Feb. 16, 2011
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Vanderbilt 64, Georgia 56
February 16, 2011 • Stegeman Coliseum - Athens, Ga.
Attendance: 8,942
Starting Lineups
• Vanderbilt started junior Brad Tinsley and sophomore guard John Jenkins at the two guard positions, junior Jeffery Taylor and freshman Rod Odom at forward, and junior Festus Ezeli at center.
• Taylor made his 87th start of his career, Tinsley his 80th, Ezeli his 36th, Jenkins his 30th, and Odom his fifth.
• Tinsley and Ezeli have started every game of the 2010-11 season.
Postgame Notes
• 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.
• 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.
Individual Notes
• 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 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.
• Jeffery Taylor grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds.
