Jan. 13, 2012
Vanderbilt Gamenotes 
| Georgia Gamenotes
The Commodores take their 2-0 SEC record into a home contest with the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Gym. The game tips at 3 p.m. CT, and can be seen live on the SEC Network and heard live on the Vanderbilt IMG College Radio Network in the middle Tennessee area and online at vucommodores.com.
Vanderbilt, 12-4 overall and the winners of a season-high six consecutive games, welcome the 9-7 Bulldogs (0-2 SEC) for the two schools’ 134th career meeting.
Series Information
Series Record: Vanderbilt leads the all-time series, 85-48.
Last Meeting: Vanderbilt won the last meeting, 64-56, in Athens on Feb. 16, 2011.
Record at Vanderbilt: VU leads 46-15.
Record at Georgia: Ga. leads 32-29.
Record at Neutral Site: VU leads 6-4.
Coach Stallings vs. UGA: Coach Stallings is 15-10 against UGA.
Media Information
Radio: Vanderbilt Radio Network from IMG College, vucommodores.com, XM 200
Radio Talent: Joe Fisher (pxp), Tim Thompson (analyst)
TV: SEC Network SEC Network Affiliates
TV Talent: Dave Baker (pxp), Barry Booker (analyst)
Live Stream: ESPN3
Live Stats: vucommodores.com
Twitter Updates: @VandyMBB
More On The Georgia Series
- Saturday’s meeting with the Bulldogs will be the 134th in the overall series, with Vanderbilt holding an 85-48 advantage all-time.
- The Commodores lead the series in Nashville, 46-15, and have won five consecutive games against the Bulldogs at Memorial Gym.
- Vanderbilt has won four in a row in the series, dating back to the 2009-10 season in Athens (2/6/10, L, 58-72).
- Coach Stallings is 15-10 all-time against the Bulldogs.
- Bulldog starting guard Gerald Robinson is from Nashville, Tenn., and played at Tennessee State before transferring to Georgia after the 2009 season.
More On Georgia
Georgia enters the game with a 9-7 overall record and an 0-2 mark in SEC play after dropping a 70-48 decision to Florida on January 10. Freshman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope leads the team in scoring with 14.2 points per game, while Donte’ Williams leads the team on the glass with 5.3 rebounds per contest.
Quick Hitters
Vanderbilt won their sixth consecutive game with a 67-57 victory over South Carolina in their SEC road opener Tuesday in Columbia. John Jenkins led a balanced Commodore attack with 14 points, with Brad Tinsley adding 13 points and nine assists, Jeffery Taylor added 11 points, and Steve Tchiengang chipped in a season-high 10 points.
- The Commodores moved to 2-0 to start SEC play for the fourth time of the Stallings’ era, and the first time since 2009-10. In 2009-10, VU started 5-0 in SEC play, the best start to league competition since Stallings took over for the 1999-2000 campaign.
- 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, held their opponents to a shooting percentage of 26.3%, and had a scoring margin of +13.5 in the first half.
- 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.
- Four of Vanderbilt’s starters are hovering around 50% from the floor – Jenkins (48.9%), Taylor (53.6%), Tinsley (50.0%), and Goulbourne (50.5%).
- The Commodores sport the leading scorer in all games (John Jenkins, 19.9 ppg) and the third-leading scorer (Jeffery Taylor, 17.0 ppg) in the SEC. Jenkins also paces the league and nation in three’s made at 4.0 per game.
- In the last five games, Jenkins, Taylor, and Tinsley are averaging 19.6, 14.6, and 10.8 points per game, respectively. Combined, the three are 79-140 from the floor (56.4%) and 44-79 from three (55.7%).
- Taylor is fourth in the SEC in field goal percentage (.536), and has made more field goals per game than any other player (6.5).
- Vanderbilt is the only team in the SEC that sports three 1,000-point scorers in John Jenkins, Jeffery Taylor, and Brad Tinsley.
- In SEC play, the Commodores rank first in scoring defense (46.0), scoring margin (+20.0), field goal percentage defense (.343), 3-point field goal percentage (.510), and threes made (13.0).
- Jenkins now has scored in double figures in every game he’s played this season, and 63 times in his career. He has achieved the mark in 46 consecutive games played.
- In the last five games, Commodore opponents are only shooting 38.0% (105-276) from the field, and 30% (24-80) from three.
- Vanderbilt is also outrebounding teams by a +5.0 margin in the last five games and are also averaging 16.4 assists.
‘Dores Moving Up All-Time Lists
Vanderbilt current players and Vanderbilt’s all-time lists:
Player, Category, Position
Jeffery Taylor, Scoring, 9th (1,588)
Jeffery Taylor, Steals, 10th (126)
Jeffery Taylor, Free Throws Made, 7th (495)
Jeffery Taylor, Free Throws Att., 5th (557)
John Jenkins, Scoring, 25th (1,262)
John Jenkins, 3’s Made, 7th (232)
John Jenkins, 3’s Attempted, 10th (524)
John Jenkins, 3FG %, 3rd (.442)
John Jenkins, FT%, 5th (.857)
Brad Tinsley, Scoring, 34th (1,098)
Brad Tinsley, FT%, T-6th (.833)
Brad Tinsley, Assists, 7th (405)
Brad Tinsley, Assists/game, 5th (3.55)
Festus Ezeli, Blocks, 1st (162)
Festus Ezeli , Blocks/game, 1st (1.60)
Taylor is also on the verge of entering the top 10 in rebounding with 638 (10th is Ben Rowan, 666).
Original Starting Lineup
The Commodores used their preseason-projected starting lineup for the second time of the season against South Carolina Tuesday – Brad Tinsley, John Jenkins, Jeffery Taylor, Lance Goulbourne, and Festus Ezeli. Here are some quick career notes on the five.
Brad Tinsley – SEC assist leader in 2010-11, 56 career double-figure scoring games, 34 5+ assist gms, leads the SEC in league games in assists with 7.5 per game, 7th on VU’s all-time assist list.
John Jenkins – All-time VU sophomore leading scorer (624 pts), made 232 career threes, 44.3% shooter for his career from three.
Jeffery Taylor – SEC active leading scorer (1,588 pts), 86 career double-figure games, 15 20+ games, ninth on VU’s all-time scoring list.
Lance Goulbourne – Averaging 7.6 rebounds this season, 13 double-digit rebound games, 5 double-doubles
Festus Ezeli – All-time blocks leader (162), 28 double-digit scoring games, 21 20+ pt gms, 27 3+ block games.
Jenkins Leads SEC in Scoring, Nation in Threes Made
Junior guard John Jenkins leads the SEC in scoring in all games with 19.9 points per game, and in three pointers made with 4.0 per game. Jenkins’ four threes made per game also leads the nation.