2011-12 Vanderbilt Basketball Notes Game 20/Tennessee Game 20/RV/RV VANDERBILT (14-5, 4-1) vs. TENNESSEE (9-10, 1-3) Tues., Jan. 24, 2012 - 6 p.m. CST Nashville, Tenn. - Memorial Gym (14,316) Radio: Vanderbilt Radio Network from IMG College, vucommodores.com, XM 199 Radio Talent: Joe Fisher (pxp), Tim Thompson (analyst) TV: ESPNU TV Talent: Dari Nowkhah (pxp), Dino Gaudio (analyst) Live Stream: No live stream 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: 14-5, 4-1 SEC Series Record: Tennessee leads the 2011-12 Record: 9-10, 1-3 SEC Exhibition Head Coach: Kevin Stallings all-time series, 110-69. Head Coach: Cuonzo Martin Nov. 11 7/7 - Oregon W, 78-64 1-0 Career Record: 373-216 (18) Last Meeting: Tenn. defeated Career Record: 70-51 (4) Nov. 13 7/7 - Cleveland State L, 58-71 1-1 VU Record: 250-153 (13) Vanderbilt in Nashville, 60-51, on Tennessee Record: 9-10 (1) TicketCity Legends Classic - Regional Round Nov. 15 18/20 - Bucknell W, 80-68 2-1 2/22/11. TicketCity Legends Classic - Regional Round 2011-12 STATISTICAL LEADERS Record at Vanderbilt: VU leads 47-32. 2011-12 STATISTICAL LEADERS Nov. 19 18/20 - NC State W, 86-79 3-1 Points: John Jenkins (19.8) Record at UT: UT leads 70-21. Points: Trae Golden (13.6) TicketCity Legends Classic - Finals - East Rutherford, N.J. Rebounds: Lance Goulbourne (7.4) Record at Neutral Site: UT leads 7-1. Rebounds: Jarnell Stokes (8.0) Nov. 21 18/20 - Oregon St. W, 64-62 4-1 Assists: Brad Tinsley (4.4) Coach Stallings vs. UT: Coach Assists: Trae Golden (5.2) TicketCity Legends Classic - Finals - East Rutherford, N.J. Blocks: Festus Ezeli (2.0) Stallings is 11-14 against Tennessee. Blocks: Kenny Hall (1.0) 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 Vanderbilt had an eight game winning streak snapped by Mississippi State on Saturday in an overtime Dec. 7 RV/RV - Davidson W, 87-83 6-3 loss to the Bulldogs, 78-77, at Memorial Gym. John Jenkins led four Vanderbilt players in double figures Dec. 17 25/25 - Indiana State L, 55-61 6-4 Dec. 19 RV/RV - Longwood W, 99-71 7-4 with 21 points. Jeffery Taylor added 19 points, Lance Goulbourne 12 points on a career-high four made Dec. 21 RV/RV - Lafayette W, 89-58 8-4 three’s, and Festus Ezeli chipped in second consecutive double-double with 12 points and a career-high 14 Dec. 29 - 13/14 Marquette W, 74-57 9-4 rebounds. The Commodores moved to 4-1 in the SEC. JANUARY Vanderbilt is now 0-6 in its last six overtime games, and 0-3 in OT games this year (Xavier, at Louisville, Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV Mississippi State). Jan. 2 RV/RV - Miami (Ohio) W, 69-62 10-4 The loss was Vanderbilt’s first with the starting lineup of Jenkins, Taylor, Goulbourne, Ezeli, and Brad Jan. 7 RV/RV - Auburn* W, 65-35 11-4 Tinsley (4-1). Jan. 10 RV/RV - South Carolina* W, 67-57 12-4 Jan. 14 RV/RV - Georgia* W, 77-66 13-4 In SEC play, Vanderbilt is outscoring opponents by an average of 12.0 points and shooting 47.9% from the Jan. 19 RV/RV RV/RV Alabama* W, 69-59 14-4 floor and 47.7% from three. Jan. 21 RV/RV 18/15 Mississippi St.* L, 77-78 OT 14-5 With the win over Alabama, the Commodores are now 12-6 in road SEC contests since the 2009-10 Jan. 24 - - Tennessee* 6 p.m. ESPNU campaign (6-2 in 2009-10, 4-4 in 2010-11, 2-0 in 2011-12). The 12 wins is the most in the SEC. Jan. 28 - RV/RV MTSU 1 p.m. none Four of Vanderbilt’s starters are hovering around 50% from the floor for the season - Jenkins (48.1%), Jan. 31 - - Arkansas* 8 p.m. ESPN Taylor (54.1%), Tinsley (48.9%), and Goulbourne (49.6%). The Commodores sport the leading scorer in all games (John Jenkins, 19.8 ppg) and the third-leading FEBRUARY scorer (Jeffery Taylor, 17.1 ppg) in the SEC. Jenkins also paces the league and nation in three’s made at 4.0 Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV