SEC Tournament: Vanderbilt Rides Strong Second Half, Defeats Georgia 63-41
The Commodores really demonstrated an improved commitment to defense in the win against Georgia, especially in the second half.
Bulldogs (41) @ Commodores (63)
Friday, Mar 9, 2012, 10:30 PM EST
New Orleans Arena - New Orleans, LA
| Final - 3.9.2012 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Bulldogs | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| Vanderbilt Commodores | 24 | 39 | 63 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| Vanderbilt | 24 | 39 | 63 |
| Georgia | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Thornton | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Donte` Williams | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 1 |
| Nemanja Djurisic | 30 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 24 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Gerald Robinson | 32 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Dustin Ware | 32 | 4-11 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Tim Dixon | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Elliott Long | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Vincent Williams | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Matt Bucklin | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Connor Nolte | 6 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Sherrard Brantley | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| John Florveus | 11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Jay Rome | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| John Cannon | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Team Totals | 15-47 | 2-17 | 9-16 | 36-10 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 16-0 | 41 | |
| .319 | .118 | .563 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Vanderbilt | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Goulbourne | 20 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 6-1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Jeffery Taylor | 28 | 2-10 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Festus Ezeli | 21 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Brad Tinsley | 26 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 12 |
| John Jenkins | 30 | 6-13 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Kedren Johnson | 16 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Jordan Smart | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Aaron Noll | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Dai-Jon Parker | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Steve Tchiengang | 13 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Shelby Moats | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| James Siakam | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Josh Henderson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Rod Odom | 22 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Kyle Fuller | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 25-57 | 6-25 | 7-11 | 32-7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14-0 | 63 | |
| .439 | .240 | .636 | Team Reb: 0 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Anthony Jordan, Pat Evans, Gary Maxwell
Duration:
Officials: - Anthony Jordan, Pat Evans, Gary Maxwell
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