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Kentucky vs Alabama

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Walter Cornett
February 20, 1978

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Details

Date	Time	League	Season
February 20, 1978	12:00 am	NCAA	1977-78

Results

Team	1st Half	2nd Half	1st OT	2nd OT	Final Score	Outcome
Kentucky	47	50	—	—	97	Win
Alabama	31	53	—	—	84	Loss

Kentucky

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
21	Jack Givens	25	9	10	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	22
53	Rick Robey	25	6	6	0	0	6	6	0	6	4	5	0	0	2	18
55	Mike Phillips	20	5	7	0	0	1	2	0	2	5	1	0	0	3	11
4	Kyle Macy	39	5	9	0	0	5	6	0	2	3	5	0	0	4	15
22	Truman Claytor	20	1	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	3	4	0	0	2	4
15	Chris Gettelfinger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Jay Shidler	16	2	5	0	0	4	4	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	8
30	Tim Stephens	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
32	James Lee	29	3	4	0	0	7	8	0	9	1	2	0	0	7	13
40	Fred Cowan	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
44	Scott Courts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Chuck Aleksinas	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2
52	Lavon Williams	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	2
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	200	34	51	0	0	29	34	0	30	29	23	0	0	22	97

Alabama

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OR	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
	Ken Johnson	32	4	12	0	0	2	3	0	2	4	1	0	0	1	10
	Reginald King	38	9	16	0	0	6	9	0	14	4	1	0	0	2	24
	Chris Bragwell	8	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
	Robert Scott	32	8	14	0	0	4	6	0	1	5	4	0	0	4	20
	Anthony Murray	26	2	8	0	0	1	4	0	4	5	7	0	0	2	5
	Kent Looney	31	6	12	0	0	5	6	0	6	3	4	0	0	2	17
	Robert Chapman	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
	Greg McElveen	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2
	Richie Hood	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Kelly Shy	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	200	32	71	0	0	20	30	0	31	27	17	0	0	14	84

MIN

200		200

FGM

34		32

FGA

51		71

3PM

0		0

3PA

0		0

FTM

29		20

FTA

34		30

OR

0		0

DR

30		31

PF

29		27

AST

23		17

TO

0		0

BLK

0		0

STL

22		14

PTS

97		84

Court

Rupp Arena

430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507, USA

Past Meetings

Date	Home	Results	Away	Time	Court
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

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