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2011-12 Vanderbilt Basketball Notes Game 29/at Kentucky Game 29/RV/RV VANDERBILT (20-8, 9-4) vs. #1/1 KENTUCKY (27-1, 13-0) Sat., Feb. 25, 2012 - 11 a.m. CST Nashville, Tenn. - Memorial Gym (14,316) Radio: Vanderbilt Radio Network from IMG College, vucommodores.com, XM 201 Radio Talent: Joe Fisher (pxp), Tim Thompson (analyst) TV: CBS TV Talent: Ian Eagle (pxp), Jim Spanarkel (analyst) Live Stream: CBSSports.com Live Stats: vucommodores.com Twitter Updates: @VandyMBB Vanderbilt Athletic Communications GAME INFOrmatiON 2601 Jess Neely Drive, Nashville, TN 37212 phone: 615-322-4121 www.vucommodores.com SERIES Vanderbilt SCHEDULE/Results INFOrmatiON NOVEMBER Date VU Opp Opponent Time/Result TV/Rec. Nov. 7 7/7 - Xavier (La.) W, 102-62 2011-12 Record: 20-8, 9-4 SEC Series Record: Kentucky leads the 2011-12 Record: 27-1, 13-0 SEC Exhibition Head Coach: Kevin Stallings all-time series, 135-44. Head Coach: John Calipari Nov. 11 7/7 - Oregon W, 78-64 1-0 Career Record: 379-219 (18) Last Meeting: Kentucky defeated Career Record: 536-153 (20) Nov. 13 7/7 - Cleveland State L, 58-71 1-1 VU Record: 256-156 (13) Vanderbilt, 69-63, on Feb. 11, 2012. UK Record: 91-13 (3) TicketCity Legends Classic - Regional Round Nov. 15 18/20 - Bucknell W, 80-68 2-1 Record at Vanderbilt: UK leads 49-26. TicketCity Legends Classic - Regional Round 2011-12 STATISTICAL LEADERS Record at UK: UK leads 78-14. 2011-12 STATISTICAL LEADERS Nov. 19 18/20 - NC State W, 86-79 3-1 Points: John Jenkins (20.1) Record at Neutral Site: UK leads 6-3. Points: Anthony Davis (13.8) TicketCity Legends Classic - Finals - East Rutherford, N.J. Rebounds: Lance Goulbourne (7.0) Coach Stallings vs. UK: Coach Rebounds: Anthony Davis (9.8) Nov. 21 18/20 - Oregon St. W, 64-62 4-1 Assists: Brad Tinsley (4.4) Stallings is 9-17 vs. Kentucky. Assists: Marquis Teague (4.7) TicketCity Legends Classic - Finals - East Rutherford, N.J. Blocks: Festus Ezeli (2.2) Blocks: Anthony Davis (4.8) Nov. 25 18/22 - Monmouth W, 95-73 5-1 Nov. 28 18/20 12/12 Xavier L, 70-82 OT 5-2 DECEMBER Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV QUICK HITTERS Dec. 2 20/19 6/6 Louisville L, 60-62 OT 5-3 Dec. 7 RV/RV - Davidson W, 87-83 6-3 Vanderbilt improved to 20-8, 9-4 in the SEC, with a 59-48 win over South Carolina on Wednesday night at Dec. 17 25/25 - Indiana State L, 55-61 6-4 Memorial Gym. John Jenkins led all scorers with 21 points, with Festus Ezeli adding 14 points and Lance Dec. 19 RV/RV - Longwood W, 99-71 7-4 Goulbourne chipping in 12 points. Dec. 21 RV/RV - Lafayette W, 89-58 8-4 Vanderbilt is now 10-4 in games with their preseason initial starting lineup of Jenkins, Taylor, Lance Dec. 29 - 13/14 Marquette W, 74-57 9-4 Goulbourne, Festus Ezeli, and Brad Tinsley. The Commodores sport the leading scorer in all games and in SEC games only in John Jenkins at 20.1 JANUARY and 19.2 ppg, respectively, and the league’s third-leading scorer in all games (17.3) and second in SEC Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV Jan. 2 RV/RV - Miami (Ohio) W, 69-62 10-4 games only in Jeffery Taylor (17.1). Jenkins also paces the league and nation in threes made at 3.9 per Jan. 7 RV/RV - Auburn* W, 65-35 11-4 game. Jan. 10 RV/RV - South Carolina* W, 67-57 12-4 Jenkins won the SEC player of the Week for his exploits last week against Ole Miss and Georgia. The Jan. 14 RV/RV - Georgia* W, 77-66 13-4 junior guard averaged 27.0 points per game, and was 81.3 percent from the floor for the week (13-16), 83.3 Jan. 19 RV/RV RV/RV Alabama* W, 69-59 14-4 percent from three (10-12), and 85.7 percent from the free throw line (18-21). Jan. 21 RV/RV 18/15 Mississippi St.* L, 77-78 OT 14-5 In fact, Jenkins missed more free throws (3) than threes (2) last week. Jan. 24 RV/RV - Tennessee* W, 65-47 15-5 Jenkins has scored 20 or more points in three consecutive games, and is averaging 25.0 ppg in that span. Jan. 28 RV/RV RV/RV MTSU W, 84-77 16-5 Jan. 31 25/RV - Arkansas* L, 74-82 16-6 With the win over the Gamecocks, Vanderbilt reached the 20-win plateau for the seventh time in the last nine years. It was Coach Stallings’ seventh 20-win season, the most among any Vanderbilt coach. The FEBRUARY winningest coach in Vanderbilt history, Roy Skinner, posted six 20-win seasons. Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV With the win over South Carolina, the Commodores clinched their third straight winning SEC record for Feb. 4 25/RV 11/12 Florida* L, 65-73 16-7 first time since having five straight from 1972-1976. Feb. 8 RV/RV - LSU* W, 76-61 17-7 In his playing and coaching career, Stallings now has 24 20-win campaigns. Feb. 11 RV/RV 1/1 Kentucky* L, 63-69 17-8 Jenkins has scored in double-digits in 61 consecutive games, 80 in his career. ESPN College Gameday Driven By State Farm Feb. 16 RV - Ole Miss* W, 102-76 18-8 Feb. 19 RV - Georgia* W, 61-52 19-8 Feb. 22 RV/RV - South Carolina* W, 59-48 20-8 Feb. 25 RV/RV 1/1 Kentucky* 11 a.m. CBS Vanderbilt PROBABLE Starters Feb. 28 - - Florida* 8 p.m. ESPN BRAD TINSLEY JOHN JENKINS JEFFERY TAYLOR LANCE GOULBOURNE FESTUS EZELI MARCH #1 #23 #44 #5 #3 Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV Senior, Guard Junior, Guard Senior, Forward Senior, Forward Senior, Center Mar. 3 - - Tennessee* 3 p.m. ESPN 6’ 3” 210 lbs. 6’ 4” 215 lbs. 6’ 7” 225 lbs. 6’ 8” 225 lbs. 6’ 11” 255 lbs. Mar. 8-11 SEC Tournament SEC Network/ABC Oregon City, Ore. Hendersonville, Tenn. Norrkoping, Sweden Brooklyn, N.Y. Benin City, Nigeria New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, La. ‘11-12 Avgs ‘11-12 Avgs ‘11-12 Avgs ‘11-12 Avgs ‘11-12 Avgs Pts: 8.9 Pts: 20.1 Pts: 17.3 Pts: 8.8 Pts: 10.1 ALL TIMES CENTRAL Rebs: 2.8 Rebs: 2.9 Rebs: 5.9 Rebs: 7.0 Rebs: 5.3 RANKINGS: AP/ESPN Asst: 4.4 Asst: 1.2 Asst: 1.9 Blks: 0.8 Blks: 2.2 *SEC GAME FG%: 47.8 FG%: 49.6 FG%: 52.4 FG%: 44.5 FG%: 53.6 3FG%: 41.3 3FG%: 46.1 3FG%: 46.5 3FG%: 31.4 3FG%: 0.0 www.vucommodores.com @VandyMBB 2011-12 Vanderbilt Basketball Notes Game 29/at Kentucky MORE ON THE KENTUCKY SERIES VANDERBILT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Saturday’s meeting will be the 180th in the STAT COMPARISON (2011-12) overall series between the two schools. Ken- VU UK 2601 Jess Neely Drive, Nashville, TN 37212 tucky leads the overall series, 135-44. All SEC All SEC phone: 615-322-4121 The first meeting between the two schools Record 20-8 9-4 27-1 13-0 came in the 1911-12 season. Scoring Offense 73.9 70.8 77.6 73.7 Scoring Defense 65.5 61.8 58.2 57.7 INTERVIEW POLICY Kentucky leads the all-time series, 78-14, in Scoring Margin +8.4 +9.0 +19.4 +16.0 Lexington. Vanderbilt has not won at Rupp Arena FG% .466 .463 .485 .486 Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings and since January 20, 2007 (72-67). FG% Defense .417 .384 .363 .383 selected Vanderbilt players will be available to the Vanderbilt’s John Jenkins and Kentucky’s 3FG% .398 .425 .381 .403 media before practice on a weekly basis during the Darius Miller each represented Team USA in the 3FG% Defense .322 .295 .322 .336 non-conference season, and bi-weekly during the Free Throw % .708 .722 .721 .736 SEC season. World University Games in the summer of 2011. Rebounding 35.0 35.0 39.3 35.5 The times for those media sessions will be emailed The Commodores have two players from the Rebounding Margin +1.9 +1.6 +7.3 +4.7 to media members in advance of those pre-practice state of Kentucky - senior Aaron Noll (Fort Mitch- Turnovers/game 13.9 13.5 11.8 9.8 interviews. ell) and redshirt junior Jordan Smart (Lexington, Opponent Turnovers 13.1 11.0 12.8 11.1 Media may photograph the first 20 minutes of Ky.) Steals 6.0 4.7 6.5 6.2 practice. All practices are closed to the public. Coach Stallings is 9-17 all-time against the Blocks 4.4 5.0 9.1 8.8 Wildcats has a 2-11 record against Kentucky at POSTGAME INTERVIEW POLICY Rupp Arena. Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings will enter the Memorial Gym interview room after the NCAA- MORE ON KENTUCKY mandated 10-minute cooling off period, followed by Kentucky enters the game Saturday with a 27-1 overall record and a perfect 13-0 mark in the Vanderbilt players. SEC. Anthony Davis leads the team in scoring (13.8), rebounding (9.8), and blocks (4.8). Marquis Visiting coach and player interviews will be at the Teague is the team’s leader in assists with 4.7 per contest.