| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Graham Strong (fresh) SG - Marvin Valente (fresh) SF - Ronald Raphael (fresh) PF - Joseph Reinhart (fresh) C - Kenneth Brown (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - John Ferri (fresh) SG - Gregory Ogorman (fresh) SF - Justin Hartmann (fresh) PF - William Macha (fresh) C - Willie Schwalenberg (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Vanderbilt | William Macha wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Justin Hartmann | 0-2 |
| 19:28 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael drills a shot from the right block | 2-2 |
| 19:03 | Vanderbilt | Joseph Reinhart picks off the pass by Justin Hartmann | 2-2 |
| 18:44 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael lays it up and in set up by Graham Strong and he's fouled by William Macha - foul #1 on William Macha, team foul #1 | 4-2 |
| 18:44 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael misses the free throw | 4-2 |
| 18:44 | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman grabs the board | 4-2 |
| 18:23 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 4-2 |
| 18:22 | Kentucky | Joseph Reinhart gets the rebound | 4-2 |
| 18:12 | Kentucky | Joseph Reinhart clanks a shot from the free throw line | 4-2 |
| 18:11 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann pulls down the rebound | 4-2 |
| 17:45 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg hits a fadeaway from the right block set up by Justin Hartmann and he's hacked by Kenneth Brown - foul #1 on Kenneth Brown, team foul #1 | 4-4 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Tyrone Powell (SF) Ronald Raphael | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson (PG), Thomas Pattison (SF), Ronald Chambers (PF) John Ferri, Justin Hartmann, William Macha | |
| 17:45 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg makes the free throw | 4-5 |
| 17:25 | Kentucky | Ronald Chambers picks off the pass by Graham Strong | 4-5 |
| 17:21 | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 4-5 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Adkins (PG), John Jackson (SG), Allen Fisk (C) Graham Strong, Marvin Valente, Kenneth Brown | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews (SG), Sean Rine (C) Gregory Ogorman, Willie Schwalenberg | |
| 17:08 | Kentucky | Joseph Reinhart makes the runner from the baseline | 6-5 |
| 16:39 | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson is by himself and knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Thomas Pattison | 6-8 |
| 16:29 | Kentucky | Sean Rine steals it from Joseph Reinhart | 6-8 |
| 16:08 | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews drills a 3 pointer from straight away | 6-11 |
| 15:58 | Kentucky | John Jackson misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 6-11 |
| 15:57 | Kentucky | Joseph Reinhart tips it home | 8-11 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Adkins (fresh) SG - John Jackson (fresh) SF - Tyrone Powell (fairly fresh) PF - Joseph Reinhart (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Allen Fisk (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Kenneth Ferguson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Ben Andrews (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Thomas Pattison (fairly fresh) PF - Ronald Chambers (fairly fresh) C - Sean Rine (fresh) | |
| 15:28 | Vanderbilt | Ronald Chambers makes the wide open pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Kenneth Ferguson | 8-13 |
| 15:14 | Kentucky | Joseph Reinhart hits a jumper from the left block and he's hacked by Ronald Chambers - foul #1 on Ronald Chambers, team foul #2 | 10-13 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Graham Strong (PG), Marvin Valente (SG), Ronald Raphael (SF), Kenneth Brown (C) Robert Adkins, John Jackson, Tyrone Powell, Allen Fisk | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | John Ferri (PG), Gregory Ogorman (SG), Justin Hartmann (SF), William Macha (PF), Willie Schwalenberg (C) Kenneth Ferguson, Ben Andrews, Thomas Pattison, Ronald Chambers, Sean Rine | |
| 15:14 | Kentucky | Joseph Reinhart makes the free throw | 11-13 |
| 14:45 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann buries a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from John Ferri | 11-15 |
| 14:24 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente drills a shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Graham Strong | 13-15 |
| 14:20 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #1 on Justin Hartmann, team foul #3 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Thomas Good (PF) Joseph Reinhart | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| 14:09 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente banks in the layup | 15-15 |
| 13:44 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg misses long on a turnaround in the lane but he's fouled by Ronald Raphael - foul #1 on Ronald Raphael, team foul #2 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (SG), Tyrone Powell (SF) Marvin Valente, Ronald Raphael | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews (PG) John Ferri | |
