
- Thursday, December 29 1949 -
Sugar Bowl (at New Orleans, LA)

Kentucky - 57 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked  by ]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Barnstable | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 
| Walter Hirsch | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 
| Roger Layne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Jim Line | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 
| Leonard Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| Bill Spivey | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 
| Guy Strong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Garland Townes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Bobby Watson | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 
| Lucian Whitaker | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 
| Totals | 25 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 57 | 
Villanova - 56 (Head Coach: Al Severance)
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Sabol | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 
| Brooks Rica | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 
| Paul Arizin | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 
| Leo Wolf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 
| Joe Hannan | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 
| Ben Stewart | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 
| Sherwin Raiken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| Perry del Purgatorio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| John Weglicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Totals | 20 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 56 | 


| Prior Game | | | Next Game | 
| Purdue 60 - 54 | | | Bradley 71 - 66 | 


Jim Line (#34) jumps against Villanova's Paul Arizin (#11) for a rebound. Looking on include UK's Len Pearson (#31), Bill Spivey (#77) and Walt Hirsch (#22)

