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- Saturday, March 1 1980 -
SEC Tournament Championship (at Birmingham, AL)
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Kentucky - 78 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Ranked 2nd by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cowan | 27 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Lavon Williams | 35 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Sam Bowie | 40 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| Kyle Macy | 37 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| Dirk Minniefield | 24 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| Jay Shidler | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Derrick Hord | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Charles Hurt | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 33 | 53 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 78 |
Louisiana State - 80 (Head Coach: Dale Brown) - [Ranked 5th by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeWayne Scales | 38 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Durand Macklin | 39 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Greg Cook | 40 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Ethan Martin | 35 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Willie Sims | 24 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Jordy Hultberg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Costello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Carter | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 33 | 64 | 14 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 80 |
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Mississippi 70 - 67 | | | Florida State 97 - 78 |
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Dirk Minniefield steals the ball from LSU's DeWayne Scales.
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Fred Cowan rises for a shot over LSU's Durand Macklin (left) and Ethan Martin (#21)
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Kyle Macy (#4) passes over LSU's Howard Carter (#32)
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