2017-18 Vanderbilt Basketball Notes Game 17: Kentucky Vanderbilt (6-10, 1-3) vs. #21/20 Kentucky (13-3, 3-1) Nashville, Tenn. - Memorial Gym - 3 p.m. CT TV: ESPN TV Talent: Bob Wischusen (pxp), Dick Vitale (talent), and Allison Williams (sidelines) Radio: Vanderbilt Radio Network from IMG College, vucommodores.com Radio Talent: Joe Fisher (pxp), Tim Thompson (analyst) Satellite Radio: Sirius 138, XM 191 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 INFORMATION VANDERBILT SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOVEMBER Date VU Opp Opponent Time/Result TV/Rec. Nov. 10 - - Austin Peay# W, 73-54 1-0 2017-18 Record: 6-10, 1-3 SEC Series Record: UK leads, 142-47. 2017-18 Record: 13-3, 3-1 SEC Nov. 13 - - Belmont L, 60-69 1-1 Head Coach: Bryce Drew Last Meeting: UK win, 73-67, on Head Coach: John Calipari Career Record: 149-75 (7) 2/28/17 in Lexington. Career Record: 665-194 (26) Nov. 17 - - UNC Asheville# W, 79-76 2-1 VU Record: 25-26 (2) Record at Vanderbilt: UK leads 53-27. Kentucky Record: 262-56 (9) Nov. 19 - 10/10 USC L, 89-93 OT 2-2 Record at Kentucky: UK leads 84-15. Nov. 23 - RV/25 Virginia L, 42-68 2-3 2017-18 LEADERS Record at Neutral Site: Tied at 5. 2017-18 LEADERS Nov. 24 - 20/20 Seton Hall L, 59-72 2-4 Points: Jeff Roberson (14.8) Coach Drew vs. Kentucky: Coach Points: Kevin Knox (14.1) NIT Season Tip-Off, Brooklyn, N.Y. Rebounds: Jeff Roberson (7.8) Drew is 0-2 against Kentucky. Rebounds: Knox/N. Richards (5.7) Nov. 28 - - Radford W, 74-62 3-4 Assists: Saben Lee (3.3) Assists: S. Gilgeous-Alexander (4.3) DECEMBER Blocks: Djery Baptiste (1.1) Blocks: PJ Washington/Richards (1.3) Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. Dec. 3 - - Kansas State L, 79-84 3-5 Dec. 6 - - M. Tennessee L, 63-66 3-6 QUICK HITTERS Dec. 17 - 5/6 Arizona State L, 64-76 3-7 Vanderbilt fell to 1-3 in SEC play and 6-10 overall Tuesday night at Memorial Gym after dropping a 92-84 decision to Dec. 20 - - Houston Baptist W, 81-48 4-7 Tennessee. Freshman Saben Lee led the Commodores for the third consecutive game in scoring with 21 points (7-10 Dec. 22 - - Alcorn State W, 92-51 5-7 from the floor). Seniors Jeff Roberson (19 points), Riley LaChance (16), and Matthew Fisher-Davis (10) also added double Dec. 30 - - Florida* L, 74-81 5-8, 0-1 figures. JANUARY Lee has led the Commodores in scoring for the last three games and is averaging 20.3 points per game in that span. In Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. four league games, the freshman from Phoenix is the conference’s leading freshman scorer with 18.5 points per game and 6th overall in league games only. He also ranks seventh in SEC-only field goal percentage (.545). Jan. 2 - - Alabama* W, 76-75 6-8, 1-1 Jeff Roberson is the team’s leading scorer and rebounder in all games, averaging 14.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per Jan. 6 - - S. Carolina* L, 60-71 6-9, 1-2 game. Roberson is second in the SEC in double doubles, fourth in the SEC in all games in rebounding, sixth in free throw Jan. 9 - 24/23 Tennessee* L, 84-92 6-10, 1-3 percentage, and first in defensive rebounding. In league games only, he is tied for seventh in three-point field goal percent- Jan. 13 - 21/20 Kentucky* 3 p.m. ESPN age (.474) and tied for ninth in three’s made (2.3). Jan. 16 - - Miss. State* 6 p.m. SECN Roberson eclipsed the 1,000-point barrier in his career with his 21-point game against Alcorn State. He joins two other Jan. 20 - - LSU* 12 p.m. SECN 1,000-point scorers on this year’s roster - Riley LaChance and Matthew Fisher-Davis. There has been only one other class Jan. 23 - - Tennessee* 6 p.m. ESPNU of Vanderbilt players to have three 1,000-point scorers - the vaunted “F Troop” - Butch Feher, Joe Ford, and Jeff Fosnes in Jan. 27 - - TCU% 3 p.m. ESPN2 1976. Jan. 30 - - Kentucky* 8 p.m. ESPN Matthew Fisher Davis adds 12.1 points per game, Riley LaChance pitches in 11.3 points, and Saben Lee averages 11.2 FEBRUARY points per game. Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. Fisher-Davis has 1,210 points and LaChance has 1,206 career points, and are 29th and 31st on Vanderbilt’s all-time Feb. 3 - - Auburn* 7:30 p.m. SECN scoring list, respectively, and are second and third among current players in SEC in scoring. Georgia’s Yante Maten is the Feb. 7 - - Georgia* 7:30 p.m. SECN conference’s current career leader. Feb. 10 - - Arkansas* 7:30 p.m. SECN Fisher-Davis is ninth in the SEC in 3’s made with 2.3 in all games and seventh in SEC games only (2.5). LaChance, who has 364 career assists, is now 10th on Vanderbilt’s all-time assist list after surpassing Al McKinney Feb. 14 - - Miss. State* 6 p.m. SECN against Florida. McKinney played from 1981-84 and finished his career with 351 career assists. Russell Lakey is ninth on Feb. 17 - - Florida* 3 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2 the list with 369 assists. Feb. 20 - - LSU* 8 p.m. SECN Vanderbilt’s record against ranked opponents is 94-233 all-time and 64-77 against ranked opponents at home. Feb. 24 - - Texas A&M* 3 p.m. ESPN/2 The Commodores have used eight different starting lineups this season, with their eighth coming against Tennessee Feb. 27 - - Missouri* 6 p.m. ESPN/2 (Lee, LaChance, Evans, Roberson, Baptiste). MARCH The Commodores have already played five ranked opponents this season in USC (#10/#10), Virginia (RV/#25), Seton Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. Hall (#20/#20), Arizona State (#5/#6), and Tennessee (24/23), the most in the SEC. The four ranked non-conference op- Mar. 3 - - Ole Miss* 7:30 p.m. SECN ponents is the most by a Commodore team since 1988, when Vanderbilt also played four (11/22 - # 2 Michigan, L, 66-91; ALL TIMES CENTRAL 11/27 - #16 Ohio State, L, 82-97; 11/30 - #13 Louisville, W, 65-62; 12/7 - #8 North Carolina, L, 77-89). RANKINGS: AP/ESPN *SEC GAME; #NIT Season Tip-Off, Nashville, This season’s non-conference schedule features eight games against teams who played in the postseason a year ago. Tenn.; %SEC/Big 12 Challenge; Five opponents, USC, Seton Hall, Virginia, Kansas State, and Middle Tennessee, all played in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, with NIT participant Belmont, 2017 NIT Champion TCU, and CollegeInsider.com Tournament team UNC Asheville also on the challenging slate. KenPom.com has Vanderbilt’s strength of schedule at 10 as of January 7. Commodore head coach Bryce Drew, now in his second season, led the Commodores to the NCAA Tournament in his first season in Nashville, marking the first time in the history of the program a first-year Vanderbilt coach led his team to the tournament. Overall, the Commodores made their 15th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and their first back-to-back appearances since making three consecutive tournaments from 2010-12. www.vucommodores.com @VandyMBB 2017-18 Vanderbilt Basketball Notes Game 17: Kentucky SABEN LEE NOTES: 6’2 guard from Phoenix, Ariz...Made 13 starts CAREER HIGHS G 6-2 174 Fr. Phoenix, Ariz. so far in 2017-18...Leading freshman scorer in SEC Pts. - 24, vs. Ariz. St. (12/17/17) games only with 18.5 ppg...Scored a career-high 24 Rebs. - 8, at Belmont (11/13/17) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG 0 points at Arizona State...VU leading scorer in last three Ast. - 7, vs. Austin Peay (11/10/17) 11.2 2.3 3.3 1.1 0.3 24.3 games...Son of former FSU/NFL great Amp Lee. Min. - 38, vs. Ariz. St. (12/17/17) PAYTON WILLIS NOTES: Scored season-high 10 points and dished out 4 CAREER HIGHS G 6-4 182 So. Fayetteville, Ark. assists in 28 minutes of action at Florida in SEC opener; Pts. - 17, vs. Butler (11/24/16) also 3 for 4 from 3...Averaged 5.2 points, 1.8 rebounds, Rebs. - 5, 2x, last vs. MT (12/6/17) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG 1 and 1.9 assists/game in 2016-17...3rd Commodore Ast. - 8, vs. Santa Clara (11/25/16) 4.2 1.4 1.2 0.4 0.1 14.7 from Arkansas and 1st since Ralph Childs (1955-56). Min. - 32, vs. Santa Clara (11/25/16) JOE TOYE NOTES: Scored a season-high 14 points against Ari- CAREER HIGHS G/F 6-7 206 Jr. Chicago, Ill. zona State...Made nine starts this season...Played in all Pts. - 18, vs. TAMU (3/9/17) 33 games in 2016-17 and started the last 11...Set new Rebs. - 6, 2x, last at TAMU (1/31/17) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG 2 career high with 18 points vs. TAMU in SEC Tournament; Ast. - 4, at Arkansas (2/7/17) 4.8 2.1 0.9 0.3 0.5 17.6 made career-best five threes.