| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Richard Johnson (fresh) SG - Patrick Grant (fresh) SF - Bill Greenman (fresh) PF - Jerry Lee (fresh) C - Jon Carnahan (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) SG - Carlos Winters (fresh) SF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) PF - Harold Morris (fresh) C - James Mayne (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:37 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Bill Greenman | 3-0 |
| 19:22 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes lays it in | 3-2 |
| 18:58 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 3-2 |
| 18:57 | South Carolina | Harold Morris gets the rebound | 3-2 |
| 18:44 | South Carolina | The short jumper by Harold Morris is denied by Jerry Lee | 3-2 |
| 18:42 | South Carolina | Harold Morris misses the tip | 3-2 |
| 18:41 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan grabs the board | 3-2 |
| 18:16 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 3-2 |
| 18:14 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Leonard Barnes | 3-2 |
| 18:05 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters connects on the shot from just outside the lane | 3-4 |
| 17:58 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee can't connect on a floater from the right block but he's fouled by Harold Morris - foul #1 on Harold Morris, team foul #1 | 3-4 |
| 17:58 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee misses the 1st free throw | 3-4 |
| 17:58 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 4-4 |
| 17:37 | South Carolina | Jerry Lee blocks the 3 pointer from the right wing by Harold Morris | 4-4 |
| 17:35 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman pulls down the rebound | 4-4 |
| 17:06 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee is fouled on the floor by James Mayne - foul #1 on James Mayne, team foul #2 | 4-4 |
| 16:40 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Jerry Lee | 7-4 |
| 16:21 | South Carolina | James Mayne loses the dribble to Jerry Lee | 7-4 |
| 15:54 | Kentucky | Woodrow Glickman steals the ball from Richard Johnson | 7-4 |
| 15:51 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes can't finish the layup | 7-4 |
| 15:49 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman tips it back up and in | 7-6 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Richard Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Patrick Grant (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Bill Greenman (fairly fresh) PF - Jerry Lee (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 blk. C - Jon Carnahan (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Carlos Winters (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Harold Morris (fresh) 2 reb. C - James Mayne (fresh) | |
| 15:22 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan hits a floater from the left block set up by Richard Johnson and he's fouled by Carlos Winters - foul #1 on Carlos Winters, team foul #3 | 9-6 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Wade (PG), Nicholas Pegg (SG), Eldridge Kent (SF), John Jackson (PF) Richard Johnson, Patrick Grant, Bill Greenman, Jerry Lee | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (SG), William Pittman (SF), Kevin Carter (PF), Gilberto Molina (C) Carlos Winters, Leonard Barnes, Harold Morris, James Mayne | |
| 15:22 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan makes the free throw | 10-6 |
| 15:07 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman connects on the driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Wei-Quo Meng | 10-8 |
| 14:43 | Kentucky | John Jackson connects on the fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by Eldridge Kent | 12-8 |
| 14:25 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman is fouled on the floor by Patrick Wade - foul #1 on Patrick Wade, team foul #1 | 12-8 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Bill Greenman (SF) Jon Carnahan | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes (SF), Harold Morris (PF) Woodrow Glickman, Gilberto Molina | |
| 14:09 | South Carolina | William Pittman comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 12-8 |
| 14:08 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg snags the defensive board | 12-8 |
| 13:41 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 12-8 |
| 13:40 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng gets the rebound | 12-8 |
| 13:33 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 12-8 |
| 13:31 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Bill Greenman | 12-8 |
| 13:10 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg drills a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 14-8 |
| 12:56 | South Carolina | William Pittman is hacked by Bill Greenman - foul #1 on Bill Greenman, team foul #2 | 14-8 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Richard Johnson (PG), Patrick Grant (SG), Jerry Lee (SF) Patrick Wade, Nicholas Pegg, Bill Greenman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman (PG), Carlos Winters (SG), James Mayne (C) Wei-Quo Meng, William Pittman, Kevin Carter | |
| 12:50 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman makes the fadeaway from the baseline set up by Leonard Barnes | 14-10 |
| 12:33 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent misses short on a jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by James Mayne - foul #2 on James Mayne, team foul #4 | 14-10 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez (SF), Gilberto Molina (C) Leonard Barnes, James Mayne | |
| 12:33 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent makes the 1st free throw | 15-10 |
| 12:33 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent misses the 2nd free throw | 15-10 |
| 12:33 | South Carolina | Harold Morris gets the rebound | 15-10 |
