Inside the Numbers: Georgia 72, Vandy 58

The statistics pretty much say it all about Vanderbilt's disappointing 14 point loss on Saturday:

And probably the most disturbing:

Overall shooting: Jermaine Beal/Brad Tinsley - 14-28, 39 points, Rest of team - 6-33, 19 points

Judging by the numbers, it looks like Vanderbilt was lucky to come out with only a 14 point loss. The only key statistic that the Commodores came out ahead on was turnovers - 11 for VU compared to 21 for UGA. That opens up a whole other can of worms though - how do you force 21 turnovers and lose by 14 points?

Lots of Vandy misses led to huge numbers for Georgia's defensive rebounds. Shot selection was, at times, terrible. Even though Beal was making shots (and keying a big first half rally), he was taking some pull-up threes that even Alex Gordon thought were questionable decisions.* On top of this, two of the team's key players put in performances that could be considered their worst of all time:

Jenkins and Walker combined for 43 minutes of court time and contributed zero field goals. That's an absolute black hole at two key positions - fortunately Brad Tinsley's play was enough to balance out Jenkins's first bad performance in black and gold. Andre Walker didn't have that benefit, as the overall failure of the frontcourt as a whole emphasized his lackluster play. Walker, A.J. Ogilvy, and Festus Ezeli combined for eight points, 14 rebounds, and four blocks on 3-14 shooting against a Bulldog team with only one legitimate big man - Trey Thompkins. Thompkins put up 17 points and seven rebounds against the Commodores.