- Saturday, December 24 1983 -
Kentucky - 56 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Ranked 2nd by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bowie | 24 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Kenny Walker | 39 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Melvin Turpin | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Jim Master | 35 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Roger Harden | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Winston Bennett | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| James Blackmon | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dicky Beal | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Andrews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 56 |
Illinois - 54 (Head Coach: Lou Henson) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efrem Winters | 40 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Doug Altenberger | 40 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| George Montgomery | 37 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bruce Douglas | 40 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Quinn Richardson | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Schafer | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 25 | 49 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 54 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Cincinnati 24 - 11 | | | Purdue 86 - 67 |
Local referees are pulled out of the stands to officiate
Kenny Walker is surrounded by Illini defenders
James Blackmon with the game winner
