Vanderbilt-South Carolina Notes

Vanderbilt hopes to get back on the winning track tonight when they host the South Carolina Gamecocks. Inside you'll find starting lineups, statistical comparisons and a South Carolina scouting report.

Vanderbilt vs. South Carolina

Site

Memorial Gym (14,168)
Nashville, Tenn.

Date/Time

FEB. 14, 2007 • 7 P.M. CT

Television

None

Radio

104.5 FM

Sirius Radio:

None

General School/ Team Information

.

Vanderbilt

South Carolina

Head Coach

Kevin Stallings

Dave Odom

Conference

SEC East

SEC East

Record

16-8 (6-4 SEC)

12-11 (2-8 SEC)

Series Record

USC leads, 21-17

Projected Starters

Vanderbilt 3 - Alex Gordon, G, 5-11, 164, Jr. (7.7 ppg, 3.6 apg) 32 - Shan Foster, G/F, 6-6, 200, Jr., Kenner, La. (14.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg) 4 - Derrick Byars, G/F, 6-7, 230, Sr. (15.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.0 apg) 20 - Dan Cage, G, 6-5, 215, Sr. (11.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg) 41 - Ross Neltner, F, 6-9, 247, Jr. (10.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg)

South Carolina 1 - Tre Kelley, G, 6-0, 190, Sr. (17.8 ppg, 5.1 apg) 4 - Bryce Sheldon, G, 6-4, 196, Sr. (7.9 ppg, 1.5 rpg) 31 - Evaldas Baniulis, F, 6-7, 209, Fr. (4.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg) 21 - Dominique Archie, F, 6-7, 208, Fr. (8.3ppg, 4.9 rpg) 33 - Brandon Wallace, 6-9, 203, Sr. (10.4 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 2.8 bpg)

Stats Comparison

.

Vanderbilt

South Carolina

Scoring Offense

76.6

64.0

Scoring Defense

69.7

67.5

Scoring Margin

+6.9

-3.5

FG%

.459

.422

FG% Defense

.431

.453

3FG%

.371

.335

3FG% Defense

.326

.352

Free Throw %

.719

.647

Rebounding

34.6

31.9

Assists

16.8

11.5

Turnovers

12.7

11.7

Opponent Turnovers

15.8

12.3

Steals

7.6

4.7

Blocks

2.9

4.7

Scouting South Carolina

South Carolina (12-11, 2-8 SEC) comes to Nashville Wednesday having loss four consecutive games after a 73-54 setback at home to Georgia on Saturday. The loss was the Gamecocks’ first in nearly a month decided by more than six points.

Tre’ Kelley leads the league in scoring with 19.7 points since the start of SEC play. He has attempted almost twice as many shots from the field (163) as any other Gamecock during league action. Kelley’s 5.14 assists per games this season lead all South Carolina players.

Brandon Wallace is close to averaging a double-double on the season. The 6-9 center is averaging 17.8 points and 9.6 rebounds. He ranks second in the SEC with 2.78 blocks per game this season and leads USC with 31 steals on the year.

South Carolina leads the SEC, averaging the fewest turnovers per game (11.7) for the year. Since the start of SEC action, South Carolina ranks third in 3-pointers per game (8.40), fourth in turnover margin (+0.60) and fifth in 3-point shooting (35.7 percent) and blocks (4.30 per game).