| 13:44 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg makes the 1st free throw | 15-16 |
| 13:44 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg misses the 2nd free throw | 15-16 |
| 13:44 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Thomas Good | 15-16 |
| 13:27 | Kentucky | The jump hook by Kenneth Brown is blocked by Willie Schwalenberg | 15-16 |
| 13:25 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown tips it in | 17-16 |
| 12:56 | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 17-16 |
| 12:55 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann gets the offensive rebound | 17-16 |
| 12:41 | Vanderbilt | William Macha makes the jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Ben Andrews | 17-18 |
| 12:25 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown connects on the jumper from the right wing set up by John Jackson and he's hacked by Willie Schwalenberg - foul #1 on Willie Schwalenberg, team foul #4 | 19-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Adkins (PG), Marvin Valente (SG), Ronald Raphael (SF), Allen Fisk (C) Graham Strong, John Jackson, Tyrone Powell, Thomas Good | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | John Ferri (PG), Kenneth Ferguson (SG), Thomas Pattison (SF), Sean Rine (PF) Ben Andrews, Gregory Ogorman, Justin Hartmann, William Macha | |
| 12:25 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown misses the free throw | 19-18 |
| 12:25 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg snags the defensive board | 19-18 |
| 12:10 | Vanderbilt | Sean Rine's fadeaway is rejected by Kenneth Brown | 19-18 |
| 12:09 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg grabs the offensive rebound | 19-18 |
| 11:46 | Vanderbilt | Allen Fisk steals the ball from John Ferri | 19-18 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Adkins (fresh) SG - Marvin Valente (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ronald Raphael (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Kenneth Brown (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Allen Fisk (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - John Ferri (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Ferguson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Pattison (fresh) PF - Sean Rine (fresh) C - Willie Schwalenberg (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:25 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown clanks a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Thomas Pattison - foul #1 on Thomas Pattison, team foul #5 | 19-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (SG) Ronald Raphael | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman (SG), Ronald Chambers (PF) John Ferri, Willie Schwalenberg | |
| 11:25 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown misses the 1st free throw | 19-18 |
| 11:25 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 20-18 |
| 11:00 | Vanderbilt | Thomas Pattison loses the dribble to Allen Fisk | 20-18 |
| 10:37 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente is called for traveling | 20-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ralph Despres (PG), Tyrone Powell (SF), Joseph Reinhart (PF), Thomas Good (C) Robert Adkins, Marvin Valente, Kenneth Brown, Allen Fisk | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews (SG), William Macha (PF) Gregory Ogorman, Sean Rine | |
| 10:35 | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson is hacked by Ralph Despres in the backcourt - foul #1 on Ralph Despres, team foul #3 | 20-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | John Ferri (PG) Kenneth Ferguson | |
| 10:14 | Vanderbilt | William Macha misses long on a turnaround near the basket but he's fouled by Joseph Reinhart - foul #1 on Joseph Reinhart, team foul #4 | 20-18 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Graham Strong (PG) Ralph Despres | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann (SF) Thomas Pattison | |
| 10:14 | Vanderbilt | William Macha misses the 1st free throw | 20-18 |
| 10:14 | Vanderbilt | William Macha makes the 2nd free throw | 20-19 |
| 10:05 | Kentucky | Graham Strong misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 20-19 |
| 10:04 | Vanderbilt | William Macha pulls down the rebound | 20-19 |
| 10:00 | Vanderbilt | Tyrone Powell is called for the reach on Ben Andrews in the backcourt - foul #1 on Tyrone Powell, team foul #5 | 20-19 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael (SF) Tyrone Powell | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman (SG), Willie Schwalenberg (C) John Ferri, Ronald Chambers | |
| 09:37 | Vanderbilt | William Macha hits a jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Gregory Ogorman | 20-21 |
| 09:15 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael misses badly on a jumper near the basket | 20-21 |
| 09:13 | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman grabs the defensive rebound | 20-21 |
| 09:07 | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman hits a jumper from the right side on a great pass from Ben Andrews | 20-23 |
