Nov. 19, 2017
Recap | Box Score | Russell’s Photos 
Team Record and Series Notes:
- This is the 115th year of Vanderbilt basketball, with the first season taking place in 1900-01. There were no teams in 1904-05 and 1905-06.
- USC improves to 5-1 all-time against the Commodores after the win. It was the first time the two programs had met since 1975.
- This was the first time head coach Bryce Drew had faced USC in his career.
Team Notes:
- Tonight was Vanderbilt’s 1,003rd straight game with a three-point field goal. The Commodores are just one of three schools to have made a three-point basket in every game since the inception of the three-point line in the 1986-87 season. The others are Princeton and UNLV.
- The Commodores started Saben Lee, Riley LaChance, Matthew Fisher-Davis, Jeff Roberson and Ejike Obinna for the second straight game.
- The Commodores shot 11-for-23 (47.8%) from three against USC. It was the first game they hit 10 or more threes this season after achieving that feat 18 times last year.
- The Dores shot 71.4 percent (20-28) from the free throw line. It was their third straight game shooting over 70 percent from the line.
- It was the second game this season they made 20 or more free throws.
- Vanderbilt corralled 38 rebounds, one shy of their season-high against Belmont. It was the second game this year they out-rebounded their opponent (38-28).
- Vanderbilt moves to 62-60 all-time in overtime games after the loss. They won their only overtime game last season in the SEC Tournament against Florida.
- The Dores tallied double-digit assists for the third game this season after having 14 against USC.
Player Notes:
- Matthew Fisher-Davis scored a season-high 31 points in the loss and tied a career-high 11 rebounds in the loss.
- It was his second career double-double and the third double-double by a Commodore this year.
- It was the first time a Vanderbilt player scored 30 or more points since Fisher-Davis set his career high of 33 against Auburn on January 4, 2017.
- Larry Austin posted a career-high 13 points and six assists. Both of those records were set against DePaul on January 30, 2016 while he was at Xavier.
- Riley LaChance scored in double figures for the fourth straight game after totaling 19 points against USC.
- Djery Baptiste set a career-high after shooting 5-for-6 from the free throw line.
