| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Wei-Quo Meng (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Oscar Hernandez (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. SF - William Pittman (fresh) PF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - James Mayne (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Patrick Grant (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nicholas Pegg (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Bill Greenman (fresh) 17 pts. PF - Jerry Lee (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jon Carnahan (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | South Carolina | William Pittman inbounds the ball | 23-38 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:38 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez throws a bad pass out of bounds | 23-38 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski (PG), David Harrison (SF), Gilberto Molina (C) Wei-Quo Meng, William Pittman, James Mayne | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 19:12 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant hits the finger roll on a great pass from Bill Greenman and he's fouled by Leonard Barnes - foul #1 on Leonard Barnes, team foul #1 | 23-40 |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Pittman (SF), James Mayne (C) David Harrison, Leonard Barnes | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 19:12 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the free throw | 23-41 |
| 18:49 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez is hacked by Bill Greenman - foul #2 on Bill Greenman, team foul #1 | 23-41 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), Leonard Barnes (PF) Ivan Derezinski, James Mayne | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 18:41 | South Carolina | Jon Carnahan denies the turnaround by Leonard Barnes | 23-41 |
| 18:39 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee snags the defensive board | 23-41 |
| 18:16 | Kentucky | The pull-up jumper by Nicholas Pegg is blocked by William Pittman | 23-41 |
| 18:15 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes gets the rebound | 23-41 |
| 18:00 | South Carolina | William Pittman clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 23-41 |
| 17:58 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan gets the rebound | 23-41 |
| 17:42 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg is fouled on the floor by Oscar Hernandez - foul #1 on Oscar Hernandez, team foul #2 | 23-41 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Carlos Winters (PG), Ivan Derezinski (SG), David Harrison (SF), James Mayne (C) Wei-Quo Meng, Oscar Hernandez, William Pittman, Leonard Barnes | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 17:19 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee misses the lay-in but the foul's on James Mayne - foul #2 on James Mayne, team foul #3 | 23-41 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), Oscar Hernandez (SG), William Pittman (SF) Carlos Winters, Ivan Derezinski, David Harrison | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 17:19 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee makes the 1st free throw | 23-42 |
| 17:19 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 23-43 |
| 17:04 | South Carolina | James Mayne throws a bad pass out of bounds | 23-43 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Carlos Winters (PG), David Harrison (SF), Leonard Barnes (PF) Wei-Quo Meng, William Pittman, Gilberto Molina | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Harry Bucy (SG) Nicholas Pegg | |
| 16:37 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan buries a driving attempt near the basket set up by Harry Bucy | 23-45 |
| 16:20 | South Carolina | David Harrison misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 23-45 |
| 16:19 | South Carolina | James Mayne pulls down the offensive rebound | 23-45 |
| 16:00 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner | 26-45 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Carlos Winters (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Oscar Hernandez (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. SF - David Harrison (fresh) PF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - James Mayne (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Patrick Grant (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Harry Bucy (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bill Greenman (fairly fresh) 17 pts. PF - Jerry Lee (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Jon Carnahan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant can't connect on a floater from the baseline | 26-45 |
| 15:33 | South Carolina | David Harrison gets the rebound | 26-45 |
| 15:28 | South Carolina | Bill Greenman steps in front of the Oscar Hernandez pass | 26-45 |
| 15:25 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant lays it up and in set up by Bill Greenman | 26-47 |
| 15:18 | South Carolina | David Harrison misses short on a jumper from the right side | 26-47 |
| 15:16 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan gets the rebound | 26-47 |
| 14:47 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan hits a turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Harry Bucy | 26-49 |
| 14:38 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez buries a 3 pointer from the right corner | 29-49 |
| 14:17 | Kentucky | Harry Bucy is fouled on the floor by James Mayne - foul #3 on James Mayne, team foul #4 | 29-49 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), Ivan Derezinski (SG), William Pittman (SF), Gilberto Molina (PF) Carlos Winters, Oscar Hernandez, David Harrison, Leonard Barnes | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg (SG), John Jackson (PF), Eldridge Kent (C) Harry Bucy, Jerry Lee, Jon Carnahan | |
| 14:05 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent clanks a jumper from the right block | 29-49 |
| 14:03 | South Carolina | William Pittman snags the defensive board | 29-49 |
| 13:58 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by James Mayne | 31-49 |
| 13:31 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 31-49 |
