South Carolina State (2-2) 2019-20 Record: 3-1 Date Opponent Time • Result Head Coach: Jerry Stackhouse 11.1 Clark Atlanta (Exhibition)
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Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Commodores (3-1) vs. Vanderbilt Commodores South Carolina State (2-2) 2019-20 Record: 3-1 Date Opponent Time • Result Head Coach: Jerry Stackhouse 11.1 Clark Atlanta (Exhibition) .................... W, 95-55 VUCommodores.com Career Record: 81-34 (2) 11.6 Southeast Missouri State ..................... W, 83-65 Twitter • @VandyMBB VU Record: 3-1 (1) 11.11 Texas A&M Corpus-Christi .................... W, 71-66 Instagram • @VandyMBB 2019-20 LEADERS 11.14 Richmond ................................................ L, 92-93 OT Facebook • VanderbiltAthletics Points: Aaron Nesmith (26.5) 11.20 Austin Peay ........................................ W, 90-72 In-Game Notes • @VandyNotes Rebounds: Clevon Brown (6.3) 11.22 South Carolina State .................. 7 p.m. (SECN+) Assists: Saben Lee (7.3) 11.25 Southeastern Louisiana ............. 7 p.m. (SECN+) Blocks: Clevon Brown (1.8) 11.30 Tulsa ........................................ 7 p.m. (SECN+) Nov. 22, 2019 • 8 p.m. CT 12.3 Buffalo ..................................... 7 p.m. (SECN+) Memorial Gym • Nashville, Tenn. • 14,316 South Carolina State 12.14 Liberty ..................................... 7 p.m. (SECN+) 2019-20 Record: 2-2 Murray Garvin 12.18 Loyola-Chicago (Phoenix, Ariz.) ...5:30 p.m. (CBSSN) SEC Network+ Head Coach: 12.21 UNC Wilmington ........................ 7 p.m. (SECN+) Kevin Ingram (play-by-play), Shan Foster (analyst) Career Record: 72-134 (8) 12.30 Davidson .................................. 7 p.m. (SECN+) S. Carolina State Record: 72-134 (8) 1.4 SMU ...........................................8 p.m. (SECN) WLAC 1510 AM / WNRQ FM 98.3 2018-19 LEADERS 1.8 Auburn ................................................. 8 p.m. (SECN) Joe Fisher (play-by-play), Tim Thompson (analyst) Points: Zacchaeus Sellers (15.0) 1.11 Texas A&M.............................. 2:30 p.m. (SECN) Rebounds: Zacchaeus Sellers (8.0) Rayshawn Neal (2.3) 1.15 Arkansas ......................................... 7:30 p.m. (SECN) Primary MBB Contact • Andy Boggs Assists: 1.18 Tennessee ...................................5 p.m. (SECN) [email protected] • 615.828.8895 Blocks: Tashombe Riley, Ozante Fields (0.3) 1.22 Alabama .....................................8 p.m. (SECN) 1.25 South Carolina ..................................... 7 p.m. (SECN) Series Record: Vanderbilt leads, 1-0 1.29 Kentucky ......................................... 5:30 p.m. (SECN) Last Meeting: Vanderbilt win, 65-60, on 11/17/2000 in 2.1 Florida ................................... 7:30 p.m. (SECN) Nashville, Tenn. 2.5 LSU ............................................8 p.m. (SECN) Record at Vanderbilt: Vanderbilt leads 1-0 2.8 Mississippi State ............................. 7:30 p.m. (SECN) Record at S. Carolina State: NA 2.11 Kentucky .....................6 p.m. (ESPN/2/U/SECN) Coach Stackhouse vs. S. Carolina State: First Meeting 2.15 Florida .................................................. 7 p.m. (SECN) 2.18 Tennessee ....................................... 5:30 p.m. (SECN) 2.22 Georgia .......................................5 p.m. (SECN) 2.26 Missouri ....................................8 p.m. (ESPNU) 2.29 Ole Miss .............................................. 12 p.m. (SECN) 3.3 Alabama .......................................... 7:30 p.m. (SECN) 3.7 South Carolina ......................11:30 a.m. (SECN) * SEC contest • All times CT • The Commodores improved to 3-1 on the season after defeating Austin Peay, 90-72, on Wednesday night at Memorial Gym. Sophomore Aaron Nesmith led all Commodores with 26 points. Freshman Scotty Pippen Jr. tallied a career-high 21 points, and junior Saben Lee chipped in 19 points. • Nesmith leads the nation with 5.25 made 3’s per game, is third nationally in scoring (26.5 points per game) and fifth with total 3’s made (21). • Nesmith (26.5) and Lee (19.8) are the second-highest-scoring duo in the nation (Hampton’s Jermaine Marrow (29.7) & Ben Stanley (17.0)). • Nesmith is the SEC’s leading scorer (26.5 ppg) and in 3’s made per game (5.3). Lee is fourth (19.8) in scoring, second in assists per game (7.3), seventh in steals per game (2.0), and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio in the SEC. Nesmith is also ranked in the top 10 in field goal percentage (4th, .613) and 3-point field goal percentage (2nd, .553). • Other Commodores ranked in the top 10 in the SEC include Pippen Jr. (T-8th, ATO ratio, 2.0), Dylan Disu (T-5th, steals/game, 2.3), and Clevon Brown (T-8th, blocks per game, 1.8; T-6th, offensive rebounds, 3.0). • Nesmith tallied a career-high 34 points in an overtime loss at Richmond on Nov. 14. It was the most points