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- Sunday, February 24 1980 -
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Kentucky - 76 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Ranked 3rd by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cowan | 42 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Lavon Williams | 32 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Sam Bowie | 34 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| Kyle Macy | 45 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Dirk Minniefield | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Jay Shidler | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Derrick Hord | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chuck Verderber | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Hurt | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 225 | 30 | 59 | 16 | 25 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 76 |
Louisiana State - 74 (Head Coach: Dale Brown) - [Ranked 5th by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durand Macklin | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| DeWayne Scales | 30 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Greg Cook | 40 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Ethan Martin | 45 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| Howard Carter | 38 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Willie Sims | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Jordy Hultberg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rick Mattick | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gus Rudolph | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 225 | 32 | 66 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 74 |
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Mississippi State 71 - 65 | | | Auburn 69 - 61 |
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LSU's DeWayne Scales (#31) grabs the ball ahead of Freddie Cowan
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Kyle Macy is hoisted on teammate's shoulders after his game winning shot
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