Kentucky vs Mississippi State

posted by
Walter Cornett
February 28, 1977

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
February 28, 1977	12:00 am	NCAA	1976-77

Results

Team	1st Half	2nd Half	1st OT	2nd OT	Final Score	Outcome
Kentucky	31	46	—	—	77	Win
Mississippi State	27	37	—	—	64	Loss

Kentucky

#	Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
21	Jack Givens	22	5	9	2	2	4	5	3	2	2	2	12
53	Rick Robey	38	4	7	11	11	8	4	2	5	0	2	19
55	Mike Phillips	15	4	9	2	2	3	3	1	2	1	0	10
12	Larry Johnson	38	5	7	3	4	3	1	7	5	0	1	13
25	Jay Shidler	14	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	2
20	Dwane Casey	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	Truman Claytor	24	1	4	2	3	2	3	2	1	0	1	4
30	Merion Haskins	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
32	James Lee	27	5	5	5	8	5	3	3	3	0	0	15
52	Lavon Williams	11	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
	Team	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	200	26	49	25	31	33	22	19	22	3	8	77

Mississippi State

Player	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	DR	PF	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS
Gary Hooker	29	4	9	5	6	1	3	1	2	0	1	13
Wiley Peck	25	5	7	3	4	4	4	1	2	1	2	13
Rickey Brown	21	7	11	3	4	2	5	1	4	0	1	17
Ray White	33	5	9	1	2	6	5	1	4	0	1	11
Al Perry	39	2	4	0	0	2	2	9	3	0	2	4
Larry Fitzgerald	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Walter Wright	30	0	2	2	3	1	3	3	3	0	0	2
James Mundie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Moss	14	1	4	2	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	4
Don Coleman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lorenza Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	200	24	47	16	21	22	27	18	21	1	7	64

MIN

200		200

FGM

26		24

FGA

49		47

3PM

0		0

3PA

0		0

FTM

25		16

FTA

31		21

0		0

33		22

22		27

AST

19		18

22		21

BLK

3		1

STL

8		7

PTS

77		64

Court

Rupp Arena

430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507, USA

Past Meetings

Date	Home	Results	Away	Time	Court
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

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 16, 1985, in a win over UNLV, Kenny Walker scored 23 points and provided a key block in the final minutes as the Wildcats advanced to the West Regional final .

On March 16, 2002, Tayshaun Prince scored 41 points against Tulsa in the NCAA Tournament.

On March 16, 2003, after running the table in regular-season Southeastern Conference play, Kentucky defeats Mississippi State, 64-57, in the finals of the SEC Tournament to secure its 24th league tourney crown and complete a 19-0 season sweep of conference opponents. It marked the first time the feat had been accomplished in 51 seasons.

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