| 13:30 | South Carolina | James Mayne gets the rebound | 31-49 |
| 13:26 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 31-49 |
| 13:25 | Kentucky | John Jackson grabs the board | 31-49 |
| 12:58 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant misses short on a runner from the baseline | 31-49 |
| 12:57 | South Carolina | James Mayne gets the rebound | 31-49 |
| 12:50 | South Carolina | James Mayne misses long on a fadeaway from the left block | 31-49 |
| 12:48 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina grabs the offensive rebound | 31-49 |
| 12:42 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 34-49 |
| 12:26 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman drills a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Patrick Grant | 34-51 |
| 12:10 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 34-51 |
| 12:08 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman pulls down the rebound | 34-51 |
| 11:43 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg loses the dribble to James Mayne | 34-51 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Wei-Quo Meng (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Ivan Derezinski (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Pittman (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Gilberto Molina (fresh) 2 pts. C - James Mayne (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Patrick Grant (tiring) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nicholas Pegg (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SF - Bill Greenman (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - John Jackson (fresh) 3 reb. C - Eldridge Kent (fresh) | |
| 11:29 | South Carolina | James Mayne misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 34-51 |
| 11:28 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant grabs the defensive rebound | 34-51 |
| 11:02 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg is hacked by Ivan Derezinski - foul #1 on Ivan Derezinski, team foul #5 | 34-51 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez (SG), Leonard Barnes (PF) Ivan Derezinski, James Mayne | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Harry Bucy (PG), Jerry Lee (PF), Jon Carnahan (C) Patrick Grant, John Jackson, Eldridge Kent | |
| 10:49 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan is fouled on the floor by Wei-Quo Meng - foul #3 on Wei-Quo Meng, team foul #6 | 34-51 |
| 10:22 | Kentucky | William Pittman steals the ball from Jerry Lee | 34-51 |
| 10:00 | South Carolina | William Pittman misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 34-51 |
| 09:58 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Nicholas Pegg | 34-51 |
| 09:37 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg misses short on a floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Wei-Quo Meng - foul #4 on Wei-Quo Meng, team foul #7 | 34-51 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Carlos Winters (PG), James Mayne (C) Wei-Quo Meng, Gilberto Molina | |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (PF) Bill Greenman | |
| 09:37 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg makes the 1st free throw | 34-52 |
| 09:37 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg makes the 2nd free throw | 34-53 |
| 09:30 | South Carolina | Harry Bucy is called for the reach on Oscar Hernandez - foul #2 on Harry Bucy, team foul #2 | 34-53 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent (SF) Nicholas Pegg | |
| 09:25 | South Carolina | James Mayne throws it down | 36-53 |
| 09:03 | Kentucky | John Jackson misses long on a floater from the right wing | 36-53 |
| 09:02 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez pulls down the rebound | 36-53 |
| 08:46 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 36-53 |
| 08:45 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan grabs the defensive rebound | 36-53 |
| 08:26 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan is hacked by James Mayne - foul #4 on James Mayne, team foul #8 | 36-53 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina (C) James Mayne | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 08:26 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan makes the 1st free throw | 36-54 |
| 08:26 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan misses the 2nd free throw | 36-54 |
| 08:26 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee grabs the offensive board | 36-54 |
| 08:00 | Kentucky | John Jackson hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 36-54 |
| 07:59 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan misses the tip | 36-54 |
| 07:57 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee hits the follow up shot | 36-56 |
| 07:41 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes is hacked by Jerry Lee - foul #1 on Jerry Lee, team foul #3 | 36-56 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng (PG), James Mayne (C) Carlos Winters, Gilberto Molina | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Grant (PG), Nicholas Pegg (SG), Bill Greenman (SF) Harry Bucy, Jerry Lee, Jon Carnahan | |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Wei-Quo Meng (fresh) 8 pts. 4 pf. SG - Oscar Hernandez (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. SF - William Pittman (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Leonard Barnes (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - James Mayne (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Patrick Grant (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Nicholas Pegg (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Bill Greenman (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - John Jackson (fresh) 3 reb. C - Eldridge Kent (fresh) | |
| 07:26 | South Carolina | Oscar Hernandez clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 36-56 |
| 07:25 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes misses the tip | 36-56 |
| 07:24 | Kentucky | Eldridge Kent snags the defensive board | 36-56 |
| 06:55 | Kentucky | Bill Greenman hits the finger roll set up by Patrick Grant | 36-58 |
| 06:46 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes drills a 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Wei-Quo Meng | 39-58 |