Feb. 4 - - Florida* 12 p.m. CBS per game. Feb. 8 - - LSU* 8 p.m. CSS John Jenkins was 5-11 from beyond-the-arc against Miss. State, his ninth consecutive game making 3 or Feb. 11 - - Kentucky* 8 p.m. ESPN more 3FG, his 14th this season, and 45th in his career. ESPN College Gameday Driven By State Farm Jenkins has scored in double-digit figures in 51 consecutive games, 70 in his career. Feb. 16 - - Ole Miss* 8 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2 Vanderbilt was outrebounded, 37-33, by Miss. State - VU is now 1-4 in those games this season. Feb. 19 - - Georgia* 12 p.m. FSN Feb. 22 - - South Carolina* 7 p.m. SECN Feb. 25 - - 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: 9.8 Pts: 19.8 Pts: 17.1 Pts: 10.2 Pts: 7.6 ALL TIMES CENTRAL Rebs: 2.7 Rebs: 3.0 Rebs: 5.6 Rebs: 7.4 Rebs: 6.7 RANKINGS: AP/ESPN Asst: 4.4 Asst: 1.1 Asst: 2.1 Blks: 1.1 Blks: 2.0 *SEC GAME FG%: 48.9 FG%: 48.1 FG%: 54.1 FG%: 49.6 FG%: 47.9 3FG%: 44.1 3FG%: 45.3 3FG%: 46.4 3FG%: 39.4 3FG%: 0.0 www.vucommodores.com @VandyMBB 2011-12 Vanderbilt Basketball Notes Game 20/Tennessee MORE ON THE TENNESSEE SERIES STAT COMPARISON (2011-12) VANDERBILT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Tuesday’s meeting will be the 180th all-time between the two schools. Tennessee is Vander- VU UT All SEC All SEC 2601 Jess Neely Drive, Nashville, TN 37212 bilt’s most-played opponent in the program’s phone: 615-322-4121 Record 14-5 4-1 9-10 1-3 history. Scoring Offense 74.7 71.0 71.1 60.0 The first meeting between the two schools Scoring Defense 65.7 59.0 66.9 60.0 INTERVIEW POLICY came in the 1921-22 season in Knoxville. Scoring Margin +9.0 +12.0 +4.2 +0.0 FG% .468 .479 .454 .433 Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings and Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings and FG% Defense .420 .367 .426 .390 selected Vanderbilt players will be available to the Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin both played at 3FG% .405 .477 .367 .357 media before practice on a weekly basis during the Purdue under former coach Gene Keady. 3FG% Defense .332 .320 .345 .258 non-conference season, and bi-weekly during the Coach Stallings is 11-4 all-time against the Free Throw % .683 .679 .675 .613 SEC season. Volunteers and 6-6 against Tennessee at Memo- Rebounding 35.8 37.0 36.2 35.2 The times for those media sessions will be emailed rial Gym. Rebounding Margin +3.0 +6.2 +2.5 +0.5 to media members in advance of those pre-practice Turnovers/game 14.5 14.0 13.4 15.5 interviews. MORE ON TENNESSEE Opponent Turnovers 13.7 9.8 12.1 13.3 Media may photograph the first 20 minutes of Steals 6.5 4.0 5.9 6.0 practice. All practices are closed to the public. The Volunteers are 9-10 overall on the season, and 1-3 in SEC play. Tennessee knocked off #11 Blocks 4.2 4.8 4.7 3.8 POSTGAME INTERVIEW POLICY Connecticut on Saturday, 60-57, at Thompson- Boling Arena. Trae Golden leads the team in scoring with 13.7 points per game with freshman Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings will enter Jarnell Stokes leading the team on the glass with 8.0 rebounds per game. the Memorial Gym interview room after the NCAA- mandated 10-minute cooling off period, followed by TEAM NOTES Vanderbilt players. MORE QUICK HITTERS Visiting coach and player interviews will be at the discretion of the visiting SID. Taylor scored in double figures for the 18th time this season against Alabama, and the 90th time in his career. Goulbourne reached double digits for the 10th time this season. SEC TELECONFERENCE VU’s starting five has amassed 371 career starts. Taylor is fourth in the SEC in field goal percentage (.541), and has made more field goals than Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings and the 11 any other player in the SEC (120).