| Scoring | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Kentucky | 38 | 49 | 87 |
| Iowa State | 27 | 44 | 71 |
March 17, 2012 at 7:45 pm (EDT) KFC Yum! Center 21757 fans attending
HOME Kentucky “Wildcats” (34-2)
| # | Name | Min | Pos | Pts | FG m-a | 3PT m-a | FT m-a | A | RB o-t | BL | ST | TO | PF |
| 25 | Teague, M | 36 | G | 24 | 10-14 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 7 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | Miller, D | 35 | G | 19 | 7-11 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Lamb, D | 20 | G | 16 | 5-8 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | Davis, A | 40 | F | 15 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 7-9 | 5 | 4-12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Jones, T | 33 | F | 8 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 4-11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 33 | Wiltjer, K | 3 | F | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kidd-Gilchrist, M | 33 | F | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals: | 200 | 87 | 31-56 | 10-20 | 15-22 | 19 | 12-40 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Percentages: | .554 | .500 | .682 | ||||||||||
VISITOR Iowa State “Cyclones” (23-11)
| # | Name | Min | Pos | Pts | FG m-a | 3PT m-a | FT m-a | A | RB o-t | BL | ST | TO | PF |
| 30 | White, R | 34 | F | 23 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 5-9 | 4 | 1-9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Allen, C | 37 | G | 16 | 6-19 | 1-10 | 3-3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Christopherson, S | 31 | G | 15 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Gibson, P | 10 | C | 9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Ejim, M | 30 | F | 4 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 0 | 6-9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Palo, B | 12 | G | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Babb, C | 27 | G | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Booker, A | 6 | F | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | McGee, T | 14 | G | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals: | 201 | 71 | 25-61 | 3-22 | 18-25 | 7 | 12-31 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | ||
| Percentages: | .410 | .136 | .720 | ||||||||||
Officials: Gerry Pollard, Jamie Luckie, Sean Corbin
Data source: The Associated Press