| 06:44 | Kentucky | Wei-Quo Meng steals it from Patrick Grant in the backcourt | 39-58 |
| 06:35 | South Carolina | William Pittman makes the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Wei-Quo Meng and he's hacked by Bill Greenman - foul #3 on Bill Greenman, team foul #4 | 41-58 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jerry Lee (PF), Jon Carnahan (C) Bill Greenman, John Jackson | |
| 06:35 | South Carolina | William Pittman misses the free throw | 41-58 |
| 06:35 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan snags the defensive board | 41-58 |
| 06:06 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant drills a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Jerry Lee | 41-61 |
| 05:55 | South Carolina | Wei-Quo Meng can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 41-61 |
| 05:54 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant grabs the board | 41-61 |
| 05:25 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan clanks a turnaround from the right block but he's hacked by Oscar Hernandez - foul #2 on Oscar Hernandez, team foul #9 | 41-61 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Carlos Winters (PG), Ivan Derezinski (SG), David Harrison (SF), Gilberto Molina (C) Wei-Quo Meng, Oscar Hernandez, William Pittman, James Mayne | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Harry Bucy (PG), Bill Greenman (SF) Patrick Grant, Eldridge Kent | |
| 05:25 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan makes the 1st free throw | 41-62 |
| 05:25 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan makes the 2nd free throw | 41-63 |
| 05:12 | South Carolina | David Harrison misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 41-63 |
| 05:11 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina grabs the offensive rebound | 41-63 |
| 05:03 | South Carolina | Leonard Barnes is fouled on the floor by Harry Bucy - foul #3 on Harry Bucy, team foul #5 | 41-63 |
| Subs | South Carolina | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (PF) Bill Greenman | |
| 04:51 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-63 |
| 04:29 | Kentucky | Jon Carnahan misses long on a fadeaway in the paint | 41-63 |
| 04:27 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee hits the follow up shot | 41-65 |
| 04:07 | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski connects on the runner from the left block | 43-65 |
| 03:42 | Kentucky | Harry Bucy blows the layup | 43-65 |
| 03:41 | South Carolina | The rebound goes to Gilberto Molina | 43-65 |
| Lineup | South Carolina | PG - Carlos Winters (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ivan Derezinski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Harrison (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Leonard Barnes (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. C - Gilberto Molina (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Harry Bucy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Nicholas Pegg (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Jerry Lee (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - John Jackson (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jon Carnahan (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 03:37 | South Carolina | David Harrison misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 43-65 |
| 03:35 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg snags the defensive board | 43-65 |
| 03:11 | Kentucky | Harry Bucy buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing and he's fouled by Carlos Winters - foul #2 on Carlos Winters, team foul #10 | 43-67 |
| Subs | South Carolina | William Baily (SG), James Mayne (C) Ivan Derezinski, Leonard Barnes | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Grant (SG), Bill Greenman (SF), Eldridge Kent (C) Nicholas Pegg, Jerry Lee, Jon Carnahan | |
| 03:11 | Kentucky | Harry Bucy makes the free throw | 43-68 |
| 02:51 | South Carolina | Eldridge Kent steps in front of the David Harrison pass | 43-68 |
| 02:46 | Kentucky | Harry Bucy makes the jumpshot from the left side on a nice dish by Bill Greenman | 43-70 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:37 | South Carolina | James Mayne makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Carlos Winters | 46-70 |
| 02:14 | Kentucky | John Jackson connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Patrick Grant | 46-73 |
| 02:09 | South Carolina | Carlos Winters clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 46-73 |
| 02:07 | Kentucky | John Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 46-73 |
| 01:45 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant slams it home set up by John Jackson | 46-75 |
| 01:30 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina's fadeaway is rejected by Eldridge Kent | 46-75 |
| 01:29 | Kentucky | John Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 46-75 |
| 01:06 | Kentucky | John Jackson hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 46-75 |
| 01:05 | South Carolina | James Mayne grabs the defensive rebound | 46-75 |
| 00:49 | South Carolina | David Harrison knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Carlos Winters | 49-75 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:21 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Eldridge Kent | 49-77 |
| Game Plan | South Carolina | South Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:16 | South Carolina | Harry Bucy is called for the reach on Carlos Winters - foul #4 on Harry Bucy, team foul #6 | 49-77 |
| Subs | South Carolina | Ivan Derezinski (SG), Leonard Barnes (PF) William Baily, James Mayne | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg (SG), Jerry Lee (PF), Jon Carnahan (C) Harry Bucy, John Jackson, Eldridge Kent | |
| 00:12 | South Carolina | Patrick Grant picks off the pass by Carlos Winters | 49-77 |
| 00:09 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant hits the finger roll | 49-79 |
| 00:03 | South Carolina | Gilberto Molina can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 49-79 |
| 00:01 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Jerry Lee | 49-79 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Jerry Lee runs out the clock | 49-79 |