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Vanderbilt Commodores 2007-08 Men’s Basketball Game Notes Vanderbilt Media Relations, 2601 Jess Neely Dr., Nashville, TN 37212 Basketball SID: Andy Boggs Phone: (615) 343-1847 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: (615) 343-7064 Website: VUCommodores.com 2007-08 Basketball Schedule Game At A Glance Date Opponent Site Time Vanderbilt (2-0) vs. Valparaiso (2-0) - November - 5 Tusculum+ Nashville W, 80-79 Tuesday * November 20, 2007 * 7 p.m. CT 10 Austin Peay* (CSS) Nashville W, 81-67 Memorial Gym (14,316) 13 at Toledo Toledo, Ohio W, 77-70 20 Valparaiso* Nashville 7 p.m. 23 vs. Utah State*-1 (CSTV) South Padre Island, Texas 9 p.m. Series Info: Vanderbilt leads series, 1-0; Vanderbilt leads 1-0 in Nashville. 24 vs. Iowa or Bradley*-1 South Padre Island, Texas 5/7:30 p.m. Last Meeting: VU won only meeting, 74-66, on 11/20/96 in Preseason NIT. 29 South Alabama (CSS) Nashville 7 p.m. Coaches: Kevin Stallings is in his ninth year at Vanderbilt (146-108) and his 15th - December - 1 Georgia Tech (FSN) Nashville 12 p.m. overall (269-171). Homer Drew is in his 19th year with Valparaiso (304-240) and 31st 5 Wake Forest (FSN) Nashville 7 p.m. year overall (573-362). 8 Lipscomb (CSS) Nashville 8 p.m. Radio: Vanderbilt-ISP Radio Network (WGFX - 104.5 FM) 12 at DePaul (ESPN Classic) Chicago, Ill. 7 p.m. Play-by-Play: Joe Fisher (10th year) Color: Tim Thompson (7th year) 22 Tennessee State^ (CSS) Nashville 8 p.m. 29 Tennessee-Martin Nashville noon Producer: Bob Horner (26th year) 31 Iona Nashville noon - January - 3 Rice Nashville 7 p.m. Vanderbilt Returns Home For Game With Valparaiso 5 Massachusetts (CSS) Nashville 3 p.m. Vanderbilt returns home from the road after a victorious trip to Toledo, where the 9 South Carolina Nashville 7 p.m. Commodores raced out to an early 18-0 lead and came away with a 77-70 win over the 12 at Kentucky (CBS) Lexington, Ky. 12:30 p.m. Rockets at Savage Hall. The win improved VU’s record to 2-0 on the season. 17 at Tennessee (ESPN or ESPN2) Knoxville 6 p.m. 19 LSU (LFS) Nashville 12 p.m. Senior wing man Shan Foster scored a team-high 21 points and was the team’s leading 27 at Florida (LFS) Gainesville, Fla. 12 p.m. rebounder with eight on the night to lead VU. Foster was tabbed as the SEC Player of the 30 at Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. 7 p.m. Week for his exploits against the Rockets by the league office, the first player of the week - February - honor in his four-year career. 2 Auburn (FSN) Nashville 4 p.m. 6 at Georgia Athens, Ga. 6:30 p.m. Freshman A.J. Ogilvy also tallied 20 points on nine-of-12 shooting from the floor and 9 at South Carolina (FSN) Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m. added two blocks for the Commodores in the winning effort. Foster and Ogilvy were the 12 Kentucky (ESPN) Nashville 8 p.m. only Vanderbilt players to score in double figures for the Commodores. Vanderbilt shot 16 Florida (LFS) Nashville 2 p.m. 58.3% (28-48) from the floor for the game, including 66.7% (14-21) in the second half, and 23 Georgia (LFS) Nashville 3 p.m. 26 Tennessee (ESPN) Nashville 8 p.m. had 19 assists on 28 made baskets. - March - Vanderbilt and Valparaiso will meet for the second time in the history of the two schools, 1 at Arkansas (LFS) Fayetteville, Ark. 3 p.m. with the Commodores winning the only matchup, 74-66, on November 20, 1996 in the 5 Mississippi State Nashville 7 p.m. 8 at Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6 p.m. Preseason NIT. Tuesday’s game will be the second game for the Commodores in the 13-16 SEC Tournament-2 Atlanta, Ga. TBA South Padre Invitational after defeating Austin Peay in the tournament and season-opener 20-23 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA for VU, 81-67, on November 10. Vanderbilt will play the final two rounds of the tournament First & Second Rounds Friday and Saturday in South Padre Island, Texas, where they will play Utah State on 27-30 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA Regional Semis and Finals Friday and either Iowa or Bradley on Saturday. - April - 5 & 7 NCAA Final Four San Antonio, Texas TBA Scouting Valparaiso Notes: (^) Doubleheader with Vanderbilt women; (+) Exhibition; (*) - South Padre Island Valparaiso enters the game with the Commodores with a 2-0 record after defeating Invitational contest; 1 - South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, Texas; Grace College in their opener and IPFW on Thursday night. The Crusaders topped the 2- Georgia Dome, Altanta, Ga.; CSS - Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast; FSN - Fox Mastodons Thursday on their home floor, 74-64, behind Jake Diebler and Jarryd Loyd’s Sports Net; SUN - Sun Sports; LFS - Lincoln Financial Sports; CSTV - College Sports Television; Dates and times are subject to change. All times Central. 