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- Saturday, March 29 1997 -
NCAA Final Four (at Indianapolis, IN)
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Kentucky - 78 (Head Coach: Rick Pitino) - [Final Rank 5th 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 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Scott Padgett | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Wayne Turner | 39 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Anthony Epps | 30 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Cameron Mills | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Jared Prickett | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Nazr Mohammed | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Allen Edwards | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Derek Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 23 | 60 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 78 |
Minnesota - 69 (Head Coach: Clem Haskins) - [Final Rank 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtney James | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Sam Jacobson | 22 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| John Thomas | 20 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Bobby Jackson | 35 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| Eric Harris | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Trevor Winter | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Charles Thomas | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Quincy Lewis | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Miles Tarver | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Russ Archambault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aaron Stauber | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 27 | 64 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 69 |
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Utah 72 - 59 | | | Arizona 79 - 84 OT |
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Derek Anderson (#23) returns from a season-ending injury to shoot a Technical
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Nazr Mohammed (#3) blocks a shot by Kentucky-native Charles Thomas (#34)
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Mohammed works inside while defended by Trevor Winter (#50)
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