MBB Travels to Toledo Tuesday

Nov. 12, 2007

GAME AT A GLANCE

Last Game: Shan Foster tied his career-high with seven three-pointers to lead Vanderbilt past Austin Peay 81-67 on Saturday night. A.J. Ogilvy’s 18-point, nine-rebound performance earned him SEC Freshman of the Week honors earlier today. Recap VANDERBILT (1-0) AT TOLEDO (1-0) Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. CT Savage Hall (9,000) Toledo, Ohio TELEVISION: None RADIO: 104.5 the Zone Play-by-Play: Joe Fisher; Color: Tim Thompson SIRIUS: Channel 181 SERIES INFORMATION Vanderbilt leads series, 3-0. Tuesday’s matchup will be the first game of the series played in Toledo. LAST MEETING Vanderbilt won 98-93 in overtime in Nashville last year on Dec. 2. COACHES Kevin Stallings is in his ninth year at Vanderbilt (145-108) and his 15th overall (268-171). Stan Joplin is in his 12th year with Toledo and overall (193-136). VANDERBILT TIDBIT Freshman center A.J. Ogilvy’s 18-point collegiate debut against Austin Peay on Saturday was the most points scored for a Vanderbilt freshman since Phil Cox scored 30 points to open his college career at Duke in a game the Commodores won 76-75 in double overtime to begin the 1981-82 campaign. TOLEDO TIDBIT The Toledo Rockets are the defending MAC West regular season champions. Guard Tyrone Kent scored a career-high 27 points in the Rockets season-opening 57-53 win over Missouri State.

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NASHVILLE – The Commodore men’s basketball team hits the road for the first time in the 2007-08 campaign when they travel to Mid-American Conference foe Toledo at Savage Hall. Tip time is 6 p.m. CT and can be heard on the Vanderbilt-ISP Radio Network with Joe Fisher and Tim Thompson on the call. There is no television for the game.

The Rockets and Commodores met last year in Memorial Gym, and in that game, Vanderbilt escaped with a narrow, 98-93 win in overtime on December 2, 2006. Then-freshman Jermaine Beal gave the Commodores the winning margin on a three-point play with 4.4 seconds remaining in overtime after Toledo had led by as many as five with 2:27 to go in overtime.

The Commodores lead the all-time series between the two schools, 3-0, but have never played on the Rockets’ home court. Two of the meetings have come in Nashville, and the other came on December 30, 1970, in the Sugar Bowl Tournament in New Orleans, La. Vanderbilt owns an 11-1 all-time record against the Mid-American Conference, with the Commodores’ only loss coming against Miami (Ohio) in 1935-36. In fact, this will be only the second game for a Vanderbilt team on a Mid-American Conference home court, with the first time coming in a 28-22 win at Miami (Ohio) in the 1931-32 season.

Vanderbilt opened its regular season Saturday evening with an 81-67 win over Ohio Valley Conference favorite Austin Peay at Memorial Gym. VU senior Shan Foster, a preseason All-SEC first team selection by the media and coaches, led three Commodore players in double figures with 21 points on seven made threes, which tied a career high. Senior guard Alex Gordon added 19 points and tied a career high with five three-pointers, and freshman post man A.J. Ogilvy nearly garnered a double-double in his first career game with 18 points and nine rebounds. Ogilvy won the SEC Freshman of the Week award for his exploits against APSU, and his collegiate debut is the most for a Vanderbilt freshman since Phil Cox scored 30 points to open his college career at Duke in a game the Commodores won 76-75 in double overtime to begin the 1981-82 campaign.

The win pushed Vanderbilt to 89-32 all-time in season openers and 29-3 in openers at Memorial Gym.

The Toledo Rockets are the defending MAC West regular season champions after finishing the season 19-13 and 14-2 in the Mid-American Conference in 2006-07. The Rockets played in the postseason NIT and lost to Florida State, 77-61, in the first round in Tallahassee. Top returning guard Kashif Payne is out for Toledo after taking a leave of absence from the team for personal reasons, but guard Tyrone Kent picked up the slack for Payne in the season opening, 57-53 win over Missouri State Saturday night when he scored a career-high 27 points, the only Rocket to score in double-digits. Toledo coach Stan Joplin, a former standout player for the Rockets, is in his 12th season and has a 193-136 all-time record.

Tip-off from Savage Hall is 6 p.m. CT, and the game can be heard live in Nashville on 104.5 The Zone or worldwide on www.vucommodores.com .

TOLEDO STARTING LINEUP