National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 78, South Carolina 60
When: 1:45 PM ET, Saturday, February 5, 2011
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# Bruce Benedict, # Anthony Jordan, # Antinio Petty
Attendance:
14316
By SportsDirect Inc.
John Jenkins scored 18 points, and Jeffery Taylor and Festus Ezeli added 17 and eight rebounds apiece to help No. 24 Vanderbilt avenge an earlier loss with a 78-60 home win against South Carolina on Saturday at Memorial Gym.
The Commodores (16-6, 4-4 SEC) shot 39.1 percent in an 83-75 overtime loss at South Carolina on Jan. 8, but they shot much better Saturday, hitting 50.9 percent.
Taylor went 4 for 4 from 3-point range to lead the Commodores' red-hot outside shooting. Vandy was 11 for 20 from beyond the arc.
Jenkins has scored 18 points or more in nine consecutive games.
Ramon Galloway scored 16 points to lead the Gamecocks (13-8, 4-4 SEC). South Carolina leading scorer Bruce Ellington finished with 13 points but struggled for most of the game, going 4 for 17 from the field and 3 for 10 from 3-point range.
Brad Tinsley added 13 points and nine assists for the Commodores, who improved to 12-1 at home.
Top Game Performances
| South Carolina |
|
Vanderbilt |
|
Ramon Galloway 16 |
Scoring |
John Jenkins 18 |
|
Lakeem Jackson 7 |
Assists |
Brad Tinsley 9 |
|
Malik Cooke 7 |
Rebounds |
Festus Ezeli 8 |
|
Malik Cooke 4 |
Free Throws Made |
John Jenkins 4 |
|
Ramon Galloway 4 |
Steals |
Rod Odom 2 |
|
Malik Cooke 2 |
Blocks |
Jeffery Taylor 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| South Carolina
|
60 |
41.8 |
6-21 |
8-15 |
11 |
25 |
4 |
12 |
|
| Vanderbilt
|
78 |
50.9 |
11-20 |
13-19 |
17 |
31 |
4 |
5 |
|