March 8, 2015
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Vanderbilt 86 Ole Miss 77
Oxford, Miss.
March 7, 2015
Team Notes
-Vanderbilt has now won five consecutive games and eight out of their last 10 after knocking off Ole Miss, 86-77, Saturday night in Oxford.
-The Commodores clinched the seven seed in the upcoming SEC Tournament and will play #10 seed Tennessee on Thursday at 6 p.m.
-Vanderbilt blistered the nets in Oxford, making 54.5% of its shots from the field and 56.5% of their shots from three. On the night, the Commodores made 13 threes.
-Vanderbilt is now 10-1 in games in which they shoot 50% or better, and Saturday’s game was their second consecutive game shooting 50% and their third in the last four games.
-Vanderbilt’s 13 threes tied a season high (previous best – 13 at Tennessee).
-During the five-game winning streak, the Commodores have had five players average double figures (Wade Baldwin IV – 13.4; Riley LaChance – 11.8; Luke Kornet – 11.6; Damian Jones – 11.4; Matthew Fisher-Davis – 11.0). The Commodores are shooting 50.8% in that stretch from the floor and 50.9% from three (55-108).
-Vanderbilt’s five-game winning streak heading into the SEC Tournament is the program’s longest since 1993, when the Commodores were regular season champions.
-The Commodores had a season-high 25 assists on 30 made baskets (83.3%).
-Vanderbilt out rebounded Ole Miss, 36-32.
-Five Vanderbilt players scored in double figures for the third time this season (3-0 record).
-Vanderbilt is now 18-4 on the season when they outshoot an opponent and 13-2 when out rebounding an opponent.
Individual Notes
-Riley LaChance tallied 19 points to lead all players and added a career-high eight assists (no turnovers). He also tied a career-high with five made threes.
-Saturday marked the 22nd game LaChance has scored in double figures.
-Matthew Fisher-Davis tied a career-high with 14 points, dished out a career-best five assists, and tied a career high with four made threes.
-James Siakam added 14 points and nine rebounds.
-Wade Baldwin scored 15 points and had eight rebounds. He also added four assists.
-Baldwin now has 137 assists on the season, which is a new Vanderbilt freshman single-season assist record.
-Luke Kornet added 10 points.