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2009-10 Gamenotes Vanderbilt Athletic Communications 2601 Jess Neely Drive Nashville, TN 37212 Basketball SID: Andy Boggs Phone: (615) 343-1847 Email: [email protected] Website: VUCommodores.com 2009-10 BasketBall schedule Game at a Glance Date Opponent Site Time - November - #18/20 Vanderbilt (17-4, 6-1 SEC) vs. Georgia (9-11, 1-6 SEC) 10 Alabama-Huntsville# Memorial Gym W, 91-56 Saturday * February 6, 2009 * 7 p.m. CT 16 Lipscomb Memorial Gym W, 95-73 Stegeman Coliseum - Athens, Ga. 20 St. Mary’s Moraga, Calif. W, 72-70 TV: FSN, ESPN360.com, ESPN Full Court 2009 EA Sports Maui Invitational 23 Cincinnati (ESPN2) Lahaina, Hawaii L, 58-67 24 Chaminade (ESPN2) Lahaina, Hawaii W, 68-41 Series Info: This will be the 129th meeting between the two schools. Vanderbilt holds 25 Arizona (ESPNU) Lahaina, Hawaii W, 84-72 a 81-47 advantage in the all-time series; the Bulldogs own a 32-28 advantage in games - December - played in Athens. 2 Missouri (ESPNU) Memorial Gym W, 89-83 Last Meeting: Georgia won the last meeting between the two teams last year in 5 DePaul Memorial Gym W, 67-54 Athens, 61-57. 8 Illinois (Big Ten Network) Champaign, Ill. L, 68-79 Coaches: Kevin Stallings is in his 11th year at Vanderbilt (206-132) and his 17th 11 Western Kentucky^ (CSS) Nashville, Tenn. L, 69-76 overall (329-195). Mark Fox is in his first season at Georgia (9-11) and sixth year 19 Tennessee State Memorial Gym W, 84-71 21 Mercer Memorial Gym W, 99-59 overall (132-54). 30 Manhattan Memorial Gym W, 86-48 Radio: Vanderbilt-ISP Radio Network (WGFX - 104.5 FM); vucommodores.com - January - Play-by-Play: Joe Fisher (11th year) Color: Tim Thompson (8th year) 2 Southern Miss (FSN) Memorial Gym W, 82-46 TV: ESPN, ESPN360.com, ESPN Full Court 4 MTSU (FSN) Memorial Gym W, 73-53 Play-by-Play: Dave Neal Color: Larry Connelly 9 Florida (ESPN2) Memorial Gym W, 95-87 Producer: Andy Pollack 13 Alabama (CSS) Tuscaloosa, Ala. W, 65-64 16 South Carolina (CSS) Columbia, S.C. W, 89-79 23 Auburn (SEC Network) Memorial Gym W, 82-74 Vanderbilt takes on Georgia In athens saturday 27 Tennessee (ESPNU) Knoxville, Tenn. W, 85-76 Vanderbilt returns to the road this Saturday when the Commodores travel to Athens 30 Kentucky (ESPN) Lexington, Ky. L, 72-85 to take on the Bulldogs at Stegeman Coliseum. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. CT, and the game - February - can be seen live on the SEC Network, ESPN360.com, and ESPN Full Court. The radio 3 Mississippi State (SEC Network) Memorial Gym W, 75-72 call can be heard on the Vanderbilt-ISP Radio Network and vucommodores.com, with Joe 6 Georgia (FSN) Athens, Ga. 7 p.m. 9 Tennessee (ESPN) Memorial Gym 6 p.m. Fisher and Tim Thompson courtside with all of the action. 13 LSU (SEC Network) Memorial Gym 12:30 p.m. The Commodores, who are 3-1 on the road in SEC play this year, are looking to match 18 Ole Miss (ESPNU) Oxford, Miss. 6 p.m. a Stallings-era best (since 1999-00) for most road wins in a season at Georgia on Satur- 20 Kentucky (ESPN) Memorial Gym 5 p.m. day. Vanderbilt won four road games in the 2005-06 campaign, and last started 4-1 on the 25 Georgia (ESPNU) Memorial Gym 6 p.m. road in league play in 1966-67. 27 Arkansas (SEC Network) Fayetteville, Ark. 12:30 p.m. Vanderbilt enters Saturday’s contest with a 17-4 overall record and a 6-1 mark in SEC - March - play, which puts the Commodores atop the SEC East in a tie with Kentucky. The Com- 2 Florida (ESPN) Gainesville, Fla. 6 p.m. modores won their last time out at home against West Division leader Mississippi State, 6 South Carolina (ESPN2) Memorial Gym 1 p.m. 11-14 SEC Tournament (SEC Network, ABC)% Nashville, Tenn. TBA 75-72, at Memorial Gym. Senior point guard Jermaine Beal led four Vanderbilt players in 18-21 NCAA Tournament (1st & 2nd) TBA TBA double figures with 17 points, the third consecutive game he has led the team in scoring. 