Jan. 14, 2012
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Vanderbilt 77, Georgia 66
January 14, 2012 * Memorial Gym – Nashville, Tenn.
Attendance: 14,316
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 106, Jenkins 55, Taylor 114, Goulbourne 37, Ezeli 49
First Half Notes
- Vanderbilt led 36-32 at the half. John Jenkins and Jeffery Taylor each scored nine points to lead the Commodores.
- VU shot 45.8% in the first half – Georgia shot 48% in the opening period.
- The Commodores and Bulldogs were each 3-9 from three in the first half.
- There were four ties and three lead changes in the first half.
- Georgia led 19-14 with 9:29 to play in the first half before VU reeled off 10 consecutive points to lead 24-19.
- Jenkins connected on a three-pointer with 16:37 to play in the first half, and extended Vanderbilt’s consecutive game streak with a three-pointer to 813 games.
Post-Game Notes:
- Vanderbilt moves to 86-48 in the all-time series against Georgia, and is now 3-0 in Southeastern Conference play for the first time since 2009-10 (5-0 start).
- Kevin Stallings is now 249-152 (13) at Vanderbilt, 372-215 (18) in his career. His record against Georgia is now 16-10.
- The win was Vanderbilt’s fifth in a row in the series, and the sixth consecutive win against the Bulldogs at Memorial Gym.
- Vanderbilt was 30-44 from the free throw line in the game, the most makes and attempts at the free throw line since a win over Belmont on December 4, 2010, when the Commodores were 35-45 from the free throw line.
- VU shot 51.2% from the floor, sixth time this season that has happened. The Commodores are 6-0 in those contests.
- Vanderbilt outrebounded Georgia, 35-27, and moves to 12-1 on the season when outrebounding their opponent.
- After making 13 threes in their previous two games, VU was 5-15 (.333) against the Bulldogs, its lowest 3-point shooting performance since shooting 27.3% against Indiana State.
- Georgia made eight threes, compared to Vanderbilt’s five. VU moves to 2-2 on the season when opponents make more threes than the Commodores.
- The Commodores held Georgia to 31.0% from the field in the second half.
Individual Notes:
- John Jenkins led Vanderbilt with 18 points, while Jeffery Taylor added 16 points and Lance Goulbourne chipped in 13 points.
- John Jenkins was 3 for 11 (27.3%) from beyond-the-arc, . It’s his seventh consecutive game making 3 or more 3FG, his 12th this season, and 43rd in his career.
- Jenkins has scored in double-digit figures in 48 consecutive games, 64 in his career.
- Jenkins was a perfect 9-for-9 from the free throw line – the makes and attempts are a season-best.
- Taylor scored in double figures for the 16th time this season, and 88th time in his career. Goulbourne reached double digits for the eighth time this season.
- Vanderbilt is now 25-5 in games in which he scores 15 or more points since the beginning of the 2010-11 season.
- Taylor was 7-13 from the free throw line, a season high for makes and attempts. With the 13 attempts, Taylor surpassed Matt Freije for fourth place on Vanderbilt’s all-time FT attempts list. He now has 570 career attempts.
- Taylor also added nine rebounds.
- Taylor also crossed the 1,600-point barrier for his career. He now has 1,604 points.
- Brad Tinsley dished out four assists, against no turnovers.
- Dai-Jon Parker made a career-high four made free throws and also had a career-high four attempts.