Feb. 14, 2010
No. 22 Vanderbilt vs. No. 16/17 Kentucky
Feb. 14, 2010
Memorial Gymnasium
Attendance: 5,216
Pregame Notes
The Commodores and Wildcats are meeting for the 40th time overall.
Vanderbilt leads the all-time series, 26-13. The ‘Dores had won 13 straight meetings before dropping a 56-63 decision in Lexington last month.
The Commodores are 13-4 all-time against Kentucky in Nashville, including 12 straight wins at Memorial Gymnasium.
The Wildcats’ last win in Memorial came on Feb. 5, 1986, 79-70.
Postgame Notes
– With the win, Vanderbilt moves to 18-7 overall, 7-5 in SEC play. Kentucky falls to 21-4, 9-3 in SEC play.
– The Commodores are now 2-3 against ranked teams and 11-5 at night.
– Vanderbilt outshot (VU:48.9% to UK:35.3%) and outrebounded (VU:33 to UK:26) Kentucky, as well as hit more 3-pointers (VU:8; UK:1).
– Jence Rhoads led all scorers with 25 points and five assists.
– Merideth Marsh and Lauren Lueders contributed 11 and 10 points, respectively.
– Tiffany Clarke and Jessica Mooney led VU on the glass with seven boards a piece.
First Half – Kentucky 25, Vanderbilt 24
– Elan Brown started the game off with authority, knocking down a jumper at the 19:47 mark of the first half. Vanderbilt is 9-2 when scoring the first basket of the game.
– Brown bookmarked her jumper with a 3-pointer at the 17:25 mark of the first half
– Jence Rhoads made a jumper at the 15:35 mark to put Vandy up by three.
Rhoads mirrored Brown’s earlier effort with her own bookended 3-pointer at the 14:31 mark of the first half.
– Kentucky took their first lead of the game at 11-10, marked by a fastbreak layup by A’dia Mathies at the 12:54 mark of the first half.
– Vanderbilt regained the lead off two made free throws by Jence Rhoads.
– Merideth Marsh sunk back-to-back 3-pointers at the 10:28 and 9:31 marks of the first half, respectively, to extend Vanderbilt’s lead by three.
– Kentucky took back the lead with a layup by Victoria Dunlap at the 7:40 mark of the first half. They extended their lead with three consecutive made free throws to take a 22-18 lead.
– A highly contested layup at the 1:52 mark of the first half by Hannah Tuomi put the Commodores within three of the Wildcats’ lead.
– Made free throws by Merideth Marsh and Jessica Mooney brought Vanderbilt within one with one minute remaining in the half.
– Merideth Marsh and Jence Rhoads, each with seven points, led Vanderbilt.
– Vanderbilt is 10-2 on the season when making more 3-pointers than their opponent (VU:4; UK:1)
– The Commodores outrebounded Kentucky, 15-14. The ‘Dores are 8-1 on the season when outrebounding their opponent.
Second Half
– Jence Rhoads kept the Commodores within a few of Kentucky with a jumper at the 18:01 mark of the second half and a layup at the 16:22 mark.
– Lauren Lueders brought the Commodores within one with a 3-pointer at the 14:54 mark of the second half.
– After a small Kentucky run, Jence Rhoads brought Vanderbilt back within one with a layup at the 12:02 mark of the second half. She then tied the game at 35 with a made free throw at the 11:20 mark.
– Lauren Lueders gave the Commodores their first lead since the 7:40 mark of the first half with a clutch 3-pointer at the 10:33 mark of the second half.
– Jence Rhoads put Vanderbilt back up by two with a layup at the 8:46 mark of the second half.
– Lauren Lueders hit her second 3-pointer of the night at the 8:25 mark of the second half to extend Vanderbilt’s lead, 43-38.
– Jence Rhoads tied her career high of 20 with a layup at the 6:02 mark of the second half.
– Jence Rhoads hit a new career high (22) with a fastbreak layup at the 4:27 mark of the second half.
– Elan Brown gave the Commodores their first double-digit lead of the game with a 3-pointer at the 3:34 mark of the second half, 54-44.
– Lauren Lueders hit her 8th game of the year in double-digit scoring at the 2:17 mark of the second half, making her free throw.
– Jence Rhoads completed the 3-point play with a highly contested fastbreak layup and a made free throw, giving her 25 points.
– Merideth Marsh hit both free throws with 54 seconds remaining to put Vanderbilt up by 15, its largest lead of the night.
– The Commodores had the last five rebounds of the evening and held Kentucky to nearly seven minutes with no field goals (10:08 to 3:18).
