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Kentucky vs Mississippi State

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Walter Cornett
February 18, 1978

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Details

Date	Time	League	Season
February 18, 1978	12:00 am	NCAA	1977-78

Results

Team	1st Half	2nd Half	1st OT	2nd OT	Final Score	Outcome
Kentucky	39	19	—	—	58	Win
Mississippi State	29	27	—	—	56	Loss

Kentucky

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
21	Jack Givens	35	6	13	0	0	2	3	0	5	4	3	0	0	4	14
53	Rick Robey	35	2	5	0	0	4	5	0	5	3	4	0	0	5	8
55	Mike Phillips	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2
4	Kyle Macy	40	5	9	0	0	4	4	0	5	3	4	0	0	0	14
22	Truman Claytor	30	4	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	10
25	Jay Shidler	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
32	James Lee	34	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	6	8
50	Chuck Aleksinas	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
52	Lavon Williams	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	200	23	44	0	0	12	14	0	26	21	12	0	0	19	58

Mississippi State

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
	Rick Moss	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
	Wiley Peck	39	6	6	0	0	1	2	0	2	4	2	0	0	4	13
	Rickey Brown	38	8	12	0	0	2	5	0	6	4	2	0	0	4	18
	Ray White	38	3	12	0	0	6	7	0	6	1	7	0	0	4	12
	Greg Grim	31	6	9	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13
	Al Perry	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Gary Hooker	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
	Walter Wright	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	199	23	44	0	0	10	16	0	21	16	15	0	0	13	56

MIN

200		199

FGM

23		23

FGA

44		44

3PM

0		0

3PA

0		0

FTM

12		10

FTA

14		16

OR

0		0

DR

26		21

PF

21		16

AST

12		15

TO

0		0

BLK

0		0

STL

19		13

PTS

58		56

Court

Rupp Arena

430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507, USA

Past Meetings

Date	Home	Results	Away	Time	Court
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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