2017-18 Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball Notes Game 10 - at No. 4/5 Louisville GAME 10: VANDERBILT AT NO. 4/5 LOUISVILLE GAMEDAY INFORMATION Date: Thursday, Dec. 7 Time: 6 PM CT Vanderbilt Commodores Location: Louisville, Ky. Louisville Cardinals 2017-18 Record: 3-6, 0-0 SEC Arena: KFC Yum Center (22, 000) 2017-18 Record: 9-0, 0-0 ACC Head Coach: Stephanie White Television: ACC Network Extra Head Coach: Jeff Walz Career Record: 17-22 (2) PxP: Don Russell Career Record: 272-93 (11) VU Record: Same Analyst: Sara White Louisville Record: Same 2017-18 LEADERS Radio: WSR AM 560; WNSR-FM 95.9 2017-18 LEADERS Points: Rachel Bell (13.7) PxP: Charlie Mattos Points: Asia Durr (17.6) Rebounds: Autumn Newby (7.9) Live Audio: VUcommodores.com Rebounds: Myisha Hines-Allen (10.1) VANDERBILT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Assists: K. Clemons-Green (2.7) Live Video: VUcommodores.com Assists: Dana Evans (4.1) 2601 Jess Neely Drive, Nashville, TN 37212 Steals: Hall/Clemons-Green (1.1) Series Information: VU leads, 8-5 Steals: Jones/Evans (1.5) Phone: 615-322-4121 WBB Contact: Jessica Poole Email: [email protected] O ffi c e : 615-322-8797 | Cell: 734-216-1678 STARTING FIVE www.vucommodores.com The Commodores will get their fi rst shot at a ranked opponent this season when they travel to Louisville, Ky., to take on the No. 4/5 Louisville Cardinals. The trip to Louisville is one of two road VANDERBILT SCHEDULE/RESULTS trips for the Commodores in the month of Dec. The only other road trip is a trip to Baton Rouge to NOVEMBER 1 open the SEC slate on Dec. 31. The month of December features fi ve home games and a stretch of Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. four consecutive starting on Dec.16 against Memphis. NOV. 10 - RV MTSU 6 PM L, 65-54 Nov. 14 - - CMU 6 pm L, 92-75 Vanderbilt is coming off a 77-74 win over Iowa State in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on Dec. 2. The Nov. 17 - - Tulane 12 pm L, 71-59 win was the second consecutive for the Commodores and was the fi rst win in Memorial Gym this NOV. 20 - - BALL STATE 12 PM L, 88-79 season. Rachel Bell led the off ense with 19 points and was one of four players in double fi gures Paradise Jam, Washington D.C. 2 while Autumn Newby grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds for her third career game with double- Nov. 23 - GWU$ 12:30 pm W, 69-59 fi gure rebounds and second consecutive. Nov. 24 - RV Syracuse$ 2:30 pm L, 84-78 Thursday’s matchup with Louisville will be Vanderbilt’s fi rst opportunity against a ranked Nov. 25 - - Wisconsin$ 12:00 pm L, 73-71(ot) opponent but it won’t be the last. Louisville is the fi rst of seven Commodore opponents currently Nov. 29 - - St. Louis 7 pm W, 74-69 ranked in the AP’s Top 25. They Cardinals are currently the highest ranked opponent for Vanderbilt DECEMBER 3 and join Syracuse as the only non-conference foes who are currently ranked. The SEC slate will see Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. the Dores take on six foes ranked in the AP Top 25. DEC. 2 - - IOWA STATE% 3 pm W, 77-74 Dec. 7 - 4/4 Louisville 6 pm Vanderbilt freshmen Chelsie Hall and Autumn Newby are making their mark early in their DEC. 16 - - MEMPHIS 6 PM careers. Both are staples in the Vanderbilt starting lineup, with Hall starting all nine of Vanderbilt’s DEC. 19 - - NC STATE 5 PM contests and Newby starting eight games. Hall is the No 2 scorer among SEC freshmen with 13.0 DEC. 21 - - BELMONT 12 PM 4 points per game and fi ve games in double fi gures while Newby ranks No. 3 among SEC freshmen DEC. 28 - - LIPSCOMB 7 PM on the glass with 7.9 rebounds per game and three games with double-fi gure rebounds. Dec. 31 - - LSU* 3 pm SEC JANUARY Vanderbilt seniors Rachel Bell and Christa Reed are both moving closer to the 1,000-point milestone. Bell sits just 51 points from the milestone while Reed is 177 points away from 1,000. Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. Bell, who is averaging 13.7 points, could hit the milestone as early as the Dec. 21 game against JAN. 4 - - GEORGIA* 7 PM SECN+ 5 Belmont. Reed, who is currently averaging 10.1 points per game, is on pace to hit the milestone Jan. 7 - - Tennessee* 11 am SEC during SEC play. JAN. 11 - - MISSOURI* 7 PM SECN+ JAN. 15 - - KENTUCKY* 6 PM SEC JAN. 18 - - S. CAROLINA* 7 PM SECN+ Jan. 21 - - Alabama* 2 pm SECN+ VANDERBILT PROJECTED STARTERS JAN. 28 - - TEXAS A&M* 2 PM SEC FEBRUARY G • 2 • CHELSIE HALL PTS REB AST S FG% FT% Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. 