- Friday, March 21 1952 -
NCAA East Regional First Round (at Raleigh, NC)
Kentucky - 82 (Head Coach: Adolph Rupp) - [Final Ranked 1st by AP]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby Linville | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Lou Tsioropoulos | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Lucian Whitaker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| Gene Neff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Billy Evans | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Cliff Hagan | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| Ronald Clark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gayle Rose | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Frank Ramsey | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Willie Rouse | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Bobby Watson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| James Flynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 12 | 25 | 21 | 82 |
Penn State - 54 (Head Coach: Elmer Gross) - [Unranked]
| Player | FG | FT | FTA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Weidenhammer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Piorkowski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Hardy Williams | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| John Sherry | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Jay McMahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jesse Arnelle | 8 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| Ed Haag | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Herm Sledzik | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Totals | 19 | 16 | 30 | 20 | 54 |
| Prior Game | | | Next Game |
| Louisiana State 44 - 43 | | | St. Johns 57 - 64 |
