Alabama vs. Vanderbilt: Full Game Preview
By on February 2, 2013
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| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | T Releford 15.9 | M Gueye 4.4 | T Lacey 3.6 |
| Vanderbilt | K Johnson 14.8 | K Bright 5.7 | K Johnson 3.2 |
Alabama travels to Memorial Gym (TN) on Saturday to take on Vanderbilt. Tip-off is at 4:00 EST and it can be seen on SEC Network. The Crimson Tide are 1-4 against the Commodores over the last four years. They lost 69-59 the last time they played (1/19/2012).
Alabama is in 3rd place in the conference, Vanderbilt is in 10th place.
In their last outing, behind 14 points and 6 rebounds from Trevor Lacey, the Crimson Tide defeated Arkansas 59-56 on January 31st. On top of a team-high 3.6 assists per game, he also scores 12.2 points per game. For the Commodores, Sheldon Jeter put up 8 points and 7 rebounds in the 58-57 loss to Tennessee on January 29th. He is averaging 5.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
Vanderbilt StatSmack
- Alabama has a better overall winning percentage over the last 30 years (63.49% to 58.65%).
- Trevor Releford is ranked 9th in the SEC in points and 7th in the SEC in steals.
- Even computers respect Alabama more. We have a better RPI this season than Vanderbilt (RPI: #59 vs #127).
- The Alabama three-point leader (Trevor Lacey) has more three-pointers than the Vanderbilt three-point leader (Kedren Johnson).
- Diaper Dandies love us. Alabama has recruited more McDonald's All-Americans out of high school than Vanderbilt (10 vs 1).
- Alabama is a better free-throw-shooting team (69.3% vs 59.3%) than Vanderbilt this season.
- Moussa Gueye is ranked 4th in the SEC in blocks.
- Alabama has more Top 50 Director's Cup finishes than Vanderbilt (18 vs 3)
- You'll do better on next semester's exams, right? Alabama currently has a higher Academic Progress Rate (984 to 971) than Vanderbilt, per the NCAA.
- Trevor Lacey is ranked 8th in the SEC in three-pointers and 6th in the SEC in assists.
- Kids want to come here. Since 1998 Alabama has recruited more Top 50 high school players than Vanderbilt (14 vs 2).
| Bama Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B+ | Trevor Releford | 32 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| B | Trevor Lacey | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C+ | Levi Randolph | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C+ | Rodney Cooper | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Devonta Pollard | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Nick Jacobs | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Andrew Steele | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Carl Engstrom | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C- | Moussa Gueye | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| D+ | Retin Obasohan | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Isiah Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Keon Blackledge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Julian Goode | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | D. Slaughter | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vandy Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B- | Kedren Johnson | 32 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C | Kyle Fuller | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Rod Odom | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C | Kevin Bright | 29 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Dai-Jon Parker | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D+ | Sheldon Jeter | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Shelby Moats | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Josh Henderson | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D | Andris Kehris | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Alex Gendelman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | James Siakam | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Nathan Watkins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | A.J. Astroth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | Carter Josephs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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