5-7 | Fr. | Seff ner, Fla. | Seff ner Christian 13.0 4.1 2.7 1.1 .480 .640 Feb. 1 - - Ole Miss* 6 pm SECN+ FEB. 4 - - TENNESSEE* 1 PM ESPNU G • 3 • RACHEL BELL Feb. 8 - - Georgia* 6 pm SECN+ PTS REB AST S FG% FT% 5-10 | Sr. | Cumberland Furnace, Tenn. | Feb. 12 - - Auburn* 6 pm SEC Creek Wood 13.7 1.9 2.0 0.2 .418 .857 FEB. 15 - - MISS. ST.* 7:30 PM SEC Feb. 18 - - Florida* 12 pm SEC Feb. 22 - - Missouri* 7 pm SECN+ G/F • 24 • AUTUMN NEWBY PTS REB AST S FG% FT% FEB. 25 - - ARKANSAS* 2 PM SECN+ 6-2 | Fr. | Lawrenceville, Ga | Archer 5.4 7.9 2.3 1.0 .395 .464 ALL TIMES CENTRAL RANKINGS: AP/ESPN *SEC GAME; $Paradise Jam, Washington, D.C.; %SEC/Big 12 Challenge; G • 33 • CHRISTA REED PTS REB AST S FG% FT% Home Games in BOLD CAPS 5-11 | Sr. | Bay St. Louis, Miss. | Bay 10.1 3.8 1.3 0.2 .437 .941 G • 35 • KALEIGH CLEMONS-GREEN PTS REB AST S FG% FT% 5-7 | So. | Chattanooga,Tenn. | Baylor Sch. 5.0 2.8 2.8 1.1 .366 .727 www.vucommodores.com @VandyWBB 2017-18 Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball Notes Game 10 - at No. 4/5 Louisville BROADCAST NOTES (ProJected starters BOLDED) KAYLA OVERBECK LAST GAME: POINTS (6), REBOUNDS (2), ASST (2), STL (0), MINS (15) 6-1 | So. | Newbury Park, Calif. | Newbury Park NOTES: Three consecutive games in double figures, averaging 9.0 ppg over the last four 0 contests after averaging just 4.8 ppg entering the Paradise Jam ... Season-high seven PTS REB AST S FG% FT% rebounds vs. Wisconsin ... Played with USA Basketball in summer of 2017, member of team that won a silver medal at the U19 World Cup ... Member of SEC All-Freshman G 6.7 3.3 1.1 0.9 .561 .737 Team (2017) ... 16 career games in double figures. CHELSIE HALL LAST GAME: POINTS (16), REBOUNDS (6), ASST (6), STL (0), MINS (33) 5-17 | Fr. | Seffner, Fla. | Seffner Christian NOTES: Career-high six assists vs. Iowa State ... 2 or more assists in each of the last six 2 games ... Career-best 25 points vs. Ball State ... Double figures in five of last six games PTS REB AST S FG% FT% including three consecutive ... Second-leading scorer with 13.0 ppg and one of three players averaging double figures ... Two-time first team all-state selection at Seffner G 13.0 4.1 2.7 1.1 .480 .640 Christian ... Led team to Florida 3A Championship appearance as a senior. RACHEL BELL LAST GAME: POINTS (19), REBOUNDS (3), ASST (2), STL (0), MINS (35) 5-10 | Sr. | Cumberland Furnace, Tenn. | Creek Wood NOTES: In double figures in three of the last four games ... Tied her carer-high with 31 pts 3 vs. Syracuse ... Set a new career best with 7 3-PT FG’s against Syracuse; one shy of the PTS REB AST S FG% FT% VU single-game record ... Tied the Paradise Jam record for 3-PT FG’s in a single-game ... Averaging 19.0 ppg over the last four games ... 51 points shy of 1,000 ... 45 career G 13.7 1.9 2.0 0.2 .418 .857 games in double figures CIERRA WALKER LAST GAME: POINTS (14), REBOUNDS (8), ASST (1), STL (1), MINS (31) 5-8 | So. | Oregon City, Ore. | Oregon City NOTES: Career-best 4 3-PT FGs and 8 rebounds vs. Iowa State ... Season-best 15 points 10 vs. Ball State ... Four games in double figures this season ... Has twice this season PTS REB AST S FG% FT% dished out a season-high 5 assists ... Led the team in assists as a freshman with 2.9 apg and 63 total assists ... Six games in double figures as a freshman, including a career- G 8.4 3.3 2.6 0.8 .444 .917 high 21 points against SIUE ... Limited in the later part of the season with injury MYKA DANCY 5-9 | Sr. | Antioch, Tenn. | Antioch LAST GAME: DNP 12 NOTES: First appearance this season at Tulane ... Career highs in rebounds, assists and PTS REB AST S FG% FT% minutes ... Walked onto the team as a sophomore ... Saw action in seven games and had a career-best five points against SIU in 2017-18. G 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 .667 .000 ERIN WHALEN LAST GAME: POINTS (4), REBOUNDS (0), ASST (0), STL (0), MINS (6) 6-1 | So. | Charlotte, N.C.