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- Saturday, February 22 1997 -
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Kentucky - 82 (Head Coach: Rick Pitino) - [Ranked 3rd by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | 3pt FG | 3pt FGA | FT | FTA | Off Reb | Def Reb | Tot Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Mercer | 34 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Scott Padgett | 21 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Allen Edwards | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| Anthony Epps | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Wayne Turner | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Nazr Mohammed | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Cameron Mills | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jared Prickett | 32 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Team | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 34 | 65 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 82 |
Vanderbilt - 79 (Head Coach: Jan Van Breda Kolff) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | 3pt FG | 3pt FGA | FT | FTA | Off Reb | Def Reb | Tot Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy DiSpaltro | 34 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Pax Whitehead | 35 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| Austin Bates | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Howard Pride | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Drew Maddux | 39 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| James Strong | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Atiba Prater | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gianni Cugini | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Langhi | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Team | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 25 | 56 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 79 |
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Alabama 75 - 61 | | | Tennessee 74 - 64 |
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Anthony Epps (#25) tries to keep ahead of Vanderbilt's Atiba Prater
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James Strong (#23) jumps while defending Allen Edwards (#3)
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Cameron Mills and Vandy's James Strong jockey for a loose ball
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