Feb. 18, 2011
The #18/18 Vanderbilt Commodores hit the road for the second consecutive game on Saturday, this time to face SEC-West foe Auburn on the Plains. The game tips off at 3 p.m. CT, and can be heard live on the Vanderbilt Sports Network from IMG College and vucommodores.com.
The game will be televised on the SEC Network, with Matt Stewart and Barry Booker on the call.
Series Info: Vanderbilt and Auburn will meet for the 132nd time on Saturday, with Vanderbilt holding an 80-51 advantage in the series; VU holds a 31-29 series lead in games played at Auburn.
Last Meeting: Vanderbilt defeated Auburn at Memorial Gym, on January 23, 2010, 82-74.
Head Coaches: Kevin Stallings is in his 12th year at Vanderbilt (232-143) and his 18th overall (355-206). Tony Barbee is in his first year at Auburn (9-16) and fifth year overall (91-68).
Radio: Vanderbilt Sports Network from IMG College (WRQQ – 97.1 FM); vucommodores.com
Play-by-Play: Joe Fisher (13th year); Color: Tim Thompson (10th year)
TV: SEC Network SEC Network Affiliates 
Play-by-Play: Matt Stewart; Color: Barry Booker
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About Auburn
Auburn enters the game with a 9-16 overall record and a 2-9 record in SEC play. The Tigers dropped their last time out at Ole Miss, 90-59, this past Wednesday.
Earnest Ross leads all Auburn players in scoring and rebounding with 13.9 points and 6.7 rebounds per contest.
The Auburn Series
Vanderbilt and Auburn will meet for the 132nd time on Saturday, with Vanderbilt holding an 80-51 advantage in the series.
The last meeting between the two schools came last season at Memorial Gym on January 23, 2010 in a game Vanderbilt won, 82-74.
Vanderbilt leads the all-time series, 46-16, in games played in Nashville, and 31-29 in games played at Auburn. The Tigers lead the series, 6-3, in neutral site contests.
Stallings Versus Auburn
Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings is 9-5 in games played against Auburn, and has a 2-3 mark against the Tigers in Auburn.
Vanderbilt-Georgia Tidbits
John Jenkins led the Commodores with 21 points, all in the final 13:16 of regulation, in route to a 64-56 win over Georgia Wednesday night in Athens. Vanderbilt overcame their poorest shooting percentage of the season (32.3%) by outrebounding Georgia, 49-32, including 23-9 on the offensive glass. Festus Ezeli added 10 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 blocks, and freshman Rod Odom contributed 11 points in his fifth start of the season.
– Vanderbilt now leads the all-time series, 85-48, and narrowed the Georgia series lead in games played in Athens to 32-27.
– Vanderbilt head coach moves to 15-10 all-time against Georgia and 4-8 in games played at Stegeman Coliseum.
– The Commodores notched their 19th win of the season; one more win and Vanderbilt will have surpassed 20 or more wins for the sixth time in the Stallings era.
– A sixth 20-win season for Stallings will tie him will all-time Vanderbilt win leader, Roy Skinner.
– Vanderbilt moved to 3-4 in true road games and 2-3 in league road games.
– The Commodores trailed, 27-21, at the half. The 21 points is a first-half season low for the team, and the 21.6% first-half percentage also marked a season low.
– The Commodores shot 32.3% for the game, compared to 35.8% for the Bulldogs. Vanderbilt is now 5-3 on the season when shooting a lower percentage than its opponent.
– The 32.3% was a season-low, and it was only the fifth time this season Vanderbilt has shot below 40% from the field. VU is now 2-3 in those games.
– The 32.3% was the lowest in a victory in the Stallings era.
– After shooting 21.3% from the floor and 23.1% from three, the Commodores rebounded to shoot 46.4% from the floor in the second half and 75.0% from three (9-12).
– The Commodores outrebounded Georgia, 49-32, including 23-9 on the offensive glass. Vanderbilt outscored the Bulldogs, 18-4, in second chance points.
– Festus Ezeli (12) and Jeffery Taylor (13) each grabbed double-digit rebounds for the Commodores.
– Vanderbilt made 12 threes on the night, compared to nine for Georgia. VU moves to 17-3 when making more threes than their opponent. Vanderbilt averages a league-best 8.3 threes made per game.
– The Commodores held Georgia without a field goal for the final 9:47 of regulation. Vanderbilt outscored the Bulldogs, 24-3, over that time span.
– The 14-point deficit Georgia held in the second half is the largest Vanderbilt has overcome in a victory this season. Trailed by 12 to Grambling on November 24.
– The Commodores won the opening tip and now move to 18-3 on the year when doing so.
– Steve Tchiengang made a three-point basket at the 14:29 mark of the first half, which extended Vanderbilt’s consecutive games streak with a three-pointer to 787 games.
– Ties: 2; Lead changes: 4
– VU largest lead: 8 (2nd half, 00:11).
– Georgia outscored Vanderbilt, 16-12, in points in the paint, 13-12 in points off of turnovers, and 6-0 in fast break points. Vanderbilt outscored Georgia, 8-5 in bench points.
Player Notes vs. Georgia
– John Jenkins scored a game-high 21 points. It marked his 15th 20-point game of the season and 17th of his career.
– All 21 points of Jenkins’ points came in the final 13:16 of the second half.
– Jenkins made five-of-10 threes in the game; it was his seventh game in 2010-11 of making five threes or more. – Jenkins is 11 of 21 from beyond the arc in the last two games.
– Festus Ezeli posted his fourth double-double of the year and his career with 10 points and 12 rebounds. He also added a career-high seven blocks.
– The seven blocks set a new Stallings-era high, and is the most since Will Perdue blocked seven on December 28, 1987 against East Carolina.
– Jeffery Taylor grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds against Georgia.
