| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Richard Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - Patrick Grant (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bill Greenman (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Jerry Lee (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. C - Jon Carnahan (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern | PG - Marshall Perkins (fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Lindsay (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Anthony Thompson (fresh) PF - Harry Gilstrap (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Gene Nash (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman inbounds the ball | 38-16 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Southern | Southern is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:37 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee misses the dunk | 38-16 |
| 19:35 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan tips it home | 40-16 |
| 19:20 | Southern | James Lindsay comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Patrick Grant - foul #1 on Patrick Grant, team foul #1 | 40-16 |
| 19:20 | Southern | James Lindsay makes the 1st free throw | 40-17 |
| 19:20 | Southern | James Lindsay misses the 2nd free throw | 40-17 |
| 19:20 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan gets the rebound | 40-17 |
| 18:58 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Harry Gilstrap - foul #2 on Harry Gilstrap, team foul #1 | 40-17 |
| 18:58 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee makes the 1st free throw | 41-17 |
| 18:58 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 42-17 |
| 18:45 | Southern | Jon Carnahan is called for the reach on Marshall Perkins - foul #2 on Jon Carnahan, team foul #2 | 42-17 |
| 18:36 | Southern | Harry Gilstrap drills a floater from the right side and he's hacked by Patrick Grant - foul #2 on Patrick Grant, team foul #3 | 42-19 |
| 18:36 | Southern | Harry Gilstrap makes the free throw | 42-20 |
| 18:16 | Kentucky | Anthony Thompson picks off the pass by Patrick Grant | 42-20 |
| 18:03 | Southern | Harry Gilstrap's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 42-20 |
| 17:43 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee misses badly on a driving attempt near the basket but he's fouled by Harry Gilstrap - foul #3 on Harry Gilstrap, team foul #2 | 42-20 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Southern | Donny Chenard (PF) Harry Gilstrap | |
| 17:43 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee misses the 1st free throw | 42-20 |
| 17:43 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 43-20 |
| 17:35 | Southern | Marshall Perkins comes up short on the turnaround from close range but he's fouled by Jon Carnahan - foul #3 on Jon Carnahan, team foul #4 | 43-20 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent (C) Jon Carnahan | |
| Subs | Southern | | |
| 17:35 | Southern | Marshall Perkins makes the 1st free throw | 43-21 |
| 17:35 | Southern | Marshall Perkins makes the 2nd free throw | 43-22 |
| 17:12 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman connects on the jumper from the left wing set up by Richard Johnson | 45-22 |
| 17:04 | Southern | Gene Nash misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 45-22 |
| 17:03 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee gets the rebound | 45-22 |
| 16:57 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee scores on a driving attempt from close range set up by Richard Johnson | 47-22 |
| 16:42 | Southern | Donny Chenard hits a shot from the left side | 47-24 |
| 16:35 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman misses the 3 from the right wing | 47-24 |
| 16:34 | Southern | Donny Chenard pulls down the rebound | 47-24 |
| 16:28 | Southern | Jerry Lee steals the ball from Gene Nash | 47-24 |
| 16:04 | Kentucky | Gene Nash steals the ball from Jerry Lee | 47-24 |
| 15:48 | Southern | Anthony Thompson can't connect on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Bill Greenman - foul #3 on Bill Greenman, team foul #5 | 47-24 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Wade (PG), Nicholas Pegg (SG), John Jackson (PF), Jon Carnahan (C) Richard Johnson, Patrick Grant, Bill Greenman, Jerry Lee | |
| Subs | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler (PG), Bruce Loring (SG), Harry Gilstrap (PF) Marshall Perkins, James Lindsay, Gene Nash | |
| 15:48 | Southern | Anthony Thompson misses the 1st free throw | 47-24 |
| 15:48 | Southern | Anthony Thompson makes the 2nd free throw | 47-25 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Patrick Wade (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Nicholas Pegg (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Eldridge Kent (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - John Jackson (fresh) C - Jon Carnahan (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Southern | PG - Jeffrey Wheeler (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bruce Loring (fresh) SF - Anthony Thompson (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Harry Gilstrap (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Donny Chenard (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:26 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan misses the jump hook in the paint | 47-25 |
| 15:25 | Southern | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Wheeler | 47-25 |
| 15:20 | Southern | Jon Carnahan is called for the reach on Donny Chenard - foul #4 on Jon Carnahan, team foul #6 | 47-25 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Bill Greenman (SF) Jon Carnahan | |
| Subs | Southern | Andrew Black (C) Anthony Thompson | |
| 15:02 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler makes the floater from the right side on a nice dish by Bruce Loring | 47-27 |
| 14:45 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman misses short on a floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Donny Chenard - foul #2 on Donny Chenard, team foul #3 | 47-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Todd Scheetz (C) Eldridge Kent | |
| Subs | Southern | Lawrence Hobson (SF) Donny Chenard | |
| 14:45 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman makes the 1st free throw | 48-27 |
| 14:45 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman misses the 2nd free throw | 48-27 |
| 14:45 | Southern | The rebound goes to Harry Gilstrap | 48-27 |
| 14:37 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 48-27 |
