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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 (13-0) vs. Rice (3-8) - November - 5 Tusculum+ Nashville W, 80-79 Thursday * January 3, 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 W, 87-78 23 vs. Utah State*-1 (CSTV) South Padre Island, Texas W, 77-56 Series Info: Vanderbilt leads 14-3 overall; Vanderbilt leads 9-2 in Nashville; Vanderbilt 24 vs. Bradley South Padre Island, Texas W, 95-86 leads 4-1 in Houston; Vanderbilt leads 1-0 on neutral floors. 29 South Alabama (CSS) Nashville W, 91-88 2OT - December - Last Meeting: Vanderbilt won 74-69 in Houston on January 2, 2007. 1 Georgia Tech (FSN) Nashville W, 92-79 Coaches: Kevin Stallings is in his ninth year at Vanderbilt (157-108) and his 15th 5 Wake Forest (FSN) Nashville W, 83-80 overall (280-171). Willis Wilson is in his 16th season with Rice (219-227) and overall. 8 Lipscomb (CSS) Nashville W, 90-67 Radio: Vanderbilt-ISP Radio Network (WGFX - 104.5 FM) 12 at DePaul (ESPN Classic) Chicago, Ill. W, 91-85 OT 22 Tennessee State^ (CSS) Nashville W, 83-74 Satellite Radio: Sirius Satellite Radio (Channel 126) 29 Tennessee-Martin Nashville W, 92-85 Play-by-Play: Joe Fisher (10th year) Color: Tim Thompson (7th year) 31 Iona Nashville W, 97-73 TV: No television - January - 3 Rice Nashville 7 p.m. 5 Massachusetts (CSS) Nashville 3 p.m. 13-0 Vanderbilt Takes On Rice Thursday Evening 9 South Carolina Nashville 7 p.m. #15/15 Vanderbilt continues its busy New Year’s week when the Commodores take 12 at Kentucky (CBS) Lexington, Ky. 12:30 p.m. on the Rice Owls on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Memorial Gym. Joe Fisher and Tim 17 at Tennessee (ESPN) Knoxville 6 p.m. Thompson will have the call on the Vanderbilt/ISP Radio Network, with no television 19 LSU (LFS) Nashville 12 p.m. 27 at Florida (LFS) Gainesville, Fla. 12 p.m. scheduled for the contest. 30 at Ole Miss Oxford, Miss. 7 p.m. Vanderbilt defeated Iona, 97-63, to improve to 13-0 on the 2007-08 campaign, its - February - best start in school history. The previous best beginning to a season was a 12-0 record 2 Auburn (FSN) Nashville 4 p.m. by the 2003-04 Vanderbilt squad, which later went to the Sweet 16 that season. The 6 at Georgia Athens, Ga. 6:30 p.m. 9 at South Carolina (FSN) Columbia, S.C. 4 p.m. Commodores are one of only six teams in the nation (North Carolina, Memphis, Ole Miss, 12 Kentucky (ESPN) Nashville 8 p.m. Kansas, and Washington State are the others) with an unblemished record this far into the 16 Florida (LFS) Nashville 2 p.m. season. 23 Georgia (LFS) Nashville 3 p.m. 26 Tennessee (ESPN) Nashville 8 p.m. The Commodores defeated MAAC foe Iona, 97-73, on New Year’s Eve at Memorial - March - Gym behind a pair of 20-point performances by senior Shan Foster and freshman A.J. 1 at Arkansas (LFS) Fayetteville, Ark. 3 p.m. Ogilvy. Foster was six-of-13 from the floor and five-of-11 from three for the game, and 5 Mississippi State Nashville 7 p.m. Ogilvy scored his 20 points on only four made buckets and a 12-for-13 outing from the free 8 at Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6 p.m. 13-16 SEC Tournament-2 Atlanta, Ga. TBA throw line. The 12 free throws made in a game was the most for a Commodore since VU’s 20-23 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA all-time leading scorer Matt Freije made 18 free throws against Indiana on November 24, First & Second Rounds 2003. 27-30 NCAA Tournament TBA TBA Regional Semis and Finals Leading 46-41 at halftime, the Commodores opened the second half on a 26-5 run to - April - take a 72-46 advantage in the game. Vanderbilt scored the first 10 points of the half, and 5 & 7 NCAA Final Four San Antonio, Texas TBA the Vanderbilt defense held the Gaels to only made two field goals in the first 9:15 of the second period. Notes: (^) Doubleheader with Vanderbilt women; (+) Exhibition; (*) - South Padre Island Invitational contest; 1 - South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, Texas; Vanderbilt had one of its best shooting days of the season, making 28-of-50 (56.0 2- Georgia Dome, Altanta, Ga.; CSS - Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast; FSN - Fox percent) shots from the floor and 11-of-20 (55.0 percent) from the three-point line. While Sports Net; SUN - Sun Sports; LFS - Lincoln Financial Sports; CSTV - College Sports Iona made 49.1 percent of its shots from the field, the Commodores were able to limit the Television; Dates and times are subject to change. All times Central. Today’s Probable Starting Lineups Vanderbilt Rice # 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. 