Tulsa
Vanderbilt
Tulsa Men Travel to Vanderbilt on Saturday
11/29/2019 6:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
| GAME #7: TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE (5-1) at Vanderbilt (5-1) | |
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| Date/Time: | Saturday • Nov. 30, 2019 • 7:00 p.m. (CT) |
| Site: | Memorial Gym (14,316) • Nashville, Tenn. |
| Coaches: | Tulsa – Frank Haith (Elon '88), 5th year Vanderbilt – Jerry Stackhouse (North Carolina '95), 1st year |
| TV: | SEC Network+ |
| Radio: | Big Country 99.5 FM (Al Jerkens & J.R. Rollo) |
| Live Stats: | Live Stats |
| Series: | First Meeting |
| Twitter: | @TUMBasketball | @TulsaHurricane |
| Instagram: | TulsaMBasketball |
| Game Notes: | Tulsa (PDF) | Vanderbilt (PDF) |
THE GAME
• This is the second meeting between Tulsa and Vanderbilt.
• The game is the final game of seven in the month of November for the Hurricane.
• This will be the last of the four games in the Vanderbilt Invitational as Tulsa has won the first three ... Austin Peay 72-65, Southeastern Louisiana 73-66 and South Carolina State 78-47.
• Vanderbilt is 5-1 on the season … the Commodores have captured wins against Southeastern Missouri State and Texas A&M Corpus Christi, while their lone loss came against Richmond University.
THE SERIES
• Vanderbilt has a 1-0 series lead against Tulsa.
• The only meeting between the two teams came in the 1950-1951 season with Vanderbilt taking the 56-49 victory.
• The game was played in Oklahoma City, Okla. on December 29, 1950.
THE LAST GAME
• Tulsa moved to 5-0 at home this season with a 78-47 against South Carolina State on Wednesday.
• Transfer Reggie Jones led the Hurricane with 18 points in 23 minutes of action.
•Tulsa ended with 4 players with double digit scoring ... Reggie Jones (18), Martins Igbanu (12), Jeriah Horne (12) and Brandon Rachal (11).
• In the second half Tulsa outscored the Bulldogs 46-20 starting the half on a 14-2 run extending their lead to 17 points.
• Tulsa shot the ball well from behind the three-point line the entire night going 12-26 (46.2) ... Jones (5-8), Horne (4-7) and Korita (3-4) totalled all of the Hurricane' threes.
• The Hurricane forced 13 turnovers scoring 19 points off of them.
LAST AWAY GAME
• In Tulsa's first away game of the season they fell to UT Arlington with a final of 59-73.
• It was the only game so far that the Hurricane shot under 45-percent and had less than 8 steals.
• Tulsa was led in scoring by Reggie Jones who had a career-high 19 points and five rebounds.
•Junior Darien Jackson tallied 12 points and seven rebounds while Jeriah Horne put in 11 points and led the team in assists with 3.
• Tulsa did outscore UT Arlington in the paint 22-12 and hauled in 16 offensive rebounds.
SCOUTING THE COMMODORES
• Vanderbilt was picked to finish 14th in The Southeastern Conference as the team returned seven letterwinners from last year's squad.
• The Commodores finished last season going 0-18 in SEC play and dropped 20 games in a row.
• They are led by first year coach Jerry Stackhouse who previously was an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA.
• Vanderbilt comes into Saturday's matchup following a 78-70 win at home against Southeastern Louisiana. Maxwell Evans led the way with 16 points, while Scotty Pippen Jr. followed close behind with 15 points.
• Preseason Second-team all-conference pick Aaron Nesmith leads the SEC in scoring with 23.3 ppg. He leads the conference in threes per game with 4.8 at a 53-percent clip.
• Vanderbilt is averaging 85.2 ppg for the season holding their opponent to an average of 71.0 points per game.
• They rank in the top 16 in the country in field goal percentage (14), three pointers made per game (5) and scoring offense (16).
A TULSA WIN WOULD
• Give Tulsa their first non-conference road win since 12/22/18 when the Hurricane captured the Mayor's Cup at Oral Roberts with a final of 69-59.
• Give the Hurricane their first SEC victory since defeating Auburn University 53-35 in the 2014-2015 season.
• Give Tulsa their first road win of the season.
