2016-17 Vanderbilt Basketball Notes Game 24 - Arkansas Vanderbilt (11-12, 4-6 SEC) vs. Arkansas (17-6, 6-4 SEC) Fayetteville, Ark. - Bud Walton Arena - 7:30 p.m. CT TV: SEC Network TV Talent: Adam Amin (play by play), Jon Sundvold (color), Kris Budden (sidelines) Radio: Vanderbilt Radio Network from IMG College, vucommodores.com Radio Talent: Joe Fisher (pxp), Tim Thompson (analyst) Satellite Radio: XM 136, Sirius 380 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. 11 - - Marquette# L, 71-95 0-1 2016-17 Record: 11-12, 4-6 SEC Series Record: Arkansas leads 23-11. 2016-17 Record: 17-6, 6-4 SEC Nov. 15 - - Belmont W, 80-66 1-1 Head Coach: Bryce Drew Last Meeting: Arkansas win, 71-70, on Head Coach: Mike Anderson Career Record: 135-61 (6) Jan. 24, 2017, in Nashville. Career Record: 319-168 (15) Nov. 18 - - Norfolk St.^ W, 75-52 2-1 VU Record: 11-12 (1) Record at Vanderbilt: VU leads 8-7. Arkansas Record: 119-70 (6) Nov. 21 - - Bucknell^ L, 72-75 2-2 Record at Arkansas: Ark. leads 12-2. Nov. 24 - RV/RV Butler L, 66-76 2-3 2016-17 LEADERS Record at Neutral Site: Ark. leads 3-1. 2016-17 LEADERS Nov. 25 - - Santa Clara W, 76-66 3-3 Points: M. Fisher-Davis (15.6) Coach Drew vs. Arkansas: Coach Points: Dusty Hannahs (14.2) Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, Nev. Rebounds: Jeff Roberson (7.5) Drew is 0-1 against Arkansas. Rebounds: Moses Kingsley (7.7) Nov. 29 - - Tennessee St. W, 83-59 4-3 Assists: Riley LaChance (4.2) Assists: Daryl Macon (2.5) DECEMBER Blocks: Luke Kornet (1.7) Blocks: Moses Kingsley (2.5) Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. Dec. 3 - RV/- Minnesota+ L, 52-56 4-4 Dec. 6 - - High Point W, 90-63 5-4 QUICK HITTERS Dec. 8 - - M. Tennessee L, 48-71 5-5 The Commodores had a two-game winning streak snapped on Saturday by Ole Miss, who came away with an 81-74 Dec. 17 - - Chattanooga W, 76-74 6-5 victory over the Commodores on Saturday at Memorial Gym. Vanderbilt junior Jeff Roberson scored a career-high 21 Dec. 21 - - Dayton L, 63-68 6-6 points to lead the Commodores. Senior Luke Kornet scored 18 points and junior Matthew Fisher-Davis added 13 points for Dec. 29 - - LSU* W, 96-89 7-6, 1-0 Vanderbilt. JANUARY Vanderbilt made 14 3-pointers as a team. It was the 10th time this season that the Commodores have made 10 or more Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. 3’s in a game and the team now owns an 8-2 record in those games. The only other loss was to Alabama on Jan. 7. Jan. 4 - - Auburn* W, 80-61 8-6, 2-0 The Vanderbilt defense held Ole Miss to 1-11 (9%) from 3-point range in the first half, but the Rebels shot 8-11 (73%) Jan. 7 - - Alabama* L, 56-59 8-7, 2-1 from beyond-the-arc in the second half. Roberson has now scored in double figures in four consecutive games - he is averaging 15.5 points and 8.3 rebounds Jan. 10 - 6/6 Kentucky* L, 81-87 8-8, 2-2 in those four games. He ranks third in the SEC in rebounding (7.5) in all games and fourth (7.4) in league games only, and Jan. 14 - - Tennessee* L, 75-87 8-9, 2-3 is second in the league in defensive rebounding (5.7) in all games and third in league games only (5.6). Jan. 17 - - Georgia* L, 68-76 8-10, 2-4 Vanderbilt leads the SEC in three-point field goal percentage (38.6%), threes made (10.1) and free throw percentage Jan. 21 - 19/21 Florida* W, 68-66 9-10, 3-4 (77.9%) in all games. In league games only, the Commodores are first in free throw percentage (75.7%) and threes made Jan. 24 - - Arkansas* L, 70-71 9-11, 3-5 (10.6). The Commodores rank eighth nationally in free-throw percentage and are 11th in 3’s made per game. Jan. 28 - RV/RV Iowa State% W, 84-78 10-11, 3-5 The Commodores have the fourth-toughest schedule in the nation according to the NCAA RPI and Jerry Palm. KenPom. Jan. 31 - - Texas A&M* W, 68-54 11-11, 4-5 com has Vanderbilt’s schedule ranked 12th. Vanderbilt has played the toughest non-conference schedule in the nation FEBRUARY according to the NCAA RPI and Jerry Palm. Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. This will be the second meeting between the two schools this season. Arkansas won an earlier meeting at Memorial Feb. 4 - - Ole Miss* L, 74-81 11-12, 4-6 Gym, 71-70, on January 24. Feb. 7 - - Arkansas* 7:30 pm SECN The Commodores are 3-2 in league road contests this year. Feb. 11 - - Missouri* 2:30 pm SECN In 10 SEC games, the Commodores have three players who are in the top 10 in three-point field goal percentage, with Feb. 16 - - Texas A&M* 6 pm ESPN/2 senior center Luke Kornet leading the conference at 46.3%. Junior Riley LaChance is fourth (.426), and junior Matthew Feb. 18 - - S. Carolina* 7:30 pm SECN Fisher-Davis is 10th (.351). Fisher-Davis is second in league games only in 3’s made (2.6), Kornet fourth (2.5), and Feb. 22 - - Tennessee* 5:30 pm SECN LaChance ninth (2.1). Feb. 25 - - Miss. State* 3 pm ESPNU Making three’s is not a new thing for this year’s Commodore team. Combined in their career, current players have made Feb. 28 - - Kentucky* 8 pm ESPN 780 career threes. MARCH Riley LaChance is shooting 49.4% from three this season and is two threes shy of the minimum two threes per game to Date VU Opp Opponent Time TV/Rec. be ranked in the SEC. He is fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2), seventh in the league in assists (4.2), and 10th in three’s Mar. 4 - - Florida* 1 pm ESPN/2 made (1.9) in all games. ALL TIMES CENTRAL Fisher-Davis is eighth in the SEC in scoring in all games and seventh in SEC games only (15.4). He is second in the RANKINGS: AP/ESPN league in three’s made (2.6) and fourth in 3FG% (.392) in all games. *SEC GAME; #Northwestern Mutual Veterans Classic, Annapolis, Md.; Fisher-Davis now has 212 career threes and is currently ninth on Vanderbilt’s all-time career three’s made list. ^Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Nashville, Tenn.; The Commodores are in their 84th season of SEC basketball - Vanderbilt is one of the founding members of the South- eastern Conference. Vanderbilt recently won their 700th league game at Florida and now have 701 SEC wins. +Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, S.D.; %SEC/Big 12 Challenge; Nolan Cressler and Kornet combined for 41 points against Iowa State, the second-most points scored by a senior duo in SECN: SEC Network; SECN+: SEC Network Plus; the SEC this year (South Carolina’s Sindarius Thornwell and Duane Notice’s combined 46 points against Auburn is first). CBSSN: CBS Sports Network; TWSC: Time Warner Sports Channel Cressler’s 20 points against Iowa State marked a career-best for him in a Commodores uniform. His previous season- best was 11 points on two different occasions, and his previous best as a Commodore was 14 points, which occurred three times in 2015-16. www.vucommodores.com @VandyMBB 2016-17 Vanderbilt Basketball Notes Game 24 - arkansas PAYTON WILLIS NOTES: Scored a career-high 17 points vs. Butler.. CAREER HIGHS G 6-4 182 Fr. Fayetteville, Ark. Started 12 games at point guard position... Scored 11 Pts. - 17, vs. Butler (11/24/16) points at LSU, 10 at Alabama...Dished out 6 assists vs. Rebs. - 5, at Alabama (1/7/17) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG 1 Auburn...3rd Commodore from Arkansas and 1st since Ast. - 8, vs. Santa Clara (11/25/16) 6.0 1.8 2.2 0.5 0.1 19.0 Ralph Childs (1955-56). Min. - 32, vs. Santa Clara (11/25/16) JOE TOYE NOTES: Played in all 23 games this season...Scored CAREER HIGHS G/F 6-7 208 So. Chicago, Ill. 11 points at Texas A&M; also tied career high with six re- Pts. - 13, vs. Arkansas (1/24/17) bounds...Tallied career-high 13 pts vs. Arkansas...Scored Rebs. - 6, 2x, last at TAMU (1/31/17) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG 2 10 points vs. Tennessee, played career-high 27 minutes... Ast. - 3, vs. Auburn (1/4/17) 5.4 2.8 1.1 0.3 0.1 17.0 Played at Whitney Young HS in Chicago. Min. - 27, vs. Tenn. (1/14/17) LUKE KORNET NOTES: Scored 18 points vs. Ole Miss...Leads SEC CAREER HIGHS F 7-1 250 Sr. Lantana, Texas in 3FG% in SEC games (.463)...Tallied season-high 21 Pts. - 24, vs. Tenn. St. (11/23/14) points vs. Iowa State...Scored 18 points vs. Tennessee Rebs. - 14, at Tenn. (1/20/16) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG 3 ...Named Senior CLASS nominee...2nd on VU all-time list Ast.