The #1 ranked Kentucky Wildcats(27-1, 13-0) host the Vanderbilt Commodores(20-8, 9-4) in Rupp Arena today on CBS at 12pm.
The announcers for today’s game are Ian Eagle, and Joe Spanarkel.
Kentucky is favored by
[I][B]Here is the background information on today’s game:[/B][/I]
Saturday’s meeting will be the 180th in the overall series between the two schools. Kentucky leads the overall series, 135-44.
UK owns the nation’s longest home-winning streak at 50 games (49 at Rupp; one at Memorial.
Coach Stallings is 9-17 all-time against the Wildcats has a 2-11 record against Kentucky at
Rupp Arena.
Kentucky’s 13-0 start in the SEC is the program’s best start in league play since the 2003 team ran the table in the league, going 16-0. that team also won the SEC Tournament title and advancedto the Elite Eight.
Jeffery Taylor (174) and John Jenkins (173) lead the league in field goals made for the season.
Over the last 10 games, Marquis Teague has dished out 56 assists against just 23 turnovers a ratio of 2.4.
Vanderbilt is the only team in the SEC that sports three 1,000-point scorers in John Jenkins,
Jeffery Taylor, and Brad Tinsley.
In the latest release of the SEC stats, the Wildcats lead the league in 11 different categories including scoring defense (58.2), scoring margin (19.4), free throw pct. (.721), ield goal pct. (.485),field goal pct. defense (.363), rebounding offense(39.3), rebounding defense (32.0), reboundingmargin (+7.3), blocked shots (9.1), defensive rebounds (26.7) and offensive rebounding pct.(.388).
[U][I][B]PROJECTED STARTERS*[/B][/I][/U]
[B]Kentucky Wildcats[/B]
P # Name Pts. Rebs. Assts
F 3 [B]Terrence Jones[/B] 12.2 6.7 1.9^
• Scored in double-digits in six of last seven games
F 14 [B]Michael Kidd-Gilchrist[/B] 12.2 7.8 2.1
• Has six double-doubles this season
G 20 [B]Doron Lamb [/B]13.7 3.1 1.8
• Has hit 17 of last 18 free throws
F 23 [B]Anthony Davis[/B] 13.8 9.8 4.8^
• National Player of the Year candidate
G 25 [B]Marquis Teague[/B] 9.6 2.5 4.7
• Averaging 7.0 assists over last four games
[B]Vanderbilt Commodores[/B]
P # Name Pts. Rebs. Assts
G 1 [B]Brad Tinsley[/B] 8.9 2.8 4.4
• Shooting 84.3 pct. from the free throw line
C 3 [B]Festus Ezeli [/B]10.1 5.3 2.2^
• Shooting 53.6 pct. from the ield
F 5 [B]Lance Goulbourne[/B] 8.8 7.0 1.4
• Team leader in rebounding
G 23 [B]John Jenkins[/B] 19.7 3.0 1.1
• Leads SEC in scoring and 3-pointers made
F 44 [B]Jeffery Taylor[/B] 17.8 5.8 1.8
• Shooting 53.7 pct. from the iel
*-Based on previous game’s starters; ^-blocks; ~-steal
