March 8, 1998
SOUTH CAROLINA (56) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpWilliams 25 6-8 7-11 2-9 0 3 19Grant 24 0-3 0-0 0-2 4 2 0Stack 30 3-8 0-0 2-9 0 4 6Mckie 37 4-11 0-0 1-3 2 2 12Watson 33 3-11 2-3 1-3 4 2 8Nix 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Johnson 12 1-1 0-0 2-3 0 0 2Davis 10 1-6 0-0 1-1 0 1 2Gallman 12 3-7 1-2 4-5 0 1 7Rouse 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 21-57 10-16 13-35 10 16 56_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.368, FT-.625. 3-Point Goals:4-16, .250 (Grant 0-2, Mckie 4-7, Watson 0-1,Davis 0-5, Rouse 0-1). Team rebounds: 1. Blockedshots: 5 (Stack 2, Watson 2, Williams).Turnovers: 19 (Grant 4, Mckie 4, Nix 3, Rouse 2,Stack 2, Williams 2, Watson). Steals: 3 (Johnson,Stack, Watson).KENTUCKY (86) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tpEdwards 28 3-7 7-8 2-3 5 1 15Turner 33 7-17 2-2 1-2 4 0 18Mohammed 23 4-8 0-0 3-7 0 2 8Evans 31 4-6 1-2 1-6 3 1 11Padgett 28 3-9 0-0 0-4 0 4 9Mills 14 2-3 0-0 2-3 2 2 6Smith 12 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 3Bradley 11 1-1 0-0 0-3 2 3 2Magloire 8 0-3 1-2 1-2 0 4 1Anthony 6 3-3 1-1 1-3 1 0 7Hogan 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Masiello 3 2-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 6_______________________________________________TOTALS 200 30-62 13-17 11-34 18 18 86_______________________________________________Percentages: FG-.484, FT-.765. 3-Point Goals:13-27, .481 (Edwards 2-5, Turner 2-7, Evans 2-3,Padgett 3-5, Mills 2-3, Smith 1-2, Hogan 0-1,Masiello 1-1). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 8(Mohammed 3, Padgett 3, Evans, Bradley).Turnovers: 10 (Magloire 2, Turner 2, Bradley,Edwards, Evans, Mohammed, Padgett, Smith).Steals: 10 (Edwards 3, Evans, Masiello, Mills,Mohammed, Padgett, Smith, Turner).__________________________________South Carolina 30 26 - 56Kentucky 40 46 - 86__________________________________Technical fouls: None. A: 24,545. Officials: DonRutledge, John Clougherty, Andre Pattillo.