Nov. 13, 2011
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Cleveland State 71, Vanderbilt 58,
November 13, 2011
Memorial Gymnasium – Nashville, Tenn.
Attendance: 13, 503
Starting Lineup:
- Vanderbilt: Senior Guard Brad Tinsley (1), Junior Guard John Jenkins (23), Senior Forwards Jeffery Taylor (44) and Lance Goulbourne (5), Senior Center Steve Tchiengang (33)
- Career Starts: Tinsley 90, Tchiengang 17, Jenkins 40, Taylor 97, Goulbourne 23.
Postgame Notes:
- Vanderbilt falls to 1-1 on the season.
- Cleveland State ties the all-time series with the Commodores at 1-1, taking the first tilt between the two squads at Memorial Gym.
- The loss marks the first non-conference home defeat since a 74-55 loss to UIC on December 3, 2008. The Commodores had held a 20-game home non-conference streak.
- VU committed 21 turnovers, allowing 22 points to be scored off them. The last time Vandy recorded 20 turnovers in a game was when they turned it over 23 against St. Mary’s on January 22, 2011.
- Vanderbilt trailed the entire game, not once holding a lead. Vanderbilt cut the lead to three, but that was as close as the Commodores would get.
- Vanderbilt scored 18 of its 58 points from the charity stripe, shooting 68%.
Second Half Notes:
- Vanderbilt went on a 14-2 run early in the half, cutting the Cleveland State lead to three, at 41-38 with 13:32 left.
- CSU scored seven straight points from 11:27 to 9:54 left in the half to stretch their lead to 10 points just over midway through the period. Vanderbilt never got closer than six the rest of the way.
- Vanderbilt had eight turnovers in the second half.
First Half Notes:
- The Commodores won the opening tip for the second straight contest, falling to 1-1 when doing so this season.
- CSU went on an 11-4 run to open the half.
- Dores shot 25% through the second media timeout, going 3-12 from the floor and committing 3 turnovers in that time.
- The Commodores shot 29.2% in the first half, their lowest first half shooting percentage since Georgia last year (21.6%, 2/16/11).
- VU had 13 turnovers in the first half; CSU scored 15 points off turnovers, vs Vanderbilt’s 5 points off of turnovers.
- Leading scorer in the first half was Jeffery Taylor, with 5 points.
- `Dores trailed by 13 points at the half, 37-24. Largest point deficit at the half last year was 11 points against W. Virginia (11/19/10).
- Last time Vanderbilt had 13 turnovers in the first half was vs. Missouri on 12/2/09.
Individual Notes:
- John Jenkins led Vanderbilt with 17 points. With his 12th point of the game he became the 42nd Commodore to record 1,000 points.
- Lance Goulbourne tied his career record for steals in a game with 3, set twice before, most recently in the season opener against Oregon (11/11/11).
- Goulbourne added 11 points to mark his 14th career double-digit scoring game.
- Steve Tchiengang recorded a career-best 10 rebounds; his previous record was nine, set on 12/29/10 against Marquette.
- Josh Henderson tied his career best of four rebounds, seeing action in his second contest as a redshirt freshman.
- Redshirt Freshman James Siakam saw his first action as a Commodore, attempting one shot against Cleveland State.
- Jeffery Taylor scored nine points for Vanderbilt but also tied a career-high with six turnovers in the loss.
