11/10 Vanderbilt (15-0, 2-0 SEC) vs. LSU (12-3, 0-2 SEC)
Saturday, Jan. 10 • Noon
Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, Tenn.
SEC Network • 102.5 The Game • Game Notes • Game Day Central
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No. 11/10 Vanderbilt aims to match the best start in program history when the Commodores welcome LSU to Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. The contest is set for a noon tipoff on SEC Network.
Fans can also tune in on 102.5 The Game and the Vanderbilt Athletics App to listen to Kevin Ingram and Tim Thompson’s call of the action.
TIDE TURNED
- In the first AP top 15 tilt in Memorial Gymnasium since Jan. 5, 1974, Vanderbilt rebuffed No. 13 Alabama 96-90 on Wednesday night.
- Tyler Tanner paved the way with a career-high 29 points while adding seven assists and four steals. All five Commodore starters scored in double figures.
- Duke Miles added 19 in his return to action, snagging four boards and five steals as well.
- Vanderbilt led for 33:16 of game time and held the Tide to just 37 percent from the floor and 9-of-40 from beyond the arc.
- The victory was Vandy’s first over Alabama at home since 2018.
- The win also marked Vandy’s fourth-straight win over a ranked foe dating back to the end of last season.
- It also marks the Dores’ first 2-0 start in SEC play since 2016-17.
GAME CONTROL
- Vanderbilt has played 605 minutes of basketball this season in 15 games. The Dores have trailed for just 22:02 of game time.
- The Dores have gone wire-to-wire on six occasions and trailed for less than a minute in three more games.
- The win over Alabama marked just the second game this season where the Dores trailed in the second half. Vandy has trailed after halftime for just 9:48 this season.
- Vandy’s largest deficit of the season? 5 points against Western Kentucky and Memphis.
YEAR OF THE DORES
- There’s no better place for basketball in 2025-26 than Vanderbilt with both the men’s and women’s teams undefeated thus far in 2025-26.
- Vanderbilt is the only school in the country with both its men’s and women’s programs unbeaten.
- Add in football’s historic season and the big three programs are 41-3 this season.
TIME TO TALK TYLER TANNER
- Let’s talk: put the sophomore on all the watchlists – All-America, Wooden, Naismith, Bob Cousy. All of it.
- The guard continues to wow after his career-high 29 points in the win over No. 13 Alabama, where he also added seven assists.
- Tanner is averaging 17.1 points, 5.6 assists and 2.6 steals per game this season.
- In the first two SEC contests, Tanner has scored 48 points with 21 assists and four steals.
- Tanner ranks 12th nationally in steals per game (2nd SEC), 29th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2nd SEC) and 37th in assists per game (4th SEC).
- The analytics love Tanner as well, with the sophomore ranking sixth in EvanMiya player ratings and seventh in KenPom Player of the Year rankings.
SERIES HISTORY
- Vanderbilt welcomes LSU to Memorial Gymnasium for the 126th meeting in the series. The Dores lead 66-59.
- Vandy owns a 39-15 advantage at home in the series and has won three of the past four meetings in Memorial.
- The black and gold are looking for their first back-to-back victories over the Bayou Bengals since 2017-18.
