Vanderbilt Faces Kentucky Tuesday on ESPN

Vanderbilt Faces Kentucky Tuesday on ESPN

1/9/2006

Vanderbilt travels to Kentucky Tuesday for an 8 p.m. CT tip off. The game will be televised by ESPN.

Vanderbilt (10-2, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) won its league opener Saturday, topping Auburn 74-50 at Memorial Gymnasium. Shan Foster hit six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 20 points in the victory. Three other Commodores scored in double figures, including Julian Terrell (13 points), Derrick Byars and DeMarre Carroll (10 points each). The Commodores tied a season-low, committing only six turnovers.

Foster is averaging 19.4 points while shooting 42.6 percent from 3-point range (23-of-54) over Vanderbilt’s last five games.

Kentucky (10-4, 0-0 SEC) suffered a 73-46 setback at Kansas on Saturday. The Wildcats
were led by Rajon Rondo’s nine points and seven rebounds.

Kentucky owns a 128-36 advantage in the all-time series, including a 74-12 lead in Lexington. The Wildcats won both meetings a year ago.