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MBB welcomes Georgia Wednesday

Commodores and Bulldogs to meet for the first time this season on Wednesday at 8 p.m. on FSN.

Feb. 26, 2013

Vanderbilt Gamenotes | Georgia Gamenotes

The Commodores will return home for the first time in three games when they host Georgia Wednesday night at Memorial Gym. The game will tip at 8 p.m. CT, and televised regionally on FSN, with the game also being heard on the Vanderbilt IMG College Radio Network in middle Tennessee and online at vucommodores.com.

Game 27/VANDERBILT (11-15, 5-9) vs. GEORGIA (13-14, 7-7)
Nashville, Tenn. - Memorial Gym - 8 p.m.
Radio: Vanderbilt Radio Network from IMG College, vucommodores.com
Radio Talent: Joe Fisher (pxp), Tim Thompson (analyst)
Satellite Radio: XM 201
TV: FSN
TV Talent: Dave Baker (pxp), Larry Conley (analyst)
Live Stats: vucommodores.com
Twitter Updates: @VandyMBB

Series Information
Series Record: Vanderbilt leads the all-time series, 88-48.
Last Meeting: VU won 63-41 on 3/9/12 in quarterfinals of SEC Tournament.
Record at Vanderbilt: VU leads 47-15.
Record at UGA: UGA leads 33-30.
Record at Neutral Site: VU leads 7-4.
Coach Stallings vs. UGA: Coach Stallings is 18-10 against UGA.

About Georgia and the Series

Georgia enters the contest with a 13-14 overall record and a 7-7 mark in SEC play.
The two teams will meet for the 137th time, with the Commodores holding a 88-48 overall advantage in the series. Vanderbilt has won seven consecutive games in the series and owns a 47-15 record against Georgia at home.
The Bulldogs are led by sophomore Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who is averaging 17.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per contest.
Coach Stallings is 18-10 all-time against Georgia in his coaching career at Vanderbilt and owns an 11-2 record in games played at Memorial Gym.

Vanderbilt's Last Time Out

Vanderbilt defeated Mississippi State, 72-31, on Saturday afternoon in Starkville in the Commodores’ largest margin of victory in SEC play since 2008 (93-52, 2/12, vs. Kentucky) and held the Bulldogs to 31 points, which is the fewest points allowed since Alabama scored 31 points in a 36-31 Vanderbilt win on January 24, 1949. Freshman guard Kevin Bright led the team with 15 points, all on threes.

The Commodores started Rod Odom, Josh Henderson, Kedren Johnson, Kevin Bright, and Dai-Jon Parker for the second consecutive game and for third time this season (1-2).
Vanderbilt’s win was its largest margin of victory in SEC play since 41-point win over Kentucky on February 12, 2008.
Fewest points allowed since Alabama scored 31 points in a 36-31 Vanderbilt win on January 24, 1949.
Vanderbilt out rebounded Mississippi State, 51-17, its largest rebounding margin of the season.
The Commodores had 20 offensive rebounds and out scored MSU, 24-0, in second chance points.
Mississippi State only had seven made baskets in the game (7-40, 17.5%), and two made threes (2-19, 10.5%). The shooting percentages were a defensive best for VU this year.
VU had 19 assists on 28 made field goals. The 28 made field goals tied a season high (Nichols State, 11/10/12).
The Commodores scored 70 or more points in consecutive games for the first time this season.
Three Commodores scored in double figures - Kevin Bright with 15 points, Rod Odom with 13, and Sheldon Jeter with 11.
Bright made a career high five three pointers (5-6).
Jeter added nine rebounds in addition to his 11 points.
Sophomore guard Dai-Jon Parker scored only five points, but had a career high 13 rebounds and six assists, respectively.
Walk-on freshman guard Carter Josephs scored the first two points of his career.

'Dores Three-Point Streak Still Intact

Vanderbilt has made a 3-pointer in 858 consecutive games, a streak which began at the inception of the 3-point line in 1986-87. The Commodores rank second only to UNLV for the longest streak in Division I basketball. Vanderbilt, UNLV and Princeton are the only three schools in college basketball to have made at least one 3-pointer in every game played since the 3-point line was implemented.

Close Losses in League Play

Of the nine league losses this season, one has gone to overtime (Ole Miss), two were by four points (Alabama, led by 11 with seven minutes to go, at Kentucky), one was by two points (Kentucky at home), and a pair of games by one point (at Tennessee, at LSU).

Odom Beginning to Come On

In his last six games, junior forward Rod Odom is averaging 14.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, while making 15-of-33 threes over that time span (45.5%). He has scored in double figures in five of his last six games, including a career-high 20-point performance at LSU.

Henderson, Parker Emerging

Sophomore big man Josh Henderson has scored in double figures in three of his last five games and is 21-33 (63.6%) from the floor in those games. He is averaging 9.4 points per game over that time span. Additionally, sophomore guard Dai-Jon Parker has become the Commodores’ jack-of-all trades recently. He scored a career and game-high 17 points in win over Texas A&M, and against Miss. State, he tallied a career and season-high 13 rebounds.

Defensive Excellence

The Commodores are only surrendering 59.7 points per game, which marks Vanderbilt’s best scoring defensive effort since 1950-51 (60.5 ppg).