| 08:52 | Kentucky | Graham Strong misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 20-23 |
| 08:50 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael misses the tip | 20-23 |
| 08:49 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg snags the defensive board | 20-23 |
| 08:46 | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 20-23 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Adkins (PG), Marvin Valente (SG), Tyrone Powell (SF), Allen Fisk (C) Graham Strong, John Jackson, Ronald Raphael, Thomas Good | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson (PG), Thomas Pattison (SF), Ronald Chambers (PF), Sean Rine (C) Ben Andrews, Justin Hartmann, William Macha, Willie Schwalenberg | |
| 08:35 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente buries a jumpshot from the left side on a nice dish by Joseph Reinhart and the foul's on Ronald Chambers - foul #2 on Ronald Chambers, team foul #6 | 22-23 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | John Ferri (PG), Willie Schwalenberg (C) Gregory Ogorman, Ronald Chambers | |
| 08:35 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente makes the free throw | 23-23 |
| 08:08 | Vanderbilt | Thomas Pattison is whistled for traveling | 23-23 |
| 07:55 | Kentucky | Kenneth Ferguson picks off the pass by Joseph Reinhart | 23-23 |
| 07:51 | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson hits the finger roll | 23-25 |
| 07:32 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente is hacked by Willie Schwalenberg - foul #2 on Willie Schwalenberg, team foul #7 | 23-25 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Graham Strong (PG), Kenneth Brown (C) Robert Adkins, Allen Fisk | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews (SG), Justin Hartmann (SF), William Macha (PF) John Ferri, Sean Rine, Willie Schwalenberg | |
| 07:32 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente makes the 1st free throw | 24-25 |
| 07:32 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente makes the 2nd free throw | 25-25 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Graham Strong (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Marvin Valente (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Tyrone Powell (fresh) PF - Joseph Reinhart (tiring) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Kenneth Brown (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Kenneth Ferguson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ben Andrews (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Justin Hartmann (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - William Macha (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Thomas Pattison (fresh) | |
| 07:11 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann is alone and drills a fadeaway from the right block set up by William Macha | 25-27 |
| 07:05 | Kentucky | Graham Strong is called for traveling in the backcourt | 25-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (SG), Ronald Raphael (SF), Thomas Good (PF) Marvin Valente, Tyrone Powell, Joseph Reinhart | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman (SG) Ben Andrews | |
| 06:45 | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 25-27 |
| 06:43 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael gets the rebound | 25-27 |
| 06:26 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown's floater is tipped away by Justin Hartmann | 25-27 |
| 06:24 | Vanderbilt | The rebound goes to Justin Hartmann | 25-27 |
| 06:09 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 25-27 |
| 06:08 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown pulls down the rebound | 25-27 |
| 06:00 | Kentucky | Graham Strong connects on the 3 pointer from straight away set up by John Jackson | 28-27 |
| 05:40 | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Kenneth Ferguson | 28-30 |
| 05:11 | Kentucky | Justin Hartmann is called for the reach on Ronald Raphael - foul #2 on Justin Hartmann, team foul #8 | 28-30 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Adkins (PG), Marvin Valente (SG), Joseph Reinhart (PF), Allen Fisk (C) Graham Strong, John Jackson, Thomas Good, Kenneth Brown | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | John Ferri (PG), Ben Andrews (SG), Sean Rine (C) Kenneth Ferguson, Gregory Ogorman, Justin Hartmann | |
| 05:11 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael makes the 1st free throw | 29-30 |
| 05:11 | Kentucky | Ronald Raphael misses the 2nd free throw | 29-30 |
| 05:11 | Vanderbilt | William Macha snags the defensive board | 29-30 |
| 04:49 | Vanderbilt | Sean Rine drills a fadeaway near the basket set up by John Ferri | 29-32 |
| 04:33 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente is hacked by Thomas Pattison - foul #2 on Thomas Pattison, team foul #9 | 29-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Tyrone Powell (SF) Ronald Raphael | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg (C) Thomas Pattison | |
| 04:33 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente makes the 1st free throw | 30-32 |
