2010-11 GAMENOTES Vanderbilt Athletic Communications 2601 Jess Neely Drive Nashville, TN 37212 Basketball SID: Andy Boggs Phone: (615) 343-1847 Email: [email protected] Website: VUCommodores.com 2010-11 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE GAME AT A GLANCE Date Opponent Site Time - November - #18/18 Vanderbilt (20-7, 8-5) vs. LSU (11-17, 3-10) 3 Alabama-Huntsville# Memorial Gym W, 69-53 Saturday * February 26, 2011 * 12:47 p.m. CT 8 Southern Indiana# Memorial Gym W, 77-40 Maravich Assembly Center (13,472) - Baton Rouge, La. 12 Presbyterian Memorial Gym W, 88-47 SEC Network 2010 Puerto Rico Tip Off 18 Nebraska (ESPNU) San Juan, P.R. W, 59-49 Series Info: Vanderbilt and LSU will meet for the 106th time on Saturday 19 West Virginia San Juan, P.R. L, 71-74 afternoon, with the Commodores leading the all-time series, 57-48. The Tigers 21 North Carolina San Juan, P.R. W, 72-65 lead the all-time series in Baton Rouge, 28-20. 24 Grambling State Memorial Gym W, 92-59 Last Meeting: The last meeting between the two schools came on February 27 Appalachian State Memorial Gym W, 86-73 13, 2010, in Nashville in a game Vanderbilt won, 77-69. - December - Head Coaches: Kevin Stallings is in his 12th year at Vanderbilt (233-144) and 1 Western Kentucky (CSS) Memorial Gym W, 82-62 his 18th overall (356-207). Trent Johnson is in his third season at LSU (49-45) 4 Belmont (CSS) Memorial Gym W, 85-76 and 13th year overall (209-166). 8 Missouri (ESPNU) Columbia, Mo. L, 82-85 (OT) Radio: Vanderbilt Sports Network from IMG College (WRQQ - 97.1 FM); 18 SE Louisiana Memorial Gym W, 85-52 vucommodores.com 21 MTSU (CSS) Murfreesboro, Tenn. W, 72-53 Play-by-Play: Joe Fisher (13th year) Color: Tim Thompson (10th year) 29 Marquette (ESPN2) Memorial Gym W, 77-76 TV: SEC Network - January - Play-by-Play: Carter Blackburn Color: Mark Gottfried 2 Davidson Memorial Gym W, 80-52 Vanderbilt Travels To LSU Saturday 8 South Carolina* (ESPN2) Columbia, S.C. L, 75-83 (OT) 12 Georgia* (SEC Network) Memorial Gym W, 73-66 The #18/18 Vanderbilt Commodores travel to Baton Rouge, La., to take on the LSU Tigers Saturday afternoon at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The game 15 Tennessee* (ESPN) Knoxville, Tenn. L, 64-67 tips off at 12:47 p.m. CT, and can be heard live on the Vanderbilt Sports Network 19 Ole Miss* (CSS) Memorial Gym W, 84-74 from IMG College and vucommodores.com. 22 Saint Mary’s Memorial Gym W, 89-70 The SEC Network will have the television broadcast, with Carter Blackburn and 27 Miss. State* (ESPN/ESPN2) Starkville, Miss. W, 81-74 Mark Gottfried on the call. 29 Arkansas* (FSN) Memorial Gym L, 78-89 The Commodores had a five-game winning streak stopped by the Volunteers - February - Tuesday. 1 Florida* (ESPN) Gainesville, Fla. L, 61-65 (OT) 5 South Carolina* (SEC Network) Memorial Gym W, 78-60 Vanderbilt-Tennessee Tidbits 10 Alabama* (ESPN/ESPN2) Memorial Gym W, 81-77 John Jenkins and Festus Ezeli each scored 11 points Tuesday night against 12 Kentucky* (CBS) Memorial Gym W, 81-77 Tennessee, but it was not enough as the Volunteers came away with a 60-51 win 16 Georgia* (ESPNU) Athens, Ga. W, 64-56 at Memorial Gym. 19 Auburn* (SEC Network) Auburn, Ala. W, 77-60 • Tennessee leads the all-time series 110-69 against the Commodores while 22 Tennessee* (ESPN) Memorial Gym L, 51-60 Vanderbilt holds a 51-37 when playing in Nashville. 26 LSU* (SEC Network) Baton Rouge, La. 12:47 p.m. • Kevin Stallings is now 10-14 against Tennessee and an even 6-6 when playing in - March - Memorial Gym. 1 Kentucky* (ESPN) Lexington, Ky. 8 p.m. • Vanderbilt’s 51 points are the fewest it has ever scored against Tennessee in 5 Florida* (ESPN) Memorial Gym 5 p.m. Memorial Gym and the fewest points scored at home against UT since winning 10-13 SEC Tournament Atlanta, Ga. TBA 50-44 on January 28, 1950. Notes: (#) Exhibition; CSS - Comcast/ Charter Sports Southeast; FSN - Fox Sports • The 51 points were the fewest scored for Vanderbilt since falling 69-50 to Net; Dates and times are subject to change. All times Central. Tennessee on Feb. 14, 2009 in Knoxville. VANDERBILT TODAY’S PROBABLE STARTERS # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG A/B/S Hometown 1 Brad Tinsley G 6’3 210 Jr. 10.7 4.0 4.3a Oregon City, Ore. Notched the first triple-double in Vanderbilt basketball history vs. Presbyterian; Leads SEC in assists; Scored game-winning bucket vs. Alabama in 15-point effort; Tallied 16 pts at Auburn. 