7.2 2.3 4.7 DeSoto, Texas 12 Bryan Beasley G 6’0 185 So. 3.6 3.0 1.9 Pflugerville, Texas Scored eight points and had six assists vs. Iona (12/31). 3 Alex Gordon G 6’0 170 Sr. 10.8 2.8 3.4 Pensacola, Fla. 13 Paulius Packevicius F 6’9 230 Sr. 9.4 10.2 0.6 Kaunas, Lithuania Sixth in the SEC in 3 pt FG % (44.4) and eighth in 3 pt FG made (2.15/g). 4 A.J. Ogilvy C 6’10 250 Fr. 19.2 6.9 1.2 Sydney, Australia 21 Rodney Foster G 61 185 Jr. 9.8 2.9 2.5 Katy, Texas Named SEC Freshman of the Week last week for 2nd time; scored 20 pts and had 9 rebs. vs. Iona. 32 Shan Foster G/F 6’6 205 Sr. 20.1 4.9 1.5 Kenner, La. 33 Lawrence Ghoram G 6’5 195 So. 5.8 3.4 0.8 Zachary, La. Two-time SEC Player of the Week in 2007-08; scored 20 points vs. Iona. 41 Ross Neltner F 6’9 240 Sr. 8.9 5.6 2.4 Fort Thomas, Ky. 41 Patrick Britton F 6’8 200 Sr. 11.0 5.5 0.5 San Antonio, Texas Scored five points and had three rebounds vs. Iona; 27-31 (87.1%) from FT line so far in 2007-08. Rice at Vanderbilt 2007-08 Commodore Basketball Gaels to only 5-of-18 (27.8 percent) shooting from beyond the arc. Last Meeting SEC Preseason Polls Rice and Vanderbilt will meet for the 18th time overall, and for the 12th time in Memorial Gym. The Commodores Game 14 • Jan. 3, 2007 Vanderbilt was picked to finish fourth in the SEC own a 14-3 series record against the Owls, and a 9-2 Vanderbilt ...................................74 East by a select group of 30 media members in a poll record against Rice in Memorial Gym. released by the league prior to the SEC Basketball at Rice .........................................69 Media Days October 24-25 in Birmingham. The Commodores received 98 points in the poll Scouting Rice Houston, Texas (Autry Court) to finish behind Tennessee (180), Kentucky (142), Rice enters the contest with a 3-8 record after dropping and Florida (103). Georgia was chosen fifth (69), and its last time out at Texas A&M, 68-41. Patrick Britton leads Shan Foster matched a season-high 29 points, 26 South Carolina was chosen sixth (38). the Owls in scoring with 11.0 points per contest. Paulius of those in the first half, and Vanderbilt survived a late Arkansas was chosen to win the SEC West with Packevicius leads Rice on the boards with 10.2 rebounds Rice rally for a 74-69 victory. 168 votes, 20 votes better than Mississippi State. per game. The Commodores (10-4) jumped out to an 18-0 lead Tennessee received 28 out of the 30 votes to win Owl coach Willis Wilson is in his 16th season with Rice in the first eight minutes behind Foster’s hot shooting the SEC Championship. Mississippi State received and overall as a head coach and has compiled a 219-227 and led 45-27 at the half. the other two votes. record. The Owls (6-6) chipped away at the Vanderbilt Vanderbilt’s Shan Foster was chosen to the lead throughout the second half, and didn’t allow the media and the coaches’ first team. Comparing The Teams Commodores a field goal in the last 9:17. 2007-08 Statistics Rice Vanderbilt Morris Almond led Rice with a career-high 44 points, 2006-07 Results Record 3-8 13-0 including 27 in the second half, and 12 rebounds. The Team Poll SEC Overall Scoring Offense 58.1 87.4 44 points was the most by a Rice player since Kendall Eastern Division Scoring Defense 70.1 76.0 Rhine scored 44 against Arkansas in 1963. Tennessee* (30) 180 10-6 24-11 Scoring Margin -12.0 +11.4 Almond scored nine of his points in the final two min- Kentucky 142 9-7 22-12 FG% .368 .495 utes before fouling out with three seconds remaining.