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MBB takes on Monmouth Friday

Nov. 23, 2011

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The Commodore men’s basketball team caps a tripleheader of action at Memorial Gym on Friday evening when they host Monmouth. Tip time is set for 9 p.m. CT, and the action can be heard live on the Vanderbilt Radio Network from IMG College and on vucommodores.com.

Vanderbilt’s women’s team plays earlier in the day at 2 p.m. against Lipscomb, and Oklahoma’s women’s team takes on Liberty immediately following the Commodores’ game with the Bisons.

The Commodores are now 4-1 on the season after defeating Oregon State, 64-62, to capture the TicketCity Legends Classic in East Ruthorford, N.J. on Monday night. It was Vanderbilt’s third preseason tournament title in five years – the Commodores also won the 2007 South Padre Island Invitational and the 2008 Cancun Challenge.

John Jenkins was named MVP of the TicketCity Legends Classic after averaging 21.0 points per game in the two games at the IZOD Center. Jeffery Taylor also made the all-tournament team. Jenkins leads the SEC in scoring at 20.8 points per game, and has now scored in double figures in 37 straight games, dating back to Vanderbilt’s loss to Mississippi State in the 2010 SEC Tournament.

Series Information
Series Record: Monmouth leads, 1-0.
Last Meeting: Monmouth won the only meeting on Nov. 24, 2001, at the Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Classic, 81-67.
Record at Vanderbilt: NA
Record at Monmouth: NA
Record at Neutral Site: 0-1
Coach Stallings vs. Monmouth: Coach Stallings is 0-1 against Monmouth.

Media Information
Radio: Vanderiblt Radio Network from IMG College, vucommodores.com
Radio Talent: Joe Fisher (pxp), Tim Thompson (analyst)
TV: none
Live Video Stream: vucommodores.com
Live Stats: vucommodores.com
Twitter Updates: @VandyMBB

More On The Monmouth series

  • Friday’s meeting will be the second in the series between the two schools. Monmouth won the first meeting at the Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Invitational in 2001.
  • Monmouth head coach King Rice is in his first season with the Hawks. Rice was an assistant with Coach Stallings at Vanderbilt from 2006-11 and at Illinois State from 1993-98.
  • Sam Ferry, who was a manager for four years with the Commodores and the video coordinator in 2010-11, is in his first year on Rice’s staff as the Director of Operations.

Last Time Out – Vanderbilt 64, Oregon State 62

  • VU moved to 2-0 on neutral floors in 2011-12.
  • The Commodores have now defeated the two Pac 12 schools from Oregon in 2011.
  • The championship game against Oregon State featured nine ties, and the lead changed hands nine times. Senior guard Brad Tinsley scored the game winning basket with 4.5 seconds remaining in regulation.
  • Jenkins was 4-7 from beyond-the-arc, the third time this season he has made three threes in a game this season and the 34th time of his career.
  • Taylor held Oregon State’s leading scorer, Jared Cunningham to only nine points. Cunningham had averaged 36 points per game in his previous two games against Texas and Hofstra.
  • Vanderbilt attempted only six attempts from the free throw line (5-6); it was VU’s fewest attempts at the charity stripe this season, and the fewest since the Commodores were 5-6 against Presbyterian. The Commodores’ 83.3% from the charity stripe against the Beavers is a season-high.
  • The Commodores committed 22 turnovers, a season-high. Oregon State converted 22 points off of those turnovers.
  • Vanderbilt outrebounded Oregon State, 33-31, and moved to 4-0 on the season when outrebounding their opponent.
  • The 64 points scored was the lowest scoring output in a win this season.
  • John Jenkins (14) and Jeffery Taylor (13) were Vanderbilt’s only double-digit scorers. It was the first time this season VU has had less than three double-figure scorers.
  • Taylor held Oregon State’s leading scorer, Jared Cunningham to only nine points. Cunningham had averaged 36 points per game in his previous two games against Texas and Hofstra.
  • Vanderbilt attempted only six attempts from the free throw line (5-6); it was VU’s fewest attempts at the charity stripe this season, and the fewest since the Commodores were 5-6 against Presbyterian. The Commodores’ 83.3% from the charity stripe against the Beavers is a season-high.
  • The Commodores committed 22 turnovers, a season-high. Oregon State converted 22 points off of those turnovers.
  • The game was tied nine times, and the lead changed hands nine times. Senior guard Brad Tinsley scored the game winning basket with 4.5 seconds remaining in regulation.
  • Vanderbilt held the Beavers to 43.3% from the floor and only 14.3% from three, both season bests.
  • Monday night marked the first time this season that Vanderbilt has come away with a victory after being tied with two minutes to go.
  • Fifty-four of the team’s 64 points were scored by the team’s starters.

3-Point Streak Continues in 26th Season; VU One Of Three Teams To Hit A Trey In Every Game Since 1986-87 Season

Vanderbilt has made a 3-pointer in 801 consecutive games, a streak which began at the inception of the 3-point line in 1986-87. The Commodores rank second only to UNLV (807) for the longest streak in Division I basketball. Vanderbilt, UNLV and Princeton (677) are the only three schools in college basketball to have made at least one 3-pointer in every game played since the 3-point line was implemented.