 7 | |||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 43 | 87 | 24 | 29 | 59 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 110 |
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| North Carolina 72 - 79 | | | Indiana 78 - 64 |
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Kyle Macy (#4) drives past SMU's Phil Hale (#22)
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Dwane Casey leads the break
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