Aug 17, 2013
Day Seven Photo Gallery
Commodore senior Rod Odom scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to move Vanderbilt to 3-0 on their European tour with a 99-46 victory over Perugia Basket, a Division III team in Italy. Eric McClellan and Josh Henderson each added 12 points, and Nathan Watkins added 10 in the win.
The two teams played a five-quarter contest, with the Dores leading 74-44 after a normal 40-minute contest.
Vanderbilt led wire-to-wire at the Stella Azurra in Rome, with every player dressed for the game adding their name to the scoring column.
The two teams meet for the second time on Sunday night in the same location. It will be the Commodores’ final game of their 10-day trip.
NOTE: Vanderbilt freshmen Damian Jones and Luke Kornet returned to Nashville to take part in Vanderbilt’s Freshman Orientation, and did not play in the game.
Stats from the game:
Eric McClellan – 12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 turnovers, 1 steal
Dai-Jon Parker – 5 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 turnovers, 5 steals, 1 block
Kyle Fuller – 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 turnovers
Josh Henderson – 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals
James Siakam – 4 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 turnovers, 3 steals, 1 block
Rod Odom – 16 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 turnovers, 2 steals
Shelby Moats – 9 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 turnovers, 1 steal, 1 block
Carter Josephs – 4 points, 4 assists, 2 turnovers, 2 steals
Nathan Watkins – 10 points, 1 assist, 1 turnover
Commodores trip to Vatican City
Vanderbilt left beautiful Sorrento, Italy, on Saturday morning and headed three hours north to Rome, where the Commodores had a tour of the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peters Basilica.
The trip was extremely educational and inspiring, with the team snapping away every chance they had at all of the important sculptures and paintings. However, there were no cameras in the Sistine Chapel – they are not allowed – so we don’t have any photos to show you of that unfortunately.
Some notes about our trip:
The size of the Vatican complex, both the museum and St. Peters Basilica, are immense. It was told to us that if you spent 10 seconds at every item in the museum, it would take you 10 years to get through it!
The Sistine Chapel had guards that we were told were called “shushers” before we went in, and they did not disappoint. They were on constant look out for sneaky photographers and people who were too loud. Silencio!
The Pope is elected by the Conclave of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo laid on his back for four years painting the Sistine Chapel – by himself!
There is a Holy Door at the Vatican – it is open once every 25 years. The next time it will be open will be 2025. They are only open in holy years.
We were told that the museum has over 10,000 visitors a day, and it’s closed on Sundays.
Weddings are also held in St. Peters Basilica in a side chapel – however, you’ll need to give the Vatican three years notice and a cool 5,000 Euro for the privilege.
