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- Saturday, December 23 1978 -
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Syracuse - 87 (Head Coach: Jim Boeheim) - [Ranked 8th by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Shackleford | 38 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 
| Louis Orr | 35 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 
| Roosevelt Bouie | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 
| Hal Cohen | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 
| Marty Headd | 30 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 
| Eddie Moss | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 
| Mark Cubit | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 
| Rick Harmon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Ron Payton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dan Schayes | 22 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 
| Team | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 33 | 60 | 21 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 87 | 
Kentucky - 94 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Ranked 11th by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Verderber | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 
| Lavon Williams | 29 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 
| Chuck Aleksinas | 37 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 
| Kyle Macy | 36 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 
| Truman Claytor | 17 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 
| Dwane Casey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Dwight Anderson | 25 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 
| Jay Shidler | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 
| Tim Stephens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Clarence Tillman | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 
| Fred Cowan | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 
| Team | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 30 | 55 | 34 | 42 | 29 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 94 | 
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game | 
| Texas A & M 69 - 73 | | | Notre Dame 81 - 76 | 
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Lavon Williams and Chuck Aleksinas battle under the boards against Syracuse
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