- Saturday, February 13 1954 -
Mississippi - 62 (Head Coach: Bonnie Graham) - [Unranked]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Palmer | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Dugan Abernathy | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Joe Gibbon (*) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Denver Brackeen | 8 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 26 |
| Jerry Bynum | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Eddie Stenftenagel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Bernard Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 62 |
Kentucky - 88 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 1st by AP]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Tsioropoulos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Frank Ramsey | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Bill Bibb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Grawemeyer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Hugh Coy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Hagan | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 38 |
| Harold Hurst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gayle Rose | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Chandler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Linville Puckett | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Billy Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 37 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 88 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Florida 97 - 55 | | | Mississippi State 81 - 49 |
Kentucky's Billy Evans (#42) leaps for a rebound with Mississippi's Denver Brackeen while UK's Cliff Hagan (#6), Frank Ramsey (#30) and Lou Tsioropoulos (#16) look on
