Dec. 5, 2012
Vanderbilt Gamenotes 
| Xavier Gamenotes
Vanderbilt’s men’s basketball team will hit the road for their second true road contest of the season when the Commodores travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, to take on Xavier at the Musketeers’ Cintas Center. Tip time is set for 6:30 p.m. CT, and the game will air live on television on ESPNU and on the radio on the Vanderbilt IMG College Radio Network in the middle Tennessee area and online at vucommodores.com.
The game will be the last for Vanderbilt until December 15 due to final exams.
Game Seven/VANDERBILT (2-4) vs. XAVIER (6-1)
Thursday, December 6 – 6:30 p.m. CST
Cincinnati, Ohio – Cintas Center (10,250)
Radio: Vanderbilt Radio Network from IMG College, vucommodores.com
Radio Talent: Joe Fisher (pxp), Tim Thompson (analyst)
TV: ESPNU
TV Talent: Dave O’Brien (pxp), Mark Adams (analyst)
Live Stats: vucommodores.com
Twitter Updates: @VandyMBB
Series Information
Series Record: Xavier leads 5-0
Last Meeting: Xavier won an overtime contest at Memorial Gym, 82-70, on 11/28/11.
Record at Vanderbilt: 0-2
Record at Xavier: 0-2
Record at Neutral Site: 0-1
Coach Stallings vs. Xavier: Coach Stallings is 0-1 all-time agianst Xavier.
More Series Information
The Musketeers have won all five of the previous meetings, including an 82-70 overtime win a year ago at Memorial Gym. Vanderbilt’s last trip to Xavier came in the 1947-48 season, a game the Musketeers won, 79-42.
About Xavier
- Xavier enters the game with a 6-1 record and are led by freshman Semaj Christon, who paces four Musketeer players in double figures with 16.0 points per game. Dee Davis (13.0), Justin Martin (12.3), and Jeff Robinson (10.0) also average double figures.
- The game with Musketeers is the last of a home and home agreement – Xavier won an overtime game last season at Memorial Gym, 82-70, on November 28.
- Former Commodore Andre Walker, who played for Vanderbilt from 2007-11, transferred to Xavier as a graduate student for the 2011-12 season, and scored six points and had 14 rebounds in XU’s win last year.
- Coach Stallings is 0-1 all-time against Xavier.
Kedren Johnson Leads ‘Dores
Commodore leading scorer, Kedren Johnson leads the team with a 16.7 ppg average. The sophomore point guard, who scored 28 points against Davidson on Nov. 22, 21 of which came in the second half, has scored in double figures in five of five games this season, and leads the SEC in minutes played (36.5).
Freshman Kevin Bright Catching On
The freshman from Mannheim, Germany has started all six games, and recently.tallied his first double-double vs. Villanova (12/1) with 12 points and 12 rebounds. For the season, he is shooting 60% from three (9-15), and he leads the team in rebounding (7.2 per game).
36
Number of career starts for Vanderbilt’s starting five who started against Villanova.
Record against Atlantic 10
The Commodores are 21-18 against current members of the Atlantic 10. Vanderbilt will also play Atlantic 10 member Butler on December 29 at Memorial Gym.
Up Next
This is Vanderbilt’s last game before final exams. The Commodores’ next game will be December 15 against Alabama A&M at 7 p.m. at Memorial Gym.
41%
Of the Commodores’ total attempts this season have been three-point attempts. Vanderbilt is making 32.3% of its threes.