National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 99, Longwood 71
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, December 19, 2011
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# Michael Kitts, # Gary Maxwell, # Mike Roberts
Attendance:
12886
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Jeffery Taylor scored 29 points - one short of tying his career high - as Vanderbilt crushed visiting Longwood 99-71 on Monday.
The Commodores (7-4) were coming off a home loss to Indiana State in which they coughed up an eight-point lead and scored only two points over the final 6:32. The struggles did not carry over into Monday.
Vanderbilt hit eight of its first 12 field goal attempts, including five consecutive 3-pointers within the first seven minutes and led 21-10 after Kedren Johnson hit the last of the five long balls at the 13:06 mark.
Vanderbilt stretched its lead to 52-33 at halftime as Taylor had a late scoring flourish, collecting nine of his 18 first-half points in the final 3:21.
John Jenkins, the SEC’s leading scorer who added 19 points and Lance Goulbourne, who contributed 15 points and 10 rebounds, had consecutive field goals with 5:16 left that gave the Commodores a 91-64 cushion.
Vanderbilt hit 50.7 percent of its field goal attempts (36-of-71), including 12-of-29 on 3-pointers and scored the most points since defeating Mercer 99-59 in 2009.
Tristan Carey, who hit 6-of-8 3-pointers, and Antwan Carter, each scored 20 points for the Lancers (4-7), who came in as the fifth-worst team in the country in scoring defense.
Top Game Performances
Longwood |
|
Vanderbilt |
Tristan Carey 20 |
Scoring |
Jeffery Taylor 29 |
Jeremiah Bowman 5 |
Assists |
Brad Tinsley 3 |
Antwan Carter 10 |
Rebounds |
Lance Goulbourne 10 |
David Robinson 5 |
Free Throws Made |
John Jenkins 4 |
Tristan Carey 1 |
Steals |
Kyle Fuller 2 |
Tristan Carey 1 |
Blocks |
Lance Goulbourne 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Longwood
|
71 |
44.1 |
10-20 |
9-10 |
14 |
27 |
2 |
2 |
19 |
Vanderbilt
|
99 |
50.7 |
12-29 |
15-21 |
13 |
31 |
2 |
11 |
10 |