#0 Saben Lee

Student-Athlete Features
VUCommodores.com — Saben’s Homecoming

As a Junior (2019-20):

• Second-Team All-SEC
• Played in all 32 games and made 17 starts
• Led the team in scoring with 18.6 points per game
• Scored 30 or more points four times, including a career-high 38-point performance at Alabama in a Commodore win
• His 38-point performance tied for the eighth-highest by a Commodore in a single game and it was the second-most by a Vanderbilt player in a road game (Clyde Lee at Kentucky, 41 points, Jan. 2, 1965)
• Was 14-20 from the field against the Crimson Tide and 6-7 from three, with his six 3s setting a new career high
• Also added eight rebounds, five assists and two steals
• His four 30-point games tied for the second-most in a season by a Vanderbilt player with Tom Hagan (1968-69), Shan Foster (2007-08), Matt Freije (2003-04) and Clyde Lee (1964-65; 1965-66)
• Finished with 594 points, the 10th-highest single-season total in Vanderbilt history and fourth all-time among juniors
• Attempted 206 free throws, which tied Clyde Lee (1965-66) for the 10th-most in a single season
• Paced the team in steals with 49, the most in a single season since Wade Baldwin IV had 50 in 2015
• Posted career-high six steals at Mississippi State
• Finished the season ranked fourth in the SEC in all games in scoring (18.6), sixth in assists (4.2), eighth in field goal percentage (48.3%), second in free throws made (155), second in free throws attempted (206) and seventh in steals (1.53)
• His free throws made and attempted ranked 18th and 20th nationally, respectively
• Claimed two SEC Player of the Week honors
• Scored 33 points in a win over LSU
• Tallied 34 points against Georgia
• Scored 20 or more points in 12 games
• Had a season-high 9 assists Nov. 20, 2019 against Austin Peay
• Had 10 games with at least five assists

As a Sophomore (2018-19):

• Played and started in all 32 games as a sophomore
• Led the team with 12.7 points per game
• One of seven major conference underclassmen in 2018-19 with 400+ points, 100+ rebounds and 100+ assists (Terence Davis and Grant Williams were the only others in the SEC to reach those numbers)
• Scored in double figures in 22 games as a sophomore
• Finished the season ranked in the top 10 in the SEC in SEC in assists per game (8th, 3.9), free throw attempts (4th, 194) and free throws made (5th, 131)
• Tied a career high with three made 3s at LSU
• Grabbed a career-high tying nine rebounds at Tennessee
• Tied a career high with 24 points against Alabama
• Tied a career high with field goals made and tied a season-best three steals
• Attempted 16 free throws vs. S. Carolina, the most by a Commodore in SEC play and third-most by a Commodore overall since 1999

As a Freshman (2017-18):

• Played in all 32 games and made 29 starts.  Averaged 10.6 points per game in 26.8 minutes
• Led the team in steals (39) and assists (99)
• Scored in double figures in 17 games as a true freshman, including a career-high 24-point effort at Arizona State; also posted a career-high four steals
• Tallied an SEC-game high 21 points in game against Tennessee in Nashville
• Against Texas A&M, he was one rebound and one assist short of a triple-double (19 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists)
• Had four or more assists in 13 games
• Was 12-17, career highs in both makes and attempts, from the free-throw line against Kansas State. His 17 free throws attempted against Kansas State was second-most in the last 20 years
• Finished the season 10th in the SEC in league games only with 1.2 steals per game

The Lee File

• Averaged 22 points, five rebounds, four assists, three blocks, and three steals in his senior season at Corona Del Sol
• First-team All-State selection as a junior and senior
• Was a four-star prospect and the number 92-ranked player by Scout.com and the number 17 point guard by 247sports.com
• Son of Anthonia Lee and Natalie Williams
• Has one brother Aubry
• Majored in Human and Organizational Development
• Advice to young people: “Have fun because at the next level it’s all business.”

#0 Saben Lee by Vanderbilt Athletics on Exposure