March 2, 2012
Vanderbilt Gamenotes Tennessee Gamenotes
Stallings Meets With The Media
Thirty games down, one more to go for the Commodores in the 2011-12 regular season, and the finale will be no easy task, with instate rival Tennessee awaiting Vanderbilt for a Saturday afternoon tip off at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. The game begins at 3 p.m. CT, and can be seen live on ESPN to a national television audience. The game can also be heard on the Vanderbilt IMG College Radio Network in middle Tennessee and online at vucommodores.com.
Vanderbilt ended the regular season home schedule with a win over ranked Florida, 77-67, on senior night Tuesday evening at Memorial Gym. John Jenkins, the lone junior in the starting lineup, scored 22 points and made six threes in the win, while Jeffery Taylor added 18 points and Festus Ezeli 11 Tuesday night.
The Commodores will take on Tennessee for the second time this season – VU defeated the Volunteers, 65-47, on January 24 at Memorial Gym behind Jeffery Taylor’s 23-point effort. Jenkins also added 16 points in the win.
Series Information
Series Record: Tennessee leads the all-time series, 110-70.
Last Meeting: VU defeated Tennessee, 65-47, on 1/24/12.
Record at Vanderbilt: VU leads 48-32.
Record at UT: UT leads 70-21.
Record at Neutral Site: UT leads 7-1.
Coach Stallings vs. UT: Coach Stallings is 12-14 against Tennessee
Media Information
Radio: Vanderbilt Radio Network from IMG College, vucommodores.com, XM 200
Radio Talent: Joe Fisher (pxp), Tim Thompson (analyst)
TV: ESPN
TV Talent: Brad Nessler (pxp), Jimmy Dykes (analyst)
Live Stream: ESPN3.com
Live Stats: vucommodores.com
Twitter Updates: @VandyMBB
Jenkins and Threes
Jenkins has made 115 threes this year, which is the second-best single-season total in VU history, behind Shan Foster’s SEC-Best 134 (2008). It is the fifth-best SEC single-season total – he trails Jodie Meeks of UK and Jamel Bradley of South Caroina by two threes for third and Chris Lofton by three for second. If Jenkins’ season ended against Florida on Tuesday, he would have the second-best 3-point FG percentage in SEC history at 44.9%. He only trails former VU great Barry Booker on that list (46.0%).
More On The Tennessee Series
- Tuesday’s meeting will be the 181st all-time between the two schools. Tennessee is Vanderbilt’s most-played opponent in the program’s history.
- The first meeting between the two schools came in the 1921-22 season in Knoxville.
- Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings and Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin both played at Purdue under former coach Gene Keady.
- Coach Stallings is 12-14 all-time against the Volunteers and 4-8 against Tennessee at Thompson-Boling Arena.
More On Tennessee
The Volunteers are 17-13 overall on the season, 9-7 in SEC play, and have won eight of their last ten games. Trae Golden leads the team in scoring with 13.3 points per game with freshman Jeronne Maymon leading the team on the glass with 7.9 rebounds per game.
Quick Hitters
- Vanderbilt is now 11-5 in games with their preseason initial starting lineup of Jenkins, Taylor, Lance Goulbourne, Festus Ezeli, and Brad Tinsley.
- The Commodores sport the leading scorer in all games and in SEC games only in John Jenkins at 20.1 and 19.3 ppg, respectively, and the league’s second-leading scorer in all games (17.4) and in SEC games only in Jeffery Taylor (17.3). Jenkins also paces the league and nation in threes made at 4.0 per game.
- Combined, Taylor and Jenkins have made 174 threes this season.
- With the win over Florida, Vanderbilt eclipsed the 10-win mark in SEC play for the fourth time in the last six years.
- With the win over the Gamecocks on February 22, Vanderbilt reached the 20-win plateau for the seventh time in the last nine years. It is Coach Stallings’ seventh 20-win season, the most among any Vanderbilt coach. The winningest coach in Vanderbilt history, Roy Skinner, posted six 20-win seasons.
- In his playing and coaching career, Stallings now has 24 20-win campaigns.
- Jenkins has scored in double-digits in 63 consecutive games, 82 in his career.
- Taylor paces the SEC in league games only in 3FG % at 51.4 (49-76)%.
- Jenkins is trying to lead the SEC in scoring in consecutive seasons for first time since 1995 and 1996, when LSU’s Ronnie Henderson accomplished the feat.
- Jeffery Taylor (187) and John Jenkins (186) lead the league in field goals made for the season.
- Taylor is sixth in the SEC in field-goal percentage (.506).
- VU’s starting five has amassed 426 career starts.
- Vanderbilt is the only team in the SEC that sports three 1,000-point scorers in John Jenkins, Jeffery Taylor, and Brad Tinsley.
- Jenkins leads the league in all games in scoring (20.1), free throw percentage (.850) and threes made (4.0). In league games only, Jenkins leads in scoring (19.3), threes made (4.0) and is second in free throw percentage (.879).
- In league games only, Tinsley is third in the league in assists (4.6) and first in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6).
- Jeffery Taylor is third on Vanderbilt’s all-time scoring list and leads all active scorers in the SEC with 1,837 career points.
- With his six 3FGs against Florida, Jenkins has scored at least 3 3FGs in 25 games this season. He has made six or more in three games this year.
SEC Tournament Scenarios (see more here)
With a win and Florida loss, Vanderbilt will clinch the two seed. A Vanderbilt loss and a Florida loss will result in a three seed. A Vanderbilt loss and a Florida win will result in either a three or four seed.