| 12:19 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Eldridge Kent - foul #1 on Eldridge Kent, team foul #3 | 15-10 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Bill Greenman (SF), Jon Carnahan (C) John Jackson, Eldridge Kent | |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Pittman (SF), Kevin Carter (PF) Oscar Hernandez, Harold Morris | |
| 12:19 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman misses the 1st free throw | 15-10 |
| 12:19 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman makes the 2nd free throw | 15-11 |
| 11:54 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan scores on a runner near the basket on a nice dish by Richard Johnson | 17-11 |
| 11:42 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Kevin Carter, team foul #5 | 17-11 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes (SF) William Pittman | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Richard Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Patrick Grant (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Bill Greenman (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jerry Lee (fresh) 1 pts. 2 blk. C - Jon Carnahan (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Carlos Winters (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kevin Carter (fresh) C - Gilberto Molina (fresh) | |
| 11:19 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Patrick Grant | 20-11 |
| 11:02 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters hits a jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Leonard Barnes and he's fouled by Patrick Grant - foul #1 on Patrick Grant, team foul #4 | 20-13 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (PF) Bill Greenman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Harold Morris (PF) Gilberto Molina | |
| 11:02 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters makes the free throw | 20-14 |
| 10:35 | Kentucky | Leonard Barnes is called for the reach on Jerry Lee - foul #1 on Leonard Barnes, team foul #6 | 20-14 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent (C) Jon Carnahan | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina (C) Kevin Carter | |
| 10:21 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant misses long on a shot from the right block but the foul's on Carlos Winters - foul #2 on Carlos Winters, team foul #7 | 20-14 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (SG) Carlos Winters | |
| 10:21 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 1st free throw | 21-14 |
| 10:21 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant misses the 2nd free throw | 21-14 |
| 10:21 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina snags the defensive board | 21-14 |
| 10:13 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 21-14 |
| 10:11 | Kentucky | John Jackson snags the defensive board | 21-14 |
| 09:48 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee scores on a turnaround in the paint and he's fouled by Leonard Barnes - foul #2 on Leonard Barnes, team foul #8 | 23-14 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Bill Greenman (SF) John Jackson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Pittman (SF) Leonard Barnes | |
| 09:48 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee misses the free throw | 23-14 |
| 09:48 | South Carolina | Harold Morris grabs the defensive rebound | 23-14 |
| 09:27 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng misses the jumper from the left wing | 23-14 |
| 09:25 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina hits the follow up shot | 23-16 |
| 08:56 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent misses badly on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Gilberto Molina - foul #1 on Gilberto Molina, team foul #9 | 23-16 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Wade (PG), Nicholas Pegg (SG), John Jackson (PF) Richard Johnson, Patrick Grant, Jerry Lee | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski (PG), Kevin Carter (C) Woodrow Glickman, Gilberto Molina | |
| 08:56 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent misses the 1st free throw | 23-16 |
| 08:56 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent makes the 2nd free throw | 24-16 |
| 08:41 | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 24-16 |
| 08:39 | South Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Ivan Derezinski | 24-16 |
| 08:30 | South Carolina | William Pittman clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 24-16 |
| 08:28 | Kentucky | Patrick Wade gets the rebound | 24-16 |
| 07:59 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 24-16 |
| 07:57 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman gets the offensive rebound | 24-16 |
| 07:43 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 24-16 |
| 07:42 | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski grabs the defensive rebound | 24-16 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Patrick Wade (fresh) SG - Nicholas Pegg (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Bill Greenman (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - John Jackson (fresh) 2 pts. C - Eldridge Kent (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Ivan Derezinski (fresh) SG - Wei-Quo Meng (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Pittman (fresh) PF - Harold Morris (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Kevin Carter (fresh) | |
| 07:21 | South Carolina | William Pittman misses long on a 3 from straight away | 24-16 |
| 07:19 | Kentucky | John Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 24-16 |
| 07:03 | Kentucky | Patrick Wade misses long on a floater from the right wing | 24-16 |
| 07:02 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent tips it back up and in | 26-16 |
| 06:37 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter misses badly on a fadeaway from close range | 26-16 |