by a Vanderbilt player since Shan Foster vs. Miss. State (3/5/08), and the most points by a Vanderbilt player on the road since Billy McCaffrey at Georgia (35, 2/24/93). • New head coach Jerry Stackhouse is the 28th men’s basketball coach in the history of Vanderbilt basketball. He is the first African American Commodore men’s basketball head coach and is one of two current African-American head coaches in the Southeastern Conference (Cuonzo Martin, Missouri). • Stackhouse has been a star player at every level of basketball. He was a 1993 McDonald’s All-American in high school and an All-American at North Carolina in 1995. He was the No. 3 overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft, a two-time All-Star and earned the 2000-01 scoring title. In his 18-year NBA career, he scored 16,409 points while playing for the 76ers, Pistons, Wizards, Mavericks, Bucks, Heat, Hawks and Nets. • His prior coaching stints have all come in the NBA or the NBA G League. He was an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2018-19, and was the head coach of the Toronto Raptors’ G-League franchise, Raptors 905, in 2016-17 and 2017-18, where his teams won one championship (2017) and advanced to the finals (2018) in another. He was also named the G-League Coach of the Year in 2016-17. • As a team, the Commodores are first in the SEC in field goal percentage (.511) and threes made (11.5), and second in 3-point field goal percentage (.400). • The Commodores have now made at least eight 3’s in every game this season. • Nesmith was recently named to the preseason All-SEC second-team by the league’s coaches. • Saben Lee was one of seven major conference underclassmen in 2018-19 with 400+ points, 100+ rebounds and 100+ assists, and is the only one in the SEC. (Terence Davis and Grant Williams were the only others in the SEC to reach those numbers.) • The Commodores are one of only three schools (UNLV and Princeton) to have made a three-point basket since the inception of the three-point line in the 1986-87 season. With a made three against South Carolina State, Vanderbilt will move to 1,069 consecutive games with a three-pointer. • The Commodores have had five first-round NBA Draft picks since 2012, the second-most in the SEC in that time span - Darius Garland (5th, Cleveland Cavaliers), Wade Baldwin IV (17th, Memphis Grizzlies), Damian Jones (30th, Golden State Warriors), and John Jenkins (23rd, Atlanta) and Festus Ezeli (30th, Golden State). Garland, Jones, and former standout Luke Kornet (Chicago Bulls) are all active players in the NBA. • Memorial Gym is the SEC’s oldest faciilty, built in 1952. The Commodores are 804-235 all-time in the building. 1 TV/Radio Roster Saben Lee • 4th in SEC in scoring, second in assists per game CAREER HIGHS G 6-2 183 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. • Tallied season-high 24 points at Richmond Pts. - 24, last vs. Oklahoma (1/26/19) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG • Son of former FSU/NFL great Amp Lee Rebs. - 9, vs. TAMU (2/24/18) • Played in 67 games in his career Ast. - 9, 2x, vs. Austin Peay (11/20/19) 0 19.8 3.5 7.3 2.0 0.0 31.6 • Majoring in Human and Organizational Development Min. - 42, vs. UT (1/23/19) Dylan Disu • Averaged 23.4 ppg, 10.1 rbg as senior at Hendrickson HS CAREER HIGHS F 6-9 220 Fr. Pflugerville, Texas • Made collegiate debut vs. SEMO. Played 18 minutes and Pts. - 11, at Richmond (11/15/19) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG grabbed five rebounds. Made first start of career vs. TAMU-CC Rebs. - 5, 2x, last at Richmond (11/15/19) • Scored career-high 11 points at Richmond Ast. - 2, vs. Austin Peay (11/20/19) 1 4.3 3.3 0.8 2.3 0.8 24.4 • Undecided in Major Min. - 24, vs. TAMUCC (11/11/19) Scotty Pippen Jr. • Started first four games of college career CAREER HIGHS G 6-1 170 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. • Scored career-high 21 points vs. Austin Peay Pts. - 21, vs. Austin Peay (11/20/19) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG • T-8th in the SEC in assist to turnover ratio (2.0) Rebs. - 5, at Richmond (11/15/19) • Son of NBA legend and Naismith Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen Ast. - 6, vs. SEMO (11/6/19) 2 10.5 3.0 3.5 1.8 0.3 25.8 • Undecided in Major Min. - 31, vs. Austin Peay (11/20/19) Maxwell Evans • Played in 64 total games and made 21 starts in his career. CAREER HIGHS G 6-2 190 Jr. Houston, Texas • Started first four games of season in 2019-20 Pts. - 16, vs. Savannah State (11/27/17) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG • Scored 6 points in 24 minutes vs. Redhawks Rebs. - 9, at Arkansas (02/10/18) • Scored a career-high 16 points against Savannah St. in ‘18-19 Ast. - 6, vs. USC (11/19/17) 3 4.3 3.0 2.0 0.3 0.0 23.4 • Majoring in Sociology Min. - 32, vs. USC (11/19/17) Jordan Wright • Made collegiate debut vs.