Nov. 18, 2010
Vanderbilt 70, Samford 60
November 18, 2010 – Memorial Gymnasium – Nashville, Tenn.
Attendance: 3,603
Starting Lineup
· Vanderbilt started senior Hannah Tuomi, junior Angela Puleo, sophomore Elan Brown, redshirt freshman Stephanie Holzer and freshman Jasmine Lister.
· This is the first career start for Stephanie Holzer.
· Elan Brown is making her second start of the season and 11th of her career.
· Puleo is making her first start of her Vanderbilt career and 61st of her career after spending two season at Georgia.
· Tuomi has now appeared in 95 games for the Commodores and has started 84.
· Jasmine Lister is making her second career start.
Postgame Notes:
· Vanderbilt moves to a 2-0 on the season, with both wins coming at home.
· Vanderbilt is now 43-4 in the month of November under coach Melanie Balcomb.
· The Commodores are now 4-2 when playing on November 18.
· Vanderbilt now holds a 20-6 record against teams from the Southern Conference. All six of Vanderbilt’s losses have been at the hands of Chattanooga.
· In both victories this season, the Commodores have had more turnovers than the opposing team in.
· Vanderbilt has led at half for both games this season.
· Vanderbilt’s 25 turnovers were the most since having 27 against Tennessee on January 17, 2010.
· The Commodores shot 46.2 from beyond the arc, the highest percentage of the season.
· Vanderbilt was 28-49 (57.1%) on the floor, making it the highest shooting percentage since going 26-45 (57.8%) against Florida on February 24, 2010.
· Holzer’s 26 points were the most by a frosh since Tiffany Clarke scored 27 against East Tennessee State on December 20, 2009.
First-half notes:
· Vanderbilt won the opening tipoff.
· Hannah Tuomi scored the first basket of the night on a layup with 19:33 remaining.
· Vanderbilt held Samford scoreless until Ruth Ketcham scored with 16:53 remaining.
· Gabby Smith scored out of the first media timeout with 15:09 remaining.
· After Samford’s Emily London scored a free-throw to take a 5-4 lead with 16:09 remaining, Vanderbilt went on a five minute, 13-0 run before Samford ended it with a three pointer.
· Gabby Smith came into the game and scored the first bench points for the Commodores to go up 9-5 with 15:20 remaining.
· The seven field goals Samford had in the first half is the lowest total Vanderbilt has allowed in the first half since Kentucky had seven on January 10, 2010.
· Vanderbilt headed into halftime up 26-22.
· Largest lead: 12
· Lead changes: 2
· Ties: 2
· Stephanie Holzer leads the team with seven points.
· Hannah Tuomi had six rebounds to lead the team.
· Vanderbilt played nine different players in the first half.
· The Commodores’ 17 turnovers in the first half were one more than they had in the entire Howard game.
Second-half notes:
· Samford scored the first points of the second half when Savannah Hill made a three with 19:24 remaining.
· Jasmine Lister made the first basket for Vanderbilt to take a 28-25 lead with 18:17 remaining.
· With the game tied at 28 with 17:44 remaining, Stephanie Holzer made a layup to take a 30-28 lead with 17:31 remaining.
· Gabby Smith made her second three pointer of the game with 14:36 remaining to give Vanderbilt a 42-36 lead.
· Jasmine Lister hit a three-point shot with 11:19 remaining to give the Commodores a 49-38 lead.
· Vanderbilt took a 13 point lead when Stephanie Holzer made a jumper with 8:48 remaining.
· Stephanie Holzer made a free throw with 6:19 remaining to give her 20 points, matching her career-high.
· With 5:12 remaining, Stephanie Holzer made her tenth field goal to give her 22 points, a career-high.
· Vanderbilt wins 70-60.
· Largest lead: 13
· Lead changes: 0
· Ties: 1
Player notes:
· Holzer had the first block of the game with 18:28 remaining in the first half.
· Gabby Smith had her first steal of the season with 13:13 remaining in the first half. It was her first steal since March 5, 2010 in a 63-61 win against LSU.
· Gabby Smith’s three assists match a career-high which came on March 4, 2010 against Arkansas.
· Elan Brown had three steals, giving her a team-leading five on the year.
· Lister had six rebounds for the second time this season.
· Lister’s 14 points are a career-high.
· Hannah Tuomi now has seven double-doubles in her career, all of which have been with points and rebounds.
· Tuomi’s six assists match a career-high that she had against DePaul on March 21, 2010.
