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- Saturday, February 21 1959 -
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Auburn - 56 (Head Coach: Joel Eaves) - [Ranked 2nd by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Fibbe | 36 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 
| David Vaughn | 29 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 
| Rex Frederick | 33 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 
| Jimmy Lee | 35 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 
| Henry Hart | 35 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 
| Porter Gilbert | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 
| Bill Gregory | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 
| Ray Groover | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| Bayward McManus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tyrone Samples | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Team | 3 | |||||||
| Totals | 199 | 19 | 45 | 18 | 30 | 35 | 14 | 56 | 
Kentucky - 75 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Ranked 3rd by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Cox | 39 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 
| Bill Lickert | 40 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 
| Don Mills | 31 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 
| Bennie Coffman | 36 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 
| Dick Parsons | 40 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 
| Sid Cohen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 
| Bobby Slusher | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 
| Howard Dardeen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| Phil Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Totals | 200 | 29 | 65 | 17 | 21 | 40 | 20 | 75 | 
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game | 
| Vanderbilt 83 - 71 | | | Alabama 39 - 32 | 
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Jimmy Lee (#21) shoots in front of Dick Parsons (#50) and Bennie Coffman
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More action from the game
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Bennie Coffman tries to get a shot off between two Auburn players David Vaughn (left) and Rex Frederick (right)
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