- Sunday, February 25 1979 -
Kentucky - 79 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Anderson | 40 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Lavon Williams | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Fred Cowan | 33 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Kyle Macy | 32 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Jay Shidler | 33 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Chuck Verderber | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Clarence Tillman | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Truman Claytor | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dwane Casey | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 29 | 61 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 79 |
South Carolina - 74 (Head Coach: Frank McGuire) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedrick Hordges | 39 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| Jim Graziano | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Strickland | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Doyle | 40 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Zam Fredrick | 40 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Tom Wimbush | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Kevin Dunleavy | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 30 | 58 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 74 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Vanderbilt 96 - 70 | | | Mississippi 82 - 77 |
South Carolina's Jim Strickland (#30) grabs the arm of UK's Lavon Williams (#52) trying to get to the ball
South Carolina's Zam Frederick (#2) and UK's Freddie Cowan get tangled up with Clarence Tillman in background
