Vanderbilt-Auburn Notes

This evening Vanderbilt travels to Auburn, Alabama with hopes of picking up an SEC season opening victory. Inside are starting lineups, statistical comparisons, game notes and an Auburn scouting report.

Vanderbilt vs. Auburn

Site

Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum (10,500)
Auburn, Ala.

Date/Time

JAN. 6, 2007 • 5:30 P.M. CT

Television

FSN/Sun Sports

Radio

104.5 FM

Sirius Radio

107

General School/ Team Information

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Vanderbilt

Auburn

Head Coach

Kevin Stallings

Jeff Lebo

Conference

SEC East

SEC West

Record

10-4

10-5

Series Record

VU leads, 75-50

Projected Starters

Vanderbilt 3 - Alex Gordon, G, 5-11, 164, Jr. (8.0 ppg, 3.7 apg) 32 - Shan Foster, G/F, 6-6, 200, Jr. (15.4 ppg, 4.7 rpg) 4 - Derrick Byars, G/F, 6-7, 230, Sr. (14.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 3.4 apg) 20 - Dan Cage, G, 6-5, 215, Sr. (10.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg) 41 - Ross Neltner, F, 6-9, 247, Jr. (11.7 ppg, 5.8 rpg)

Auburn 23 - Quantez Richardson, G, 6-3, 190, So. (8.0 ppg, 5.3 apg, 4.6 rpg) 1 - Frank Tolbert, G, 6-4, 210, Jr. (12.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg) 2 - Archie Miaway, G, 6-4, 202, Jr. (5.4 ppg, 1.1 rpg) 32 - Korvotney Barber, F, 6-7, 220, So. (13.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg) 24 - Quan Prowell, F, 6-8, 215, Jr. (12.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg)

Stats Comparison

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Vanderbilt

Auburn

Scoring Offense

79.8

74.1

Scoring Defense

67.6

67.5

Scoring Margin

+12.1

+6.6

FG%

.470

.469

FG% Defense

.420

.423

3FG%

.364

.315

3FG% Defense

.289

.352

Free Throw %

.722

.576

Rebounding

34.9

37.5

Assists

17.4

18.3

Turnovers

12.7

17.7

Opponent Turnovers

17.5

18.4

Steals

8.4

9.3

Blocks

2.6

5.1

Scouting Auburn

Auburn enters SEC play after suffering a 56-54 setback at Southern Miss on Wednesday. The Tigers had won four of five before the loss.

The Tigers have five players averaging double figures led by Korvotney Barber (13.5 ppg). The SEC’s leader in field goal shooting percentage (.651), Barber is one of three players to start every game this season for Lebo. Barber also is a force inside with 50 of his 107 rebounds coming on the offensive end -- second most among SEC players. He also ranks fifth in the league with 38 blocks. Quantez Robertson is a gifted floor leader and defender, currently tied for first in the SEC in assists (5.27 apg) and tied for sixth in steals (2.07).

Auburn was picked to finish fifth in the SEC Western Division by the league’s media.