3 Festus Ezeli C 6’11 255 R-Jr. 13.3 6.1 2.5b Benin City, Nigeria Had 11 points and four blocks vs. Tenn.; Scored 10 points, had 12 rebounds, and seven blocks at Georgia; 4th double-double of his career and season. 5 Lance Goulbourne F 6’8 225 Jr. 6.5 6.7 1.4a Brooklyn, N.Y. Rejoined starting lineup vs. UT; Named SEC Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 23-30; Had double-digit rebounds in 5 games; Returning from injured ankle. 23 John Jenkins G 6’4 215 So. 19.6 3.2 1.2a Hendersonville, Tenn. Leads the SEC in scoring and threes made; Two-time SEC Player of the Week; Scored career-high 32 points vs. UK; Scored 20 or more points in 16 games this season (leads SEC). 44 Jeffery Taylor G 6’7 225 Jr. 14.3 5.6 2.4a Norrkoping, Sweden Had 2nd double-double of the season at Auburn (20 pts, 10 rebs); Had career-high 13 boards at Ga.; Became 41st VU player to 1,000 points with 22-point effort vs. Davidson. at LSU • This marked the fewest points the Commodores have scored in Memorial Gym since beating Georgia Team Notes RADIO NETWORK AFFILIATES 50-40 on January 14, 2009. • Vanderbilt’s 20 second-half points marked the first About LSU Fisher, Thompson Courtside to Call Action time the Commodores have scored 20 points or less LSU enters the game Saturday with an 11-17 on Vanderbilt Radio Network From in a half since putting up 18 at Tennessee on February overall record and a 3-10 mark in SEC play after IMG College 14, 2009. winning at Mississippi State on Wednesday night, • The 18.8% (3-16) shooting from beyond the arc is 84-82. Joe Fisher and Tim Thompson are back the lowest percentage of the season while the three Ralston Turner leads the Tigers with 12.7 points courtside this season, describing the action of made shots are the fewest since only making two per game. Andre Stringer also averages double- every Commodore game to Vanderbilt followers against Kentucky on February 20, 2010. figures with 11.7 points per contest. Storm Warren throughout the Southeast. • Tennessee’s 13.3% (2-15) shooting from three- leads LSU on the glass with 5.6 rebounds per game. Fisher, the Voice of the Commodores, will an- point range matched Alabama’s performance as the chor Vanderbilt play-by-play for the 13th consecu- second-lowest shooting percentage by an opponent The LSU Series tive year. this season. Nebraska was 0-for-10 on November Vanderbilt and LSU will meet for the 106th time on A Nashville native, Fisher also handles the 18, marking the lowest percentage of the year for a Saturday afternoon, with the Commodores leading play-by-play broadcasting duties for Commodore Vanderbilt opponent. the all-time series, 57-48. football and a selected number of baseball games. • Vanderbilt is now 14-2 at home this season. The Tigers lead the all-time series in Baton Rouge, He also serves as the Director of Broadcasting for • Tennessee outrebounded Vanderbilt, 37-31, 28-20, and 7-4 on neutral floors. Vanderbilt leads the Vanderbilt Student Athletics. including 13-3 on the offensive glass. The Volunteers series, 33-13, in games played in Nashville. Prior to working for Vanderbilt, Fisher served as outscored the Commodores, 8-2, in second-chance The last meeting between the two schools a television sports anchor in the Nashville market points. came on February 13, 2010, in Nashville in a game (1987-1996), with stints at WSMV-4 and WKRN-2. • Vanderbilt fell to 5-5 in 2010-11 when being Vanderbilt won, 77-69. Vanderbilt has won the last He also worked in the public relations field for two outrebounded by its opponent. four meetings between the schools. years. • Tuesday night was only the sixth time this year VU Thompson, who is in his 10th year providing has scored 70 points or less, and only the sixth time Stallings Versus LSU color commentary, played for Vanderbilt from 1975- Vanderbilt has shot 40% or less. Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings is 8-6 in 79, receiving the Outstanding Leader and Civitan • The Commodores are now 12-2 in their white games played against LSU, and is 3-2 against the Sportsmanship Awards. He currently works with uniforms and have lost two consecutive games in Tigers in Baton Rouge. Nike College Sports Marketing. white (Arkansas). Broadcast Engineer Bob Horner is in his 29th Player Notes Stallings In SEC Play year courtside producing broadcasts of Com- • Brad Tinsley’s six rebounds are the most he has modore basketball. During his tenure, Horner has Now in his 12th season of SEC play at the helm of made since grabbing six against Tennessee on Janu- worked more than 750 games for Vanderbilt.