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Kentucky vs Auburn

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Walter Cornett
January 29, 1979

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Details

Date	Time	League	Season
January 29, 1979	12:00 am	NCAA	1978-79

Results

Team	1st Half	2nd Half	1st OT	2nd OT	Final Score	Outcome
Kentucky	33	33	—	—	66	Win
Auburn	33	26	—	—	59	Loss

Kentucky

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
23	Dwight Anderson	40	6	14	0	0	1	2	0	4	2	4	3	0	1	13
52	Lavon Williams	29	3	10	0	0	3	4	0	14	5	3	4	0	0	9
34	Chuck Verderber	18	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	6
4	Kyle Macy	36	3	12	0	0	2	4	0	2	2	2	2	0	3	8
22	Truman Claytor	31	6	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	12
25	Jay Shidler	13	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
35	Clarence Tillman	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	169	22	55	0	0	12	16	0	28	15	9	11	0	6	56

Auburn

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

MIN

169		200

FGM

22		24

FGA

55		51

3PM

0		0

3PA

0		0

FTM

12		11

FTA

16		15

OR

0		0

DR

28		29

PF

15		20

AST

9		12

TO

11		23

BLK

0		4

STL

6		7

PTS

56		59

Court

Rupp Arena

430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507, USA

Past Meetings

Date	Home	Results	Away	Time	Court
1979-01-25 00:00:00January 25, 1979	Auburn	83 - 86	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1978-02-06 00:00:00February 6, 1978	Kentucky	104 - 81	Auburn	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1978-01-09 00:00:00January 9, 1978	Auburn	77 - 101	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1977-02-12 00:00:00February 12, 1977	Kentucky	89 - 82	Auburn	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1977-01-15 00:00:00January 15, 1977	Auburn	68 - 75	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1976-02-23 00:00:00February 23, 1976	Kentucky	93 - 82	Auburn	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1976-01-26 00:00:00January 26, 1976	Auburn	91 - 84	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1975-02-10 00:00:00February 10, 1975	Kentucky	119 - 76	Auburn	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1975-01-11 00:00:00January 11, 1975	Auburn	90 - 85	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1974-02-11 00:00:00February 11, 1974	Auburn	99 - 97	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1974-01-12 00:00:00January 12, 1974	Kentucky	79 - 58	Auburn	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1973-03-03 00:00:00March 3, 1973	Auburn	79 - 91	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1973-02-05 00:00:00February 5, 1973	Kentucky	88 - 57	Auburn	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1972-03-06 00:00:00March 6, 1972	Kentucky	102 - 67	Auburn	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1972-02-07 00:00:00February 7, 1972	Auburn	72 - 78	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-03-01 00:00:00March 1, 1971	Auburn	83 - 102	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-02-01 00:00:00February 1, 1971	Kentucky	114 - 76	Auburn	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1970-03-02 00:00:00March 2, 1970	Kentucky	102 - 81	Auburn	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1970-02-02 00:00:00February 2, 1970	Auburn	83 - 84	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A

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