25-28 Regional Semifinals and Finals TBA TBA Beal is averaging 20.3 points per game in those three contests. - April - Junior center A.J. Ogilvy added 16 points, freshman guard John Jenkins chipped in 4-6 NCAA Final Four Indianapolis, Ind. TBA 12 points, and sophomore guard Brad Tinsley contributed 11 points in the win over the Notes: (#) Exhibition; (^) Sun Belt Classic, Nashville Arena, Nashville, Tenn.; (%) Nashville Bulldogs Wednesday night. In the win over Mississippi State, Vanderbilt held the Bulldogs Arena, Nashville, Tenn.; CSS - Comcast/ Charter Sports Southeast; FSN - Fox Sports to 35.3% from the floor and only 26.5% from three, its best defensive performance in SEC Net; Dates and times are subject to change. play this season. All times Central. Vanderbilt Today’s Probable starters GeorGia # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG A/B/S Hometown # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG A/B/S Hometown 0 Jermaine Beal G 6’3 205 Sr. 14.1 2.6 3.0a DeSoto, Texas 1 Travis Leslie G 6-4 202 So. 14.2 6.5 2.6a Decatur, Ga. Led team in three straight games in scoring - tallied 17 points against Miss. State. 1 Brad Tinsley G 6’3 210 So. 7.3 2.6 3.1a Oregon City, Ore. 3 Dustin Ware G 5-11 182 So. 8.1 1.7 3.1a Powder Springs, Ga. Scored 11 points vs. Mississippi State - also added three assists and two steals. 4 A.J. Ogilvy C 6’11 255 Jr. 13.9 6.0 1.6b Sydney, Australia 10 Ricky McPhee G 6-1 184 Sr. 10.4 2.1 1.5s Lawrenceville, Ga. Scored in double figures in last 12 games; scored 16 points vs. Mississippi State. 24 Andre Walker F 6’7 220 R-So. 6.2 5.5 2.7a Flossmoor, Ill. 33 Trey Thompkins F 6-10 247 So. 17.6 7.8 1.2b Lithonia, Ga. Scored nine points and had team-high seven rebounds at Tennessee; scored 10 pts at UK. 44 Jeffery Taylor G 6’7 210 So. 13.6 5.2 1.2s Norrkoping, Sweden 34 Albert Jackson F 6-11 265 Sr. 3.7 4.0 1.3b Earlington, Ky. Scored 10 points at Tennessee (1/27) and Kentucky (1/30). Vanderbilt vs. Georgia 2009-10 Commodore Basketball Beal leads the team in scoring, averaging 14.1 points Beal eclipses 1,000-Point Barrier Vs. auburn per contest. Ogilvy is averaging 13.9 points per game, Georgia Senior guard Jermaine Beal became the 40th while Jeffery Taylor (13.6) and John Jenkins (10.8) also player in Vanderbilt history to the 1,000-point mark after average double figures. scouting Georgia registering 14 points against Auburn. He is the team’s Vanderbilt and Georgia will meet for the 129th time Georgia enters the game on Saturday with a 9-11 second 1,000-point scorer - A.J. Ogilvy became the first on Saturday, with the Commodores holding an 81-47 ad- overall record and a 1-6 mark in SEC play. The Bulldogs sophomore in VU history to go over the 1,000-point mark vantage in the overall series. However, the Bulldogs lead dropped a 72-68 decision to Arkansas Wednesday night last season. the series in games played in Athens, 32-28. Head coach at Stegeman Coliseum in their last time out. Kevin Stallings is 11-9 against Georgia in his coaching The Bulldogs have three players that average double Big shot Beal career and 3-7 against the Bulldogs in Athens. figures - Trey Thompkins (17.6), Travis Leslie (14.2), and Beal tied a 2009-10 single game high in scoring with a Ricky McPhee (10.4). Thompkins leads Georgia on the 25-point effort in a 85-76 win over Tennessee on January Commodores and the top 25 glass with 7.8 rebounds per contest. 27, the Commodores’ first win in Knoxville in four years. Vanderbilt has been ranked four times so far this year Beal scored 10 points in a 23-5 Vanderbilt run late in the in the Top 25 - in the most recent poll, the Commodores Comparing the teams second half to give the Commodores a cushion they would came in at number 18 (AP) and 20 (ESPN/USA Today) in Statistics Vanderbilt Georgia use the rest of the way to come away with the win. both polls, their highest ranking of the season. Record 17-4 9-11 AP/ESPN Poll Week Next Game Scoring Offense 78.9 68.0 Beal also sees scoring Increase 24/24 11/23-30 Lost vs. Cincinnati (67-58) Scoring Defense 68.0 68.3 Jermaine Beal has seen his scoring increase in every NA/24 12/7-14 Lost at Illinois (79-68) Scoring Margin +10.9 -0.3 year of his career. So far in 2009-10, he is averaging 14.1 21/23 1/25-2/1 Won at Tenn. (85-76) FG% .494 .458 points per game. Last season, he pumped in 12.5 points 18/20 2/1-2/8 Won vs. Miss. State (75-72) FG% Defense .403 .438 per game, the team’s second highest scoring average, Prior to making the rankings in mid-November, the Com- 3FG% .376 .369 and increased his scoring from his sophomore to junior modores were last ranked during the 2007-08 season 3FG% Defense .339 .343 season by nearly five points (4.9).