| 14:35 | Kentucky | Todd Scheetz grabs the defensive rebound | 48-27 |
| 14:17 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg misses long on a jumper in the lane | 48-27 |
| 14:15 | Southern | Harry Gilstrap pulls down the rebound | 48-27 |
| 14:10 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler is called for a charge - foul #2 on Jeffrey Wheeler, team foul #4 | 48-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Richard Johnson (PG) Patrick Wade | |
| Subs | Southern | Marshall Perkins (PG), Gene Nash (C) Lawrence Hobson, Andrew Black | |
| 13:47 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman hits a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Richard Johnson | 51-27 |
| 13:38 | Southern | Bruce Loring comes up short on the jump hook from the right block | 51-27 |
| 13:37 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson snags the defensive board | 51-27 |
| 13:11 | Kentucky | Gene Nash takes the ball from Richard Johnson | 51-27 |
| 12:59 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler clanks a turnaround from the right block | 51-27 |
| 12:57 | Kentucky | John Jackson snags the defensive board | 51-27 |
| 12:35 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman knocks in the jump hook from close range | 53-27 |
| 12:30 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler scores on a fadeaway from the right wing set up by Gene Nash | 53-29 |
| 12:09 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 53-29 |
| 12:07 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson gets the offensive rebound | 53-29 |
| 11:41 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Bill Greenman | 56-29 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Richard Johnson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 8 ast. SG - Nicholas Pegg (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Bill Greenman (tiring) 15 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. PF - John Jackson (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Todd Scheetz (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern | PG - Marshall Perkins (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Jeffrey Wheeler (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bruce Loring (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Harry Gilstrap (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Gene Nash (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:33 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 56-29 |
| 11:32 | Southern | Harry Gilstrap can't tip it in | 56-29 |
| 11:31 | Southern | The offensive rebound goes to Gene Nash | 56-29 |
| 11:15 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler drills a 3 pointer from the right wing | 56-32 |
| 10:55 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman loses the dribble to Bruce Loring | 56-32 |
| 10:51 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler hits the finger roll set up by Bruce Loring | 56-34 |
| 10:34 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 56-34 |
| 10:32 | Southern | Marshall Perkins grabs the defensive rebound | 56-34 |
| 10:17 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 56-34 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Wade (PG), Patrick Grant (SG), Jerry Lee (PF), Eldridge Kent (C) Richard Johnson, Nicholas Pegg, John Jackson, Todd Scheetz | |
| Subs | Southern | William Howell (PG), James Lindsay (SG), Anthony Thompson (SF), Donny Chenard (PF), Andrew Black (C) Marshall Perkins, Jeffrey Wheeler, Bruce Loring, Harry Gilstrap, Gene Nash | |
| 10:01 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 56-34 |
| 09:59 | Southern | Donny Chenard snags the defensive board | 56-34 |
| 09:55 | Southern | William Howell connects on the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by James Lindsay | 56-37 |
| 09:36 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant lays it in set up by Bill Greenman | 58-37 |
| 09:14 | Southern | James Lindsay connects on the floater from the left block and he's hacked by Patrick Wade - foul #1 on Patrick Wade, team foul #7 | 58-39 |
| 09:14 | Southern | James Lindsay makes the free throw | 58-40 |
| 08:55 | Kentucky | Anthony Thompson picks off the pass by Patrick Wade | 58-40 |
| 08:33 | Southern | Donny Chenard drills a 3pt shot from the left corner | 58-43 |
| 08:09 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee is fouled on the floor by Donny Chenard - foul #3 on Donny Chenard, team foul #5 | 58-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Richard Johnson (PG) Patrick Wade | |
| Subs | Southern | Marshall Perkins (PG), Gene Nash (C) William Howell, Andrew Black | |
| 07:55 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent is hacked by Gene Nash - foul #1 on Gene Nash, team foul #6 | 58-43 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan (C) Bill Greenman | |
| Subs | Southern | | |
| 07:43 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee misses badly on a floater from the baseline | 58-43 |
| 07:42 | Southern | Donny Chenard snags the defensive board | 58-43 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Richard Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 8 ast. SG - Patrick Grant (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eldridge Kent (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Jerry Lee (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 3 reb. 4 stl. C - Jon Carnahan (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Southern | PG - Marshall Perkins (fresh) 4 pts. SG - James Lindsay (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Anthony Thompson (fresh) 1 pts. 2 stl. PF - Donny Chenard (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Gene Nash (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:38 | Southern | James Lindsay's pass is intercepted by Jon Carnahan | 58-43 |
| 07:14 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee's floater is tipped away by Gene Nash | 58-43 |
| 07:13 | Southern | Anthony Thompson snags the defensive board | 58-43 |
| 07:08 | Southern | James Lindsay knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 58-45 |
| 06:48 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 58-45 |
| 06:46 | Southern | Gene Nash pulls down the rebound | 58-45 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Southern | Southern is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:42 | Southern | Marshall Perkins knocks in the jumper from close range set up by James Lindsay | 58-47 |
