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| Men's Hoops: Vanderbilt vs Houston notes
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| Vanderbilt Media Release VandyMania.com | Mar 13, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vanderbilt hosts the Houston Cougars tonight in NIT action at Memorial Gym, 7:00 PM. Vanderbilt (16-14, 6-10)vsHouston (18-14, 9-7)Tipoff Time: 7 p.m. Central Site: Memorial Gym (14,168) The Series: Houston leads the all-time series 1-0 Last Meeting: Houston defeated VU, 73-72, Dec. 29, 1986, in New Orleans, La. VU Coach Kevin Stallings: 3rd season at Vanderbilt (50-40); 9th season overall (173-103) Stallings vs. Houston: 0-0 Houston Coach Ray McCallum: 2nd season at Houston (27-34); 9th season overall (153-110) McCallum vs. Vanderbilt: 0-0 Radio: WSM, 650 AM, Joe Fisher & Tim Thompson TV: None Live stats: www.vucommodores.com Common Opponents Vanderbilt and Houston have played two common opponents with Vanderbilt posting a 1-2 record against those teams and Houston posting a 2-1 record. Opponent LSU (VU W, 68-63; L 62-69) (UH L, 69-73) Tulane (VU L, 77-87) (UH W, 69-66; W, 85-81) Scouting Houston Houston enters the NIT with an 18-14 overall record, and the Cougars finished second in the National Division of Conference USA with a 9-7 mark. Houston also advanced to the semifinals of the Conference USA Tournament with victories over East Carolina and Memphis. Houston is enjoying its best season in nearly a decade. The Cougars won 18 games for the first time since 1992-93 and set school records for the highest field goal percentage in a game, best free throw per-centage in a game and most free throws in a game. Houston has a very balanced offense with four starters averaging in double fig-ures and seven different players scoring 20 points in a game. Houston also was one of four Conference USA schools to have three players record four double-doubles. Houston was one of the two most surprising teams in Conference USA this season. In the preseason, the Cougars were picked to finish sixth in the National Division by most, but finished second in the division with a 9-7 league record. Vanderbilt (16-14, 6-10)Projected Starters PPG RPG MPG35 F Matt Freije, 6-9, 226, So. 15.1 5.1 29.2 2 F Brian Thornton, 6-8, 235, Fr. 7.6 4.9 19.5 25 G Chuck Moore, 6-3, 184, Sr. 13.1 3.9 31.7 44 G Corey Smith, 6-5, 230, Fr. 3.2 2.8 14.1 11 G Russell Lakey, 6-0, 172, So. 1.9 2.5* 16.9 Key Reserves 5 G Brendan Plavich,0 6-2, 207, So. 10.1 3.1* 29.4 10 G Sam Howard, 6-3, 195, Sr. 9.7 1.7 20.3 13 C David Przybyszewski, 6-11, 223, Fr. 5.8 3.1 17.4 3 G Jason Holwerda, 6-5, 200, Fr. 3.2 1.6* 14.8 24 F Scott Hundley, 6-5, 217, So. 2.9 2.0 11.2 Houston (18-14, 9-7)Projected Starters PPG RPG MPG15 F Louis Truscott, 6-6, 220, Jr. 13.4 9.2 32.0 43 F Patrick Okafor, 6-8, 235, Sr. 13.0 6.3 30.9 1 G Dominic Smith, 5-10, 175, Sr. 15.3 3.2* 34.5 3 G Marcus Oliver, 6-3, 200, Jr. 6.5 2.0 22.1 24 G Bryan Shelton, 6-3, 180, Fr. 3.1 0.8 12.7 Key Reserves 42 F George Williams, 6-8, 215, Jr. 10.3 7.2 31.7 5 C Jeremee McGuire, 6-10, 212, Jr. 5.3 3.1 15.9 31 G Terry Price, 6-4, 190, Sr. 0.9 0.5 6.6 Stats Comparison
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