Kentucky vs Vanderbilt

posted by
Walter Cornett
February 23, 1979

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
February 23, 1979	12:00 am	NCAA	1978-79

Results

Team	1st Half	2nd Half	1st OT	2nd OT	Final Score	Outcome
Kentucky	51	45	—	—	96	Win
Vanderbilt	37	33	—	—	70	Loss

Kentucky

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
23	Dwight Anderson	35	7	18	5	6	2	4	7	4	1	0	19
52	Lavon Williams	24	5	8	1	1	8	4	0	6	0	1	11
40	Fred Cowan	21	5	6	5	5	2	3	0	1	0	1	15
20	Dwane Casey	15	2	5	2	2	1	2	1	2	0	1	6
22	Truman Claytor	19	1	4	2	2	0	3	3	3	1	0	4
4	Kyle Macy	25	6	10	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	14
15	Chris Gettelfinger	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
25	Jay Shidler	24	4	6	5	6	3	3	4	2	0	2	13
34	Chuck Verderber	16	2	3	1	2	6	2	0	1	0	1	5
35	Clarence Tillman	19	2	3	3	3	6	4	1	2	1	3	7
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	200	34	63	28	31	33	27	19	22	3	10	96

Vanderbilt

#	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

MIN

200		200

FGM

34		28

FGA

63		57

3PM

0		0

3PA

0		0

FTM

28		14

FTA

31		25

0		0

33		30

27		29

AST

19		11

22		33

BLK

3		1

STL

10		7

PTS

96		70

Court

Rupp Arena

430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507, USA

Past Meetings

Date	Home	Results	Away	Time	Court
1979-02-07 00:00:00February 7, 1979	Vanderbilt	68 - 58	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1978-03-06 00:00:00March 6, 1978	Vanderbilt	68 - 78	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1978-01-02 00:00:00January 2, 1978	Kentucky	72 - 59	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1977-02-05 00:00:00February 5, 1977	Kentucky	113 - 73	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1977-01-08 00:00:00January 8, 1977	Vanderbilt	62 - 64	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1976-02-14 00:00:00February 14, 1976	Vanderbilt	69 - 65	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1976-01-17 00:00:00January 17, 1976	Kentucky	77 - 76	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1975-03-01 00:00:00March 1, 1975	Kentucky	109 - 84	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1975-01-27 00:00:00January 27, 1975	Vanderbilt	90 - 91	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1974-03-02 00:00:00March 2, 1974	Vanderbilt	71 - 69	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1974-01-28 00:00:00January 28, 1974	Kentucky	65 - 82	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1973-02-03 00:00:00February 3, 1973	Kentucky	76 - 83	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1973-01-22 00:00:00January 22, 1973	Vanderbilt	76 - 75	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1972-02-05 00:00:00February 5, 1972	Vanderbilt	80 - 85	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1972-01-24 00:00:00January 24, 1972	Kentucky	106 - 80	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-02-27 00:00:00February 27, 1971	Vanderbilt	90 - 119	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-01-30 00:00:00January 30, 1971	Kentucky	102 - 92	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1970-02-28 00:00:00February 28, 1970	Kentucky	90 - 86	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1970-01-31 00:00:00January 31, 1970	Vanderbilt	89 - 81	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1916-02-05 00:00:00February 5, 1916	Kentucky	20 - 23	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1916-02-04 00:00:00February 4, 1916	Kentucky	25 - 39	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1915-02-13 00:00:00February 13, 1915	Kentucky	36 - 24	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1915-02-12 00:00:00February 12, 1915	Kentucky	34 - 39	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1913-02-20 00:00:00February 20, 1913	Kentucky	42 - 29	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1913-02-19 00:00:00February 19, 1913	Kentucky	17 - 24	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1912-02-23 00:00:00February 23, 1912	Kentucky	22 - 18	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1912-02-22 00:00:00February 22, 1912	Kentucky	28 - 17	Vanderbilt	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On April 2, 2011, Kentucky made its 14th Final Four appearance in school history. The Wildcats faced Connecticut in the semifinal matchup, falling 55-56 to the eventual 2011 NCAA Champion.

On April 2, 2012, the Wildcats brought home the school’s eighth national championship after posting a 67-59 win over the Kansas Jayhawks in the title game. National Player of the Year Anthony Davis tallied only six points, but he earned Final Four Most Outstanding after pulling down 16 rebounds, blocking six shots and dishing out a game-high five assists. The Wildcats held the Jayhawks to 35.5 percent from the field, while outrebounding KU 43-35.

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