| 04:33 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente makes the 2nd free throw | 31-32 |
| 04:10 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by John Ferri | 31-34 |
| 03:50 | Kentucky | Joseph Reinhart can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 31-34 |
| 03:49 | Vanderbilt | The rebound goes to William Macha | 31-34 |
| 03:44 | Vanderbilt | Sean Rine is fouled in the backcourt by Allen Fisk - foul #1 on Allen Fisk, team foul #6 | 31-34 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (SG), Kenneth Brown (C) Marvin Valente, Allen Fisk | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman (SG), Justin Hartmann (SF), Ronald Chambers (PF) John Ferri, Sean Rine, William Macha | |
| 03:22 | Vanderbilt | John Jackson steals it from Gregory Ogorman | 31-34 |
| 03:19 | Kentucky | John Jackson misses the dunk | 31-34 |
| 03:18 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann snags the defensive board | 31-34 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Adkins (fairly fresh) SG - John Jackson (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Tyrone Powell (fresh) PF - Joseph Reinhart (tiring) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Kenneth Brown (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Vanderbilt | PG - Ben Andrews (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gregory Ogorman (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Justin Hartmann (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ronald Chambers (fresh) 2 pts. C - Willie Schwalenberg (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:13 | Vanderbilt | Gregory Ogorman hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Willie Schwalenberg | 31-36 |
| 03:08 | Kentucky | John Jackson connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Robert Adkins | 34-36 |
| 02:45 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann is open and scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Ben Andrews | 34-38 |
| 02:30 | Kentucky | Joseph Reinhart is hacked by Ronald Chambers - foul #3 on Ronald Chambers, team foul #10 | 34-38 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Graham Strong (PG), Ronald Raphael (SF), Allen Fisk (C) Robert Adkins, Tyrone Powell, Kenneth Brown | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson (PG), Sean Rine (PF) Ben Andrews, Ronald Chambers | |
| 02:30 | Kentucky | Joseph Reinhart makes the 1st free throw | 35-38 |
| 02:30 | Kentucky | Joseph Reinhart misses the 2nd free throw | 35-38 |
| 02:30 | Vanderbilt | Willie Schwalenberg grabs the defensive rebound | 35-38 |
| 02:13 | Vanderbilt | Sean Rine is fouled on the floor by Joseph Reinhart - foul #2 on Joseph Reinhart, team foul #7 | 35-38 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Marvin Valente (SG), Thomas Good (PF) John Jackson, Joseph Reinhart | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| 02:13 | Vanderbilt | Sean Rine makes the 1st free throw | 35-39 |
| 02:13 | Vanderbilt | Sean Rine misses the 2nd free throw | 35-39 |
| 02:13 | Kentucky | Allen Fisk grabs the board | 35-39 |
| 01:58 | Kentucky | Graham Strong misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 35-39 |
| 01:56 | Vanderbilt | Sean Rine pulls down the rebound | 35-39 |
| 01:37 | Vanderbilt | Kenneth Ferguson clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 35-39 |
| 01:36 | Vanderbilt | Justin Hartmann misses the tip | 35-39 |
| 01:35 | Kentucky | Marvin Valente grabs the defensive rebound | 35-39 |
| 01:11 | Kentucky | Graham Strong's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-39 |
| Subs | Kentucky | John Jackson (SG), Tyrone Powell (SF), Kenneth Brown (C) Marvin Valente, Ronald Raphael, Allen Fisk | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | John Ferri (PG), Thomas Pattison (SF), William Macha (PF) Kenneth Ferguson, Justin Hartmann, Sean Rine | |
| 00:54 | Vanderbilt | John Ferri is whistled for a carry | 35-39 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Ralph Despres (PG) Graham Strong | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | | |
| 00:41 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown buries a shot from the free throw line and he's hacked by Willie Schwalenberg - foul #3 on Willie Schwalenberg, team foul #11 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Adkins (PG) Ralph Despres | |
| Subs | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews (SG), Justin Hartmann (SF) Gregory Ogorman, Willie Schwalenberg | |
| 00:41 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown makes the free throw | 38-39 |
| 00:18 | Vanderbilt | Ben Andrews misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 38-39 |
| 00:16 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown pulls down the rebound | 38-39 |
| 00:11 | Kentucky | John Jackson drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Robert Adkins | 41-39 |
| 00:05 | Vanderbilt | Thomas Pattison can't connect on a runner from close range | 41-39 |
| 00:03 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown gets the rebound | 41-39 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Kenneth Brown comes up short on the halfcourt shot | 41-39 |