10point efforts. Valparaiso shot 50% from the floor and 60% from three on the night, and only committed ten turnovers against IPFW. Today’s Starting Lineups Vanderbilt Valparaiso # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG Hometown # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG Hometown 0 Jermaine Beal G 6’3 210 So. 4.5 2.5 4.5 DeSoto, Texas 13 Samuel Haanpaa G 6’8 215 So. 12.0 3.5 1.5 Kerava, Finland Had career-high six assists vs. Austin Peay on Nov. 10. Crusaders’ leading returning scorer from 2006-07 after averaging 12.0 ppg. 3 Alex Gordon G 6’0 170 Sr. 14.0 1.5 4.5 Pensacola, Fla. 4 Brandon McPherson G 6’1 200 Jr. 9.5 1.0 1.5 Indianapolis, Ind. Scored 19 points against APSU, and tied a career-best with five made threes; had six assists at Toledo. Averaged 11.3 points per game last season, and shot 44.8% from three for the year. 4 A.J. Ogilvy C 6’10 250 Fr. 19.0 6.5 0.5 Canberra, Australia 35 Shawn Huff G/F 6’6 205 Sr. 8.5 5.5 4.5 Helsinki, Finland Named SEC Freshman of the Week for week of Nov. 5-12; scored 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting at Toledo. Leads the Crusaders in 2007-08 in assists with a 4.5 per game average. 32 Shan Foster G/F 6’6 205 Sr. 21.0 5.0 2.0 Kenner, La. 00 Urule Igbavboa F 6’8 220 Jr. 7.5 5.0 0.0 Oakdale, Minn. Preseason All-SEC 1st team member by media and coaches, moved into 15th on VU scoring list with 1,362 pts. Leads Crusaders in rebounding with 5.0 rpg. 41 Ross Neltner F 6’9 240 Sr. 7.5 5.0 2.0 Fort Thomas, Ky. 33 Jake Diebler G 6’2 190 Jr. 7.5 3.0 4.0 Upper Sandusky, Ohio Had seven rebounds in season opener vs. Austin Peay. Tied a team high with ten points at IPFW. Valparaiso at Vanderbilt 2007-08 Commodore Basketball The Crusaders finished the 2006-07 season at 16-15 after passing Commodore greats Butch Feher and Billy and ended their final year in the Mid-Continent Conference McCaffrey. Also, with four made threes against the SEC Preseason Polls with a 9-5 record, which placed them third in the league. Rockets, he now has 244 made three pointers, only two Valparaiso is in their first year in the Horizon League. behind Barry Booker for sixth place all-time for career Vanderbilt was picked to finish fourth in the SEC Crusader coach Homer Drew is in his 19th season with three-pointers in the Vanderbilt annals. East by a select group of 30 media members in a poll Valparaiso and has compiled a 304-240 record. Overall as released by the league prior to the SEC Basketball Media Days October 24-25 in Birmingham. a college coach, he is in his 31st season with a combined Foster Named SEC Player of the record of 573-362. The Commodores received 98 points in the poll Week to finish behind Tennessee (180), Kentucky (142), Foster was named as the SEC Player of the Week for and Florida (103). Georgia was chosen fifth (69), and Comparing The Teams the week of Nov. 12-19 for his 21-point, eight-rebound South Carolina was chosen sixth (38). 2007-08 Statistics Valparaiso Vanderbilt performance in Vanderbilt’s 77-70 win at Toledo on Arkansas was chosen to win the SEC West with Record 2-0 2-0 November 13. The award was the first for Foster in his 168 votes, 20 votes better than Mississippi State. Scoring Offense 82.0 79.0 four-year career, and the first for a Vanderbilt player since Tennessee received 28 out of the 30 votes to win Scoring Defense 61.5 68.5 Derrick Byars won the award on February 19, 2007. the SEC Championship. Mississippi State received Scoring Margin +20.5 +10.5 the other two votes. FG% .479 .563 Ogilvy Solidifying Paint For ‘Dores Vanderbilt’s Shan Foster was chosen to the FG% Defense .387 .391 Freshman A.J. Ogilvy, from Canberra, Australia, made media and the coaches’ first team. 3FG% .452 .488 his collegiate debut against Austin Peay with 18 points 3FG% Defense .250 .400 and nine rebounds in 24 minutes of action, and followed 2006-07 Results Free Throw % .623 .550 that with a 20-point performance against Toledo in the Team Poll SEC Overall Rebounding margin +5.0 +3.0 Commodores’ most recent time out.