March 18, 2010
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#13 Murray State 66, #4 Vanderbilt 65
NCAA First Round
March 18, 2010 – HP Pavilion – San Jose, Calif.
Starting Lineups
– Vanderbilt started senior Jermaine Beal, sophomore Jeffery Taylor and freshman John Jenkins at guard … sophomore Andre Walker started at forward and junior A.J. Ogilvy started at center … It was the sixth straight time Vanderbilt has used this lineup as well as the fifth time this season … The Commodores are 3-3 with this starting lineup.
– Taylor made his 64th consecutive start and has started every game of his career … After having his streak of 70-straight starts snapped against Western Kentucky on Dec. 11, Beal made the 98th of his career … Ogilvy started for the 21st game in a row after not starting the previous four games … Ogilvy made his 28th start of the season and 85th of his career. The Sydney, Australia native has started in 89 of his 96 career games … Walker made the 32nd start of his career … Jenkins made the seventh start of his career and has now started six games in a row.
Postgame Notes
– Vanderbilt finished the season 24-9 overall … Murray State moved to 31-4.
– The 2009-10 season is the 110th in Vanderbilt’s history.
– Today’s meeting was the fifth all-time between Vanderbilt and Murray State … Vanderbilt leads the all-time series 3-2 … Today was the first meeting between the two schools since Vanderbilt defeated the Racers 74-57 during the 1988-89 season.
– Today marked Vanderbilt’s 11th appearance in the NCAA Tournament … Vanderbilt is 9-12 all-time in the NCAA Tournament … Vanderbilt has lost three straight games in the NCAA Tournament.
– Vanderbilt is now 0-2 as a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament … Vanderbilt was also a No. 4 seed in its last tournament appearance (2008).
– Vanderbilt is 5-6 all-time in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … The team’s last first round win came March 15, 2007 against George Washington.
– Stallings is 4-4 all-time at Vanderbilt in the NCAA Tournament … Stallings is 5-6 all-time in his coaching career in the NCAA Tournament … 2010 is the fourth time Stallings has guided Vanderbilt to the NCAA Tournament.
– In Vanderbilt’s last eight NCAA Tournament losses, the Commodores have failed to score more than 68 points … VU scored 62 in its 2008 loss and 65 in 2007.
– With Jermaine Beal’s three-pointer with 19:35 remaining in the first half, Vanderbilt extended its consecutive games streak with at least one three-pointer made to 762 … VU is one of only three schools (UNLV and Princeton) that have made at least one three-pointer in every game played since the three-point line was established for the 1986-87 season … Only UNLV (770) has a longer streak than Vanderbilt.
– Vanderbilt finished 7-6 this season when trailing at the half … It marked the second straight game VU had trailed at the half.
– Vanderbilt shot 44.0 percent (22-50) from the floor, while Murray State shot 41.7 percent (25-60) from the floor.
– It was only the second game this season VU has lost when it has outshot its opponent.
– Vanderbilt ended the season outshooting its opponents in all but 10 games … In those 10 games, Vanderbilt lost seven times … The only games it won when being outshot were against Ole Miss, Georgia and at Alabama … The only games it lost when it outshot its opponent was at Kentucky and against Murray State.
– Vanderbilt made 4-of-12 three-pointers (33.3 percent), while Murray State made 7-of-15 (46.7 percent).
– Vanderbilt made 17-of-29 free throws (58.6 percent), while Murray State made 12-of-20 (60 percent) … It was the second straight game VU has shot under 60 percent from the foul line (58.8 vs. Miss. St.)
– Before its game against Mississippi State, VU had made 80.8% of its attempts in its last eight games 211-of-261.
– Vanderbilt’s free-throw percentage was its lowest since making 54.1 percent at Alabama on Jan. 13.
First Half Notes -Murray State 36, Vanderbilt 32
– Vanderbilt was able to build a 10-4 lead to start the game.
– Vanderbilt began the game by outrebounding Murray State 7-3 at the 15:49 mark … The Commodores also had four offensive rebounds.
– A three-pointer by MSU’s Danero Thomas cut VU’s lead to one, 10-9, with 15:14 to play.
– Murray State would cut Vanderbilt’s lead to one on four occasions through the first 8 ½ minutes of play, but were unable to take the lead.
– A three-pointer by MSU’s Isaiah Canaan produced the game’s first tie, 19-19, with 10:31 to play.
– A three pointer by MSU’s B.J. Jenkins gave MSU its first lead of the game, 24-21, with 9:08 to play … The three capped an 8-2 run by MSU.
