Alabama vs Kentucky

posted by
Walter Cornett
March 1, 1979

Details

Date	Time	League	Season	Game Notes
March 1, 1979	12:00 am	NCAA	1978-79	SEC Tournament

Results

Team	1st Half	2nd Half	Final Score	Outcome
Alabama	55	45	100	Loss
Kentucky	49	52	101	Win

Alabama

#	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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kentucky

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
23	Dwight Anderson	40	7	11	5	8	5	3	4	1	0	1	19
52	Lavon Williams	16	5	7	0	0	4	4	1	3	0	0	10
40	Fred Cowan	25	6	9	1	3	2	4	0	0	0	1	13
4	Kyle Macy	40	9	16	4	4	4	3	7	5	0	2	22
22	Truman Claytor	28	11	14	3	3	0	2	2	5	0	1	25
25	Jay Shidler	12	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	6
34	Chuck Verderber	31	2	3	2	3	4	3	3	1	0	1	6
35	Clarence Tillman	8	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	200	43	63	15	22	29	23	17	17	1	6	101

MIN

200		200

FGM

41		43

FGA

71		63

3PM

0		0

3PA

0		0

FTM

18		15

FTA

24		22

0		0

30		29

24		23

AST

18		17

14		17

BLK

2		1

STL

10		6

PTS

100		101

Court

BJCC Coliseum

Fourth Avenue Historic District, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 35203, United States

Past Meetings

Date	Home	Results	Away	Time	Court
1979-02-10 00:00:00February 10, 1979	Kentucky	80 - 71	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1979-01-13 00:00:00January 13, 1979	Alabama	55 - 52	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1978-02-20 00:00:00February 20, 1978	Kentucky	97 - 84	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1978-01-23 00:00:00January 23, 1978	Alabama	78 - 62	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1977-02-26 00:00:00February 26, 1977	Kentucky	85 - 70	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1977-01-29 00:00:00January 29, 1977	Alabama	85 - 87	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1976-03-06 00:00:00March 6, 1976	Kentucky	90 - 85	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1976-01-05 00:00:00January 5, 1976	Alabama	76 - 63	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1975-02-22 00:00:00February 22, 1975	Alabama	79 - 84	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1975-01-20 00:00:00January 20, 1975	Kentucky	74 - 69	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1974-02-23 00:00:00February 23, 1974	Kentucky	71 - 94	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1974-01-21 00:00:00January 21, 1974	Alabama	81 - 77	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1973-02-26 00:00:00February 26, 1973	Kentucky	111 - 95	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1973-01-29 00:00:00January 29, 1973	Alabama	93 - 95	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1972-02-28 00:00:00February 28, 1972	Alabama	73 - 70	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1972-01-31 00:00:00January 31, 1972	Kentucky	77 - 74	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-02-22 00:00:00February 22, 1971	Kentucky	101 - 74	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-02-22 00:00:00February 22, 1971	Kentucky	101 - 74	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1971-01-25 00:00:00January 25, 1971	Alabama	73 - 86	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1970-02-23 00:00:00February 23, 1970	Alabama	89 - 98	Kentucky	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A
1970-01-26 00:00:00January 26, 1970	Kentucky	86 - 71	Alabama	00:00:0012:00 am	N/A

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 8, 1949, Kentucky ends the year ranked No. 1 in the first season of the Associated Press basketball poll.

On March 8, 1976, Jack Givens keys a late rally as UK outlasts Mississippi State, 94-93 in overtime, in the last game played at Memorial Coliseum. The final UK regular season game ever in the venerable Memorial Coliseum seemed headed for a crushing letdown. Kentucky trailed Mississippi State 84-77 with 1:23 left in regulation. Lifted by a crowd of 12,200, the Cats fiercely rallied, and, with eight seconds left, Jack Givens buried a short jumper to force overtime.

On March 8, 1984, Melvin Turpin scored 42 points against Georgia in the 1984 SEC Tournament. The 42 - his 42nd came on the game's last shot — established a new scoring record for the SEC Tournament. Turpin's 18 field goals also made him No. 1 in the SEC tournament annals.

On March 8, 2025, Kentucky defeats No. 15 Missouri, 91-83, for its eighth win over an Associated Press Top 15 team in Mark Pope's first season as head coach. It is the most wins over AP Top 15 foes in program history and ties Indiana (1992-93) and Duke (1978-79) for the most top 15 wins ever in a single season. Pope's team finishes the year 24-12 overall and earned a trip to the program's first Sweet 16 since 2019.

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