| 06:19 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant connects on the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Jerry Lee | 61-47 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Southern | Southern is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:10 | Southern | Gene Nash is hacked by Jon Carnahan - foul #5 on Jon Carnahan, team foul #8 | 61-47 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Wade (PG), Nicholas Pegg (SG), John Jackson (PF), Todd Scheetz (C) Richard Johnson, Patrick Grant, Eldridge Kent, Jon Carnahan | |
| Subs | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler (SG), Bruce Loring (SF), Harry Gilstrap (PF) James Lindsay, Anthony Thompson, Donny Chenard | |
| 06:10 | Southern | Gene Nash makes the 1st free throw | 61-48 |
| 06:10 | Southern | Gene Nash makes the 2nd free throw | 61-49 |
| 05:42 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Todd Scheetz | 63-49 |
| 05:29 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 63-49 |
| 05:28 | Southern | Gene Nash can't tip it in | 63-49 |
| 05:27 | Kentucky | Patrick Wade snags the defensive board | 63-49 |
| 04:58 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Nicholas Pegg | 65-49 |
| 04:47 | Southern | Bruce Loring throws a bad pass out of bounds | 65-49 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Richard Johnson (PG), Bill Greenman (SF) Patrick Wade, Jerry Lee | |
| Subs | Southern | Lawrence Hobson (SF), Andrew Black (C) Marshall Perkins, Gene Nash | |
| 04:21 | Kentucky | Bruce Loring takes the ball from Todd Scheetz | 65-49 |
| 04:12 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 65-49 |
| 04:10 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg pulls down the rebound | 65-49 |
| 03:43 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 65-49 |
| 03:42 | Southern | Harry Gilstrap gets the rebound | 65-49 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Richard Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 8 ast. SG - Nicholas Pegg (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Bill Greenman (tiring) 15 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. PF - John Jackson (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Todd Scheetz (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Southern | PG - Jeffrey Wheeler (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bruce Loring (fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Lawrence Hobson (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Harry Gilstrap (fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - Andrew Black (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:34 | Southern | Andrew Black misses the turnaround in the paint | 65-49 |
| 03:33 | Southern | Harry Gilstrap snags the offensive board | 65-49 |
| 03:22 | Southern | Jeffrey Wheeler misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 65-49 |
| 03:20 | Southern | Harry Gilstrap can't tip it in | 65-49 |
| 03:18 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman grabs the board | 65-49 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Southern | Southern is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:54 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 68-49 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern | Southern is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:46 | Southern | Andrew Black hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block but he's hacked by Todd Scheetz - foul #1 on Todd Scheetz, team foul #9 | 68-49 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Wade (PG), Patrick Grant (SG), Jerry Lee (PF), Eldridge Kent (C) Richard Johnson, Nicholas Pegg, John Jackson, Todd Scheetz | |
| Subs | Southern | William Howell (PG), Donny Chenard (SF), Earl Haynes (C) Bruce Loring, Lawrence Hobson, Harry Gilstrap | |
| 02:46 | Southern | Andrew Black makes the 1st free throw | 68-50 |
| 02:46 | Southern | Andrew Black makes the 2nd free throw | 68-51 |
| 02:25 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee misses short on a runner from the right block | 68-51 |
| 02:24 | Southern | Donny Chenard grabs the defensive rebound | 68-51 |
| 02:19 | Southern | William Howell misses short on a jumper from the left side | 68-51 |
| 02:17 | Southern | Andrew Black snags the offensive board | 68-51 |
| 02:01 | Southern | Donny Chenard misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Bill Greenman - foul #4 on Bill Greenman, team foul #10 | 68-51 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Southern | Bruce Loring (SF) Andrew Black | |
| 02:01 | Southern | Donny Chenard makes the 1st free throw | 68-52 |
| 02:01 | Southern | Donny Chenard makes the 2nd free throw | 68-53 |
| 01:40 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Patrick Wade | 71-53 |
| 01:35 | Southern | Earl Haynes is hacked by Bill Greenman - foul #5 on Bill Greenman, team foul #11 | 71-53 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Richard Johnson (PG), John Jackson (PF) Patrick Wade, Bill Greenman | |
| Subs | Southern | Andrew Black (C) William Howell | |
| 01:35 | Southern | Earl Haynes makes the 1st free throw | 71-54 |
| 01:35 | Southern | Earl Haynes makes the 2nd free throw | 71-55 |
| 01:16 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 71-55 |
| 01:15 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson gets the offensive rebound | 71-55 |
| 00:55 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson is fouled on the floor by Jeffrey Wheeler - foul #3 on Jeffrey Wheeler, team foul #7 | 71-55 |
| 00:55 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 71-55 |
| 00:55 | Southern | Andrew Black pulls down the rebound | 71-55 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern | Southern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:50 | Southern | Donny Chenard misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 71-55 |
| 00:48 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant pulls down the rebound | 71-55 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Southern | Southern is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:19 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Jeffrey Wheeler - foul #4 on Jeffrey Wheeler, team foul #8 | 71-55 |
| 00:19 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 1st free throw | 72-55 |
| 00:19 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 73-55 |
| 00:11 | Southern | Bruce Loring clanks a runner from close range | 73-55 |
| 00:10 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to John Jackson | 73-55 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson runs out the clock | 73-55 |