Jan. 30, 2010
Vanderbilt 85, Kentucky 72
January 30, 2010 – Rupp Arena – Lexington, Ky.
Attendance: 24,339
Starting Lineups
– Vanderbilt started senior Jermaine Beal, sophomore Brad Tinsley and sophomore Jeffery Taylor at guard, sophomore Andre Walker started at forward and junior A.J. Ogilvy started at center.
– It was the 14th time this season and sixth straight game that Vanderbilt used this starting lineup. Vanderbilt is 11-2 with this starting lineup.
– Taylor made his 51st consecutive start and has started every game of his career … Tinsley made the 48th start of his career and 31st in a row, starting every game since Jan. 31, 2009 at Auburn … After having his streak of 70-straight starts snapped against Western Kentucky on Dec. 11, Beal made the 85th of his career … The start by Walker was the 20th of his career and 19th in 20 games this season … Before this season, his only start was against MTSU on Nov. 24, 2009 when he suffered a season-ending knee injury … Ogilvy started for the eighth game in a row after not starting the previous four games … Ogilvy made his 15th start of the season and 76th of his career. The Sydney, Australia native has started in 76 of his 84 career games.
First Halfâ€â€ÂVanderbilt 34, Kentucky 49
– Kentucky won the opening tip and scored the first basket of the game. Vanderbilt is 9-1 on the season when losing the opening tip and 9-2 when their opponent scores the first basket of the game.
– The streak continues… With Jermaine Beal’s three-pointer at the 19:15 mark of the first half, Vanderbilt extended its consecutive games streak with at least one three-pointer made to 749… VU is one of three schools (UNLV and Princeton) that have made at least one three-pointer in every game played since the three-point line was established for the 1986-87 season … Only UNLV (757) has a longer streak than Vanderbilt. Beal’s bucket produced Vanderbilt’s only lead of the game.
– Vanderbilt was held scoreless from 16:04 to 11:45 as Kentucky went on a 10-0 run.
– The Wildcats went on a 20-9 run in the span of six minutes.
– Kentucky finished the half on a 35-23 run after trading baskets with Vanderbilt for the first four minutes of the first stanza.
– Biggest lead for Kentucky was 42-23 with 5:58 remaining in the first half. This is Vanderbilt’s largest deficit (19) of the season.
– Vanderbilt went into the half with a 15-point deficit. Vanderbilt has trailed in five of its six SEC contests this season and is 6-2 overall when trailing at halftime.
– Jermaine Beal led all Vanderbilt scorers with 12 points.
– Andre Walker had five rebounds for the Commodores.
– VU shot 40% at the half to UK’s 60%. Vanderbilt is 15-2 when shooting 40% and 1-1 when their opponent shoots 50% or better.
– Vanderbilt was 44% from the perimeter to Kentucky’s 58%. Vanderbilt is 8-0 when scoring fewer three-pointers than their opponents.
– The Commodores were outrebounded at the half 21-12. VU is 5-3 on the season when being outrebounded by their opponent.
Second Half
– Vanderbilt closed the gap to as little as 11 with John Jenkins’ dunk at the 7:43 mark of the second half.
– Kentucky matched their largest lead of the contest (19) with 12:14 remaining in the second half. Kentucky led 69-50 until Brad Tinsley gave A.J. Ogilvy an alley-oop dunk at the 9:40 mark of the second half.
– Vanderbilt outscored Kentucky in the second half, 38-36.
– There was 58 fouls called in the game: 30 against Vanderbilt and 28 against Kentucky.
Team Notes
– With the loss, Vanderbilt falls to 16-4, 5-1 in SEC play. Kentucky moves to 20-1, 5-1 in SEC play.
– Vanderbilt’s record against ranked opponents is now 1-1 on the season and 80-200 in VU history.
– Vanderbilt’s overall record against #1 teams is 8-15. Vanderbilt has never defeated a #1 on the road and never defeated Kentucky when they were #1 on their home floor (0-8).
– The loss snaps Vanderbilt’s 10-game win streak, which dated back to December 11th. 16 wins is still the longest win streak for the Commodores, a streak also snapped by the Kentucky Wildcats (Jan. 2007).
– Vanderbilt forced two players (Daniel Orton and Patrick Patterson) to foul out. The last time Vanderbilt forced a player to foul out was against Tennessee on Jan. 27th, 2010 (Scotty Hopson).
– The Commodores were outrebounded 41-22. VU is 5-4 on the season when being outrebounded by their opponent.
– Vanderbilt was only 33% from the perimeter while the Wildcats shot 52.2% from three-point range. Vanderbilt is now 8-1 when scoring fewer three-pointers than their opponent.
– Vanderbilt is now 13-1 when scoring more than 70 points and 2-1 when their opponent scores more than 80 points.
Individual Notes
– Vanderbilt had five players in double figures. The last time this happened was against Tennessee on Jan. 27th, 2010.
– Jermaine Beal led all Vanderbilt scorers with 19 points. He now has 1,051 points for his career and moves into 35th on the career scoring list.
– A.J. Ogilvy followed Beal with 12 points and now has 1,301 for his career, good for 21st on the career scoring list.
– Jeffery Taylor, Andre Walker, and John Jenkins each contributed 10 points. Walker also grabbed seven boards.
