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MBB hosts South Carolina Wednesday

Feb. 21, 2012

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Vanderbilt returns home Wednesday night after a two-game road swing to take on South Carolina in a 7 p.m. game at Memorial Gym. The game will be televised on the SEC Network, and can be heard live on the Vanderbilt IMG College Radio Network in middle Tennessee and online at vucommodores.com.

The Commodores have won two consecutive games, with its most recent win coming in a 61-52 victory over Georgia in Athens. John Jenkins led all scorers in the game with 28 points. Jeffery Taylor also added 13 points for Vanderbilt.

The game against South Carolina is one of two home games remaining in the 2011-12 campaign.

Series Information
Series Record: VU leads the series, 25-24.
Last Meeting: Vanderbilt won the last meeting, 67-57, in Columbia on Jan. 10, 2012.
Record at Vanderbilt: VU leads 13-10.
Record at SC: SC leads 12-11.
Record at Neutral Site: SC leads 2-1.
Coach Stallings vs. SC: Coach Stallings is 12-13 against SC.

Media Information
Radio: Vanderbilt Radio Network from IMG College, vucommodores.com, XM 201
Radio Talent: Joe Fisher (pxp), Tim Thompson (analyst)
TV: SEC Network SEC Network Affiliates Get Acrobat Reader
TV Talent: Dave Neal (pxp), Barry Booker (analyst)
Live Stream: ESPN3.com
Live Stats: vucommodores.com
Twitter Updates: @VandyMBB

More On The South Carolina Series

  • Wednesday’s meeting with the Gamecocks will be the 50th in the career series. Vanderbilt leads the all-time series, 25-24.
  • VU leads the series, 13-10, in Nashville.
  • Since the two teams began playing home and home in 1991-92, VU has only swept the season series four times, and has not done it since the 2007-08 season. South Carolina has swept the season series five times.
  • Coach Stallings is 12-13 all-time against the Bulldogs.

More On South Carolina
South Carolina enters the game with a 10-16 overall record and a 2-10 mark in SEC play. Malik Cooke leads the Gamecocks in scoring with 12.3 points per game, while Damontre Harris leads South Carolina on the glass with 5.4 rebounds per game.

Quick Hitters

  • Vanderbilt is now 9-4 in games with their preseason initial starting lineup of Jenkins, Taylor, Lance Goulbourne, Festus Ezeli, and Brad Tinsley.
  • The Commodores sport the leading scorer in all games and in SEC games only in John Jenkins at 20.1 and 19.1 ppg, respectively, and the league’s second-leading scorer in all games (17.8) and SEC games only in Jeffery Taylor (18.2). Jenkins also paces the league and nation in threes made at 3.9 per game.
  • Jenkins won the SEC player of the Week for his exploits last week against Ole Miss and Georgia. The junior guard averaged 27.0 points per game, and was 81.3 percent from the floor for the week (13-16), 83.3 percent from three (10-12), and 85.7 percent from the free throw line (18-21).
  • In fact, Jenkins missed more free throws (3) than threes (2) last week.
  • With a win over the Gamecocks, Vanderbilt will reach the 20-win plateau for the seventh time in the last nine years. A win would push Coach Stallings to his seventh 20-win season, the most among any Vanderbilt coach, surpassing Roy Skinner, who posted six.
  • In his playing and coaching career, entering the South Carolina game, Stallings has 23 20-win campaigns.
  • Jenkins has scored in double-digits in 60 consecutive games, 79 in his career.
  • Taylor paces the SEC in league games only in 3FG % at 57.1 (32-56)%.
  • In SEC play, the Commodores rank first in three different categories – 3-point field-goal percentage (.436), threes made (9.3), and assists (13.7). In all games, VU leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage (40.2%).
  • Jenkins is trying to lead the SEC in scoring in consecutive seasons since 1995 and 1996, when LSU’s Ronnie Henderson accomplished the feat.
  • Taylor is fourth in the SEC in field goal percentage (.534), and has made more field goals than any other player in the SEC (173).
  • Jeffery Taylor (173) and John Jenkins (167) lead the league in field goals made for the season.
  • VU’s starting five has amassed 411 career starts.
  • Vanderbilt is the only team in the SEC that sports three 1,000-point scorers in John Jenkins, Jeffery Taylor, and Brad Tinsley.
  • Jenkins leads the league in all games in scoring (20.1), free throw percentage (.843) and threes made (3.9). In league games only, Jenkins leads in scoring (19.1), threes made (3.9) and free throw percentage (.873).
  • In league games only, Tinsley is third in the league in assists (4.9) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.4).
  • Taylor won SEC POTW honors for his play against UT and MTSU two weeks ago (20 ppg, 7.5 rpg).
  • Although VU had 34 bench points against Ole Miss and Georgia combined, the Commodores’ bench has been outscored by their opponent by an average of 5.3 points per game (17.6 to 12.3) for the season.
  • Jeffery Taylor is third on Vanderbilt’s all-time scoring list and leads all active scorers in the SEC with 1,796 career points.
  • With his six 3FGs against Georgia, Jenkins has scored at least 3 3FGs in 22 games this season.

Jenkins Leads SEC in Scoring, Nation in Threes Made
Junior guard John Jenkins leads the SEC in scoring in all games with 20.1 points per game, and in three pointers made with 3.9 per game. Jenkins’ 3.9 threes made per game and his total of 102 threes also leads the nation.

Jenkins Looking To Lead SEC In Scoring For 2nd Consecutive Season
Jenkins is seeking to become the first Commodore player to lead the SEC in scoring in two consecutive seasons. He would be the first player in the SEC to accomplish the feat since the 1995-96 season (Ronnie Henderson, LSU), and only the 12th player since the SEC began playing basketball in 1933.