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Kentucky vs Mississippi State

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Walter Cornett
February 12, 1979

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Details

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

Results

Team	1st Half	2nd Half	1st OT	2nd OT	Final Score	Outcome
Kentucky	35	45	—	—	80	Win
Mississippi State	30	35	—	—	65	Loss

Kentucky

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
23	Dwight Anderson	40	4	12	0	0	18	23	0	14	4	3	5	0	0	26
52	Lavon Williams	20	5	7	0	0	4	7	0	5	5	1	1	0	0	14
40	Fred Cowan	14	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	Kyle Macy	40	7	9	0	0	5	5	0	5	3	3	1	0	1	19
25	Jay Shidler	30	3	4	0	0	4	6	0	1	4	1	5	0	2	10
20	Dwane Casey	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Truman Claytor	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Chuck Verderber	27	0	4	0	0	9	12	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	9
35	Clarence Tillman	17	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	2
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	200	20	49	0	0	40	56	0	40	26	8	13	0	4	80

Mississippi State

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
45	John Adams	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	0	2
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	1	0	2

MIN

200		200

FGM

20		24

FGA

49		60

3PM

0		0

3PA

0		0

FTM

40		17

FTA

56		29

OR

0		0

DR

40		39

PF

26		41

AST

8		8

TO

13		15

BLK

0		4

STL

4		7

PTS

80		65

Court

Rupp Arena

430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507, USA

Past Meetings

Date	Home	Results	Away	Time	Court
1979-01-15 00:00:00January 15, 1979	Mississippi State	63 - 61	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1978-02-18 00:00:00February 18, 1978	Kentucky	58 - 56	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1978-01-21 00:00:00January 21, 1978	Mississippi State	65 - 75	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1977-02-28 00:00:00February 28, 1977	Kentucky	77 - 64	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1977-01-31 00:00:00January 31, 1977	Mississippi State	85 - 92	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1976-03-08 00:00:00March 8, 1976	Kentucky	94 - 93	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1976-01-03 00:00:00January 3, 1976	Mississippi State	77 - 73	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1975-03-08 00:00:00March 8, 1975	Mississippi State	80 - 118	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1975-02-01 00:00:00February 1, 1975	Kentucky	112 - 79	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1974-03-04 00:00:00March 4, 1974	Kentucky	108 - 69	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1974-02-02 00:00:00February 2, 1974	Mississippi State	70 - 82	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1973-02-12 00:00:00February 12, 1973	Kentucky	100 - 87	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1973-01-08 00:00:00January 8, 1973	Mississippi State	81 - 90	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1972-02-14 00:00:00February 14, 1972	Mississippi State	55 - 63	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1972-01-10 00:00:00January 10, 1972	Kentucky	104 - 76	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-02-08 00:00:00February 8, 1971	Kentucky	102 - 83	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-01-04 00:00:00January 4, 1971	Mississippi State	71 - 79	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1970-02-09 00:00:00February 9, 1970	Mississippi State	57 - 86	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1970-01-05 00:00:00January 5, 1970	Kentucky	111 - 76	Mississippi State	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A

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