– A pair of free throws by Andre Walker gave VU a 25-24 lead with 8:30 to play.
– Vanderbilt was 5-of-10 from the foul line at the 7:55 mark of the half.
– Following a pair of free throws by Jermaine Beal, Murray State went on a 7-0 run to take a 31-27 lead with 5:07 to play, its largest of the game at that point. – 10 of MSU’s first 15 rebounds were offensive,.
– A three-point play by Murray State’s Jeffery McClain would give MSU its largest lead of the half, 36-31, with 1:08 to play.
– Vanderbilt shot 40.7 (11-of-27) percent from the floor, while Murray State shot 43.8 (14-of-32) percent.
– Vanderbilt made 2-of-7 three-pointers (28.6 percent), while Murray State was 4-for-8 (50.0 percent) from beyond the arc.
– Vanderbilt made 8-of-15 free throws (53.3 percent) and Mississippi State made 4-of-10 in the half (40.0 percent).
– VU was outscored 20-14 in the paint
– Vanderbilt was outrebounded 21-20
– Ties: 4
– Lead changes: 3
– Largest lead: VU – 6, 17:05; MSU – 5, 1:08
Second Half Notes
– With Vanderbilt trailing 36-32 at half, Murray State scored six of the half’s first eight points to take a 42-34 lead, with 17:29 to play.
– VU’s Jeffery Taylor picked up his third foul with 17:35 to play.
– A dunk by VU’s Lance Goulbourne triggered a 6-0 run by VU to pull VU within 2, 44-42, with 14:12 to play.
– VU’s A.J. Ogilvy earned his third foul with 13:33 to play.
– After MSU opened up an eight-point lead, 44-36, with 15:43 to play, VU cut it to two on two occasions before MSU stretched it back to five, 51-46, with 11:35 to play.
– VU’s Jeffery Taylor picked up his fourth foul with 11:00 to play.
– A basket by VU’s Festus Ezeli pulled VU within one, 51-50, with 7:56 to play.
– With 7:43 remaining in the game Murray State was outscoring VU 32-24 in the paint.
– Two free throws by Brad Tinsley with 7:35 to play produced the fifth tie of the game and the first since the score was tied at 31 with 3:18 to play in the first half.
– A three-pointer by VU’s John Jenkins gave Vanderbilt a 58-56 lead with 4:48 to play, its first lead since leading 27-26 with 6:45 to play in the first half.
– Murray State would make two consecutive three-pointers to pull the Racers back in front, 62-60, with 2:51 to play.
– A.J. Ogilvy hit the first of two free throws with 1:36 to play to pull VU within one, 62-61.
– Following a basket by MSU’s Danero Thomas which extended MSU’s lead to three, 64-61, with 1:13 to play, VU’s A.J. Ogilvy pulled VU back within one with 1:00 to play.
– With 12.7 to play Jermaine Beal went to the foul line with VU trailing by one, 64-63, and made both free throws to give VU a 65-64 lead.
– A buzzer-beater by Danero Thomas gave Murray State the win.
– Ties: 1
– Lead changes: 4
– Largest lead: VU – N/A in 2nd half; MSU – 8, 17:30
– Vanderbilt shot 47.8 percent from the floor (11-of-23) in the half.
– Murray State shot 39.3 percent from the floor (11-of-28) in the half.
Individual Notes
– With the loss, Head Coach Kevin Stallings is now 213-137 at Vanderbilt … He is second in school history in career wins and trails only Roy Skinner (278 wins).
– Stallings has 13 career postseason wins at Vanderbilt, the most in school history.
– John Jenkins scored a team-high 13 points to reach double figures for the 19th time this season.
– Beal scored 11 points to reach double figures for the 28th time this season and 63rd time in his career.
– Beal finished his career with 1,253 points in his career, which ranks 24th in school history.
– A.J Ogilvy scored 12 points, including 10 in the second half to reach double figures for the 25th time this season and 83rd time in his career in 95 games.
– Ogilvy now has 1,468 points, which puts him 13th in school history … Ogilvy’s 12 points pushed him ahead of Scott Draud (1,466).
– A.J. Ogilvy finished 4-of-6 from the line and moved into sixth in school history with 158 made free throws this season … Ogilvy surpassed Kevin Anglin’s (1991-92) 155 free throws.
– Ogilvy also moved to fourth in school history with 215 free throw attempts … Ogilvy passed Dan Finch (1953-54), who had 211 attempts.
– Jeffery Taylor scored all nine of his points in the first half.
