Vanderbilt Earns Fourth SEC Road Win, Rallies Past Georgia 61-52
by Christian D'Andrea on Feb 19, 2012 6:12 PM EST
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PrintIt wasn't pretty, but Vanderbilt escaped Athens with a win. The Commodores trailed early in the second half until John Jenkins snapped the team out of it and gave Vandy the season sweep with a 61-52 win over Georgia Sunday afternoon. The win was the team's fourth road win in conference play, already matching last year's total.
Vandy faced a 35-40 deficit with 13:23 to play when Jenkins decided to take matters into his own hands. The junior scored 14 of the team's next 21 points to spark a 21-4 run that gave the Commodores a lead that they wouldn't relinquish. He led all scorers with 28 points and needed just 11 shots to do so, marking the second straight game where his efficiency levels have been through the roof.
Jenkins was needed on a day where Jeffery Taylor and Festus Ezeli struggled. The other members of this team's "big three" combined for just 14 points and committed eight turnovers. The Commodores actually shot better from three-point range (45.5 percent) than they did from inside the arc (38.9 percent).
The win kept Vanderbilt a single game behind Florida in the race for second place in the SEC standings. The 'Dores now hold a two-game advantage over four different teams who are tied for the fourth and final bye in the upcoming conference tournament. However, matchups remain against Kentucky, the Gators, and a suddenly hot Tennessee team, making Vanderbilt's hold on a top spot in the SEC anything but a certainty.
Vanderbilt will now have three days to prepare for a home showdown with South Carolina. The 'Dores dispatched the Gamecocks on the road back in January and Darrin Horn's team has won just twice since then. Though South Carolina has just one road win this season, they'll be eager to play the spoiler against their SEC East rivals.
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Nothing to complain about here
Covered in a conference road game while turning it over on a third of possessions.
Go Harder.
The turnovers
Look like something to complain about. Loudly.
by Aaron Novick on Feb 19, 2012 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
The problem was not our primarily ball-handlers
Our post players were the primary source of our turnovers. They did not play as well in that regard as they have repeatedly shown they are capable of playing.
I understand that this is going to be a high-turnover team in general, but that was an especially bad game as far as turnovers go, and much of it was carelessness. Carelessness can be fixed.
by Aaron Novick on Feb 20, 2012 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
Ball handlers were not the problem
The four players at positions 1 and 2 created a total of 2 turnovers while half of the team’s turnovers can be attributed to Lance and Festus.
Photo
Shows another foul that was not called.
by Smoke n Mirrors on Feb 19, 2012 6:25 PM EST reply actions
Good effort from the bench
Nice to see ST, KJ and the rest of the bench come in and give good extended minutes in a critical league game. The turnovers were maddening, because they were the only things keeping UGA in the game, but because they seemed to be due to a carelessness on the part of Lance and Festus. Steve’s TO’s were largely due to illegal screen calls, which may or may not have been actually illegal.
I did like what we did defensively the entire game, and felt that once their jumpers stopped falling (as they were bound to do) that we would win the game as long as we kept our TO’s under 25 and gave some effort on the boards. We did both and won without much problem. Honestly, these three games (including USC) are only important in that they hurt bad if you lose. Otherwise we should win them without too much difficult given strong efforts (even in lieu of strong execution).
Got To Finish Strong
They need to finish the last four games at least 3-1, although UF and UT will not be pushovers.
I'm going to assume
CKS had LG, JT, and FE tank it in order to toughen up the bench and get them some confidence. Now I feel much better about the turnovers, fouls, and bad play.
Good road win
But man, it’s like they didn’t even try to run offense against the zone half the time.
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by Anything but Gatorade on Feb 20, 2012 10:00 AM EST reply actions
Big Fez
seemed to struggle yet again. UK disrupted him big time down low by double, triple and quadruple teaming him. UGA did the same thing. He seems to turn the ball over any time that happens rather than being aware and dishing back out to an open Taylor or Jenkins. I thought he’d be better than that. I know a lot of injuries have prohibited him but this is something he should know how to do
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