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- Wednesday, January 28 1981 -
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Mississippi State - 64 (Head Coach: Jim Hatfield) - [Unranked]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Green | 36 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Ron White | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Kalpatrick Wells | 35 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Jeff Malone | 39 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| Terry Lewis | 34 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Butch Pierre | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Peyton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kermit Davis Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Donnell Allen | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 27 | 60 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 64 |
Kentucky - 71 (Head Coach: Joe B. Hall) - [Ranked 7th by AP]
| Player | Min | FG | FGA | FT | FTA | Reb | PF | Ast | St | BS | TO | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cowan | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Charles Hurt | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sam Bowie | 33 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| Dirk Minniefield | 39 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Derrick Hord | 23 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Dicky Beal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Turpin | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bret Bearup | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Master | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Chuck Verderber | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Team | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 200 | 27 | 57 | 17 | 21 | 35 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 71 |
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| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Vanderbilt 78 - 64 | | | Georgia 71 - 68 2 OT |
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Jim Master (#20) with a layup
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Sam Bowie (#31) dunks over MSU's Terry Lewis (#32) while Jeff Malone (#24) and Ron White (#51) can only watch
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