Jan. 11, 2012
Vanderbilt 67, South Carolina 57
January 10, 2012 * Colonial Life Arena – Columbia, S.C.
Attendance: 8,353
Starting Lineup:
Vanderbilt: Senior Guard Brad Tinsley (#1), Junior Guard John Jenkins (#23), Senior Forwards Jeffery Taylor (#44), Lance Goulbourne (#5), Festus Ezeli (#3).
Career Starts: Tinsley 105, Jenkins 54, Taylor 113, Goulbourne 36, Ezeli 48
Post-Game Notes:
- Vanderbilt moves to 25-24 in the all-time series against South Carolina, and is now 2-0 in Southeastern Conference play.
- Kevin Stallings coached in his 400th game against South Carolina, and is now 248-152 (13) at Vanderbilt, 371-215 (18) in his career. His record against the Gamecocks is now 12-13.
- Vanderbilt has won five of the last seven meetings in Columbia against South Carolina.
- Vanderbilt held South Carolina to 12 first-half points, the lowest first half total for an opponent since Kentucky scored 11 in the opening half on February 12, 2008.
- In the last four games, the Commodores have limited their opponents to an average of 19.3 points and a shooting percentage of 26.3% in the first half.
- Vanderbilt shot 57.5% from the floor against the Gamecocks, the second-highest single-game field goal percentage performance of the season. VU shot 58.3% against Lafayette on December 21.
- VU’s 19 assists was its second-highest single-game total of the season – the Commodores had 21 against Lafayette.
- Vanderbilt made 13 threes against South Carolina, the third time this year VU has made 13 or more in a game.
- In the Commodores’ last six games, VU is 71-150 from beyond-the-arc, a percentage of 47.3% and an average of 11.8 per game.
- Vanderbilt was 8-8 from the free throw line.
- VU outrebounded South Carolina, 27-21, and moves to 12-1 on the season when outrebounding its opponent.
- VU’s largest lead of 24 came at the 3:49 mark in the second half.
Individual Notes:
- John Jenkins led all Vanderbilt scorers with 14 points, and matched his national-best average of four threes made per game.
- Jenkins has scored a 3FG in 37 consecutive games. It’s his sixth consecutive game making 3 or more 3FG, his 11th this season, and 42nd in his career.
- Jenkins has scored in double-digit figures in 45 consecutive games, 63 in his career.
- Brad Tinsley dished out nine assists, one shy of a career-high. He also added 13 points (4-5 shooting, 3-4 from three).
- Tinsley has now scored in double figues in 10 games this season, and 56 for his career. He has had five or more assists in six games this season and 34 in his career.
- Lance Goulbourne scored eight points and had 10 rebounds, his fourth double-digit rebounding game of the season and 13th of his career. He leads the team on the glass with 7.6 rebounds per game.
- Jeffery Taylor added double figures with 11 points, and was 3-4 from beyond-the-arc.
- Steve Tchiengang scored 10 points, his first game this season in double figures and eighth of his career. He also made a season-high four field goals.