| 06:36 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Nicholas Pegg | 26-16 |
| 06:32 | Kentucky | Harold Morris takes the ball from Patrick Wade | 26-16 |
| 06:12 | South Carolina | Bill Greenman steps in front of the Wei-Quo Meng pass | 26-16 |
| 06:08 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman misses the lay-in | 26-16 |
| 06:06 | South Carolina | Harold Morris pulls down the rebound | 26-16 |
| 05:49 | South Carolina | William Pittman hits the front of the rim on the jumper near the basket but he's fouled by John Jackson - foul #1 on John Jackson, team foul #5 | 26-16 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Richard Johnson (PG), Patrick Grant (SG), Jerry Lee (PF), Jon Carnahan (C) Patrick Wade, Nicholas Pegg, John Jackson, Eldridge Kent | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman (PG), Oscar Hernandez (SF), Gilberto Molina (C) Ivan Derezinski, Wei-Quo Meng, Kevin Carter | |
| 05:49 | South Carolina | William Pittman makes the 1st free throw | 26-17 |
| 05:49 | South Carolina | William Pittman makes the 2nd free throw | 26-18 |
| 05:30 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 26-18 |
| 05:29 | South Carolina | Harold Morris snags the defensive board | 26-18 |
| 05:13 | South Carolina | Richard Johnson is called for the reach on Woodrow Glickman - foul #1 on Richard Johnson, team foul #6 | 26-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (SG) William Pittman | |
| 04:58 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 26-18 |
| 04:57 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman grabs the defensive rebound | 26-18 |
| 04:36 | Kentucky | Gilberto Molina is called for the reach on Patrick Grant - foul #2 on Gilberto Molina, team foul #10 | 26-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Kevin Carter (C) Gilberto Molina | |
| 04:36 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 1st free throw | 27-18 |
| 04:36 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 28-18 |
| 04:15 | South Carolina | Jerry Lee blocks the jumper by Woodrow Glickman | 28-18 |
| 04:14 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan grabs the board | 28-18 |
| 03:51 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman connects on the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Patrick Grant | 31-18 |
| 03:47 | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing | 31-21 |
| 03:36 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 31-21 |
| 03:34 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman hits the follow up shot | 33-21 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Richard Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Patrick Grant (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bill Greenman (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Jerry Lee (fresh) 3 pts. 3 blk. C - Jon Carnahan (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Woodrow Glickman (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Wei-Quo Meng (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Oscar Hernandez (fresh) PF - Harold Morris (tiring) 6 reb. C - Kevin Carter (fresh) | |
| 03:28 | South Carolina | Richard Johnson steals the ball from Kevin Carter | 33-21 |
| 03:24 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman slams it home on a great pass from Richard Johnson | 35-21 |
| 03:13 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Patrick Grant - foul #2 on Patrick Grant, team foul #7 | 35-21 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (PF) Bill Greenman | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Carlos Winters (SG), Leonard Barnes (SF), Gilberto Molina (PF), James Mayne (C) Woodrow Glickman, Oscar Hernandez, Harold Morris, Kevin Carter | |
| 03:13 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng makes the 1st free throw | 35-22 |
| 03:13 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng makes the 2nd free throw | 35-23 |
| 02:53 | Kentucky | Richard Johnson misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 35-23 |
| 02:51 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters pulls down the rebound | 35-23 |
| 02:41 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 35-23 |
| 02:40 | South Carolina | James Mayne can't tip it in | 35-23 |
| 02:39 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee snags the defensive board | 35-23 |
| 02:16 | Kentucky | John Jackson misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 35-23 |
| 02:14 | Kentucky | John Jackson snags the offensive board | 35-23 |
| 01:54 | Kentucky | John Jackson connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Patrick Grant | 38-23 |
| 01:41 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters loses the dribble to Patrick Grant | 38-23 |
| 01:37 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant lays it in | 40-23 |
| 01:17 | South Carolina | James Mayne buries a runner in the paint set up by Wei-Quo Meng | 40-25 |
| 00:54 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan is whistled for traveling | 40-25 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Wade (PG), Nicholas Pegg (SG), Bill Greenman (SF), Eldridge Kent (C) Richard Johnson, Patrick Grant, Jerry Lee, Jon Carnahan | |
| Subs | South Carolina | Woodrow Glickman (PG), Kevin Carter (PF) Wei-Quo Meng, Gilberto Molina | |
| 00:35 | South Carolina | James Mayne can't connect on a runner from the left block but the foul's on Eldridge Kent - foul #2 on Eldridge Kent, team foul #8 | 40-25 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jerry Lee (PF) John Jackson | |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| 00:35 | South Carolina | James Mayne makes the 1st free throw | 40-26 |
| 00:35 | South Carolina | James Mayne makes the 2nd free throw | 40-27 |
| 00:12 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 40-27 |
| 00:11 | South Carolina | Kevin Carter grabs the board | 40-27 |
| 00:00 | South Carolina | James Mayne double dribbles | 40-27 |