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- Saturday, January 31 1959 -
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Florida - 51 (Head Coach: John Mauer) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hoban | 29 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| Franklin Etheridge | 33 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| Robert Sherwood | 34 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Thomas Simpson | 38 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| Paul Mosney | 30 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Walter Rabhan | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Charles Pike | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Robert Shiver | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| George Jung | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Louis Merchant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9 | |||||||
| Totals | 200 | 16 | 58 | 19 | 30 | 51 | 24 | 51 |
Kentucky - 94 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 1st by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Cox | 27 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| Bill Lickert | 31 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| Don Mills | 25 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Bennie Coffman | 32 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| Dick Parsons | 38 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Bobby Slusher | 13 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| Phil Johnson | 15 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| Howard Dardeen | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Lowell Hughes | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Robinson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 5 | |||||||
| Totals | 200 | 35 | 73 | 24 | 35 | 56 | 19 | 94 |
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Georgia 108 - 55 | | | Mississippi 97 - 72 |
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Johnny Cox (#24) stretches but can't stop a shot by Florida's Dick Hoban (#21) while UF's Bob Sherwood (#44) looks on
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Don Mills (#52) attempts a shot but steps on Florida's Bob Sherwood's foot. Looking on are Kentucky's Bennie Coffman (#30), Dickie Parsons (#50) and Florida's Walter Rabhan (#15) and Tommy Simpson (#23)
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Florida's Walter Rabhan (#15) tries to regain control of the ball while pressured by UK's Phil Johnson and Bobby Slusher
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