Feb. 20, 2016
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Vanderbilt 80, Georgia 67
Vanderbilt-Georgia Notes
Gamenotes
-Vanderbilt improved to 16-11 overall and 8-6 in league play with a 80-67 win over Georgia on Saturday at Memorial Gym.
-The Commodores started Luke Kornet, Jeff Roberson, Damian Jones, Wade Baldwin IV, and Matthew Fisher-Davis. Vanderbilt has a 5-3 record using that starting lineup this season.
-Vanderbilt moves to 89-51 all-time against Georgia and 55-14 in games played at Vanderbilt.
Team
-The Commodores shot 45.5% from the floor and 33.3% from three on the night.
-Vanderbilt out rebounded the Bulldogs 39 to 38 and are 12-2 on the season when out rebounding an opponent.
-Vanderbilt held the Bulldogs to 38.1% from the floor, the 15th time this season the Commodores have held an opponent under 40% and the fourth time in five games.
-The Commodores had 15 assists on 25 made baskets. Vanderbilt only had 5 turnovers for the game, which was a season low.
-Georgia made eight three’s (8-18), compared to seven for the Commodores (7-21), only the fifth time this season an opponent has made more threes than Vanderbilt.
Individual
-Vanderbilt’s starting five – Wade Baldwin, Luke Kornet, Damian Jones, Jeff Roberson, and Matthew Fisher-Davis – all finished the game scoring in double digits.
-Wade Baldwin led Vanderbilt in scoring. Baldwin finished the night with 17 points and had seven assists to go along with six rebounds.
-Damian Jones added his 21st double digit performance of the season and his 7th double double of the season. Jones finished with 15 points and 16 rebounds. The 16 rebounds in a game set a new career high for Jones.
-Matthew-Fisher-Davis finished the game in double digits for the 13th time this season with 13 points and was 3-7 from three point range. It is the 13th time this season that Fisher-Davis has made at least 3 threes in a game. Fisher-Davis has made 16 threes in his last four games (16-35, 45.7%).
-Jeff Roberson recorded double figures for the 15th time this season. Roberson finished with 12 points.
-Luke Kornet finished the game with 11 points and 4 rebounds