SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Vanderbilt at Tennessee

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Vanderbilt visits Tennessee on Tuesday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game along with a prediction of the game’s final score.

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Team Statistical Comparison

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
Vanderbilt	0.430	0.330	0.682	218	788	285	169	88	307
Vanderbilt OPP	0.465	0.351	0.729	232	872	312	132	85	334
Tennessee	0.428	0.306	0.753	241	852	355	146	141	317
Tennessee OPP	0.391	0.316	0.700	251	817	239	176	73	320

Statistical Leaders

Vanderbilt Scoring Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	GP	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
PLAYER	TEAM	GP	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
Saben Lee	Vanderbilt	24	17.0	139.0	104	26
Scotty Pippen Jr.	Vanderbilt	24	11.3	78.0	91	23
Maxwell Evans	Vanderbilt	24	8.3	68.0	31	33
Dylan Disu	Vanderbilt	24	6.9	56.0	18	36
Jordan Wright	Vanderbilt	24	4.9	40.0	32	5
Ejike Obinna	Vanderbilt	23	3.7	33.0	18	0
Matthew Moyer	Vanderbilt	24	2.0	17.0	10	5

Vanderbilt Rebounding Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
Dylan Disu	Vanderbilt	24	115.0	139.0	5.8
Ejike Obinna	Vanderbilt	40	56.0	96.0	4.2
Maxwell Evans	Vanderbilt	17	61.0	78.0	3.3
Saben Lee	Vanderbilt	12	64.0	76.0	3.2
Scotty Pippen Jr.	Vanderbilt	12	59.0	71.0	3.0
Aaron Nesmith	Vanderbilt	11	57.0	68.0	4.9
Jordan Wright	Vanderbilt	19	39.0	58.0	2.4
Clevon Brown	Vanderbilt	22	32.0	54.0	6.0
Matthew Moyer	Vanderbilt	10	43.0	53.0	2.2
Braelee Albert	Vanderbilt	12	7.0	19.0	1.6
Oton Jankovic	Vanderbilt	3	8.0	11.0	0.8
Jon Jossell	Vanderbilt	0	3.0	3.0	0.6
Isaiah Rice	Vanderbilt	1	0.0	1.0	0.1

Tennessee Scoring Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	GP	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
PLAYER	TEAM	GP	PPG	FGM	FTM	3PTM
Jordan Bowden	Tennessee	24	13.2	107.0	67	36
John Fulkerson	Tennessee	24	12.3	112.0	71	0
Yves Pons	Tennessee	24	11.2	102.0	39	25
Josiah-Jordan James	Tennessee	20	7.8	53.0	28	22
Olivier Nkamhoua	Tennessee	24	4.0	39.0	16	1
Jalen Johnson	Tennessee	24	3.4	25.0	15	17
Davonte Gaines	Tennessee	22	2.5	13.0	26	3
Drew Pember	Tennessee	19	1.5	8.0	10	3

Tennessee Rebounding Leaders

PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
PLAYER	TEAM	OR	DR	TR	RPG
John Fulkerson	Tennessee	48	97.0	145.0	6.0
Yves Pons	Tennessee	38	81.0	119.0	5.0
Josiah-Jordan James	Tennessee	20	94.0	114.0	5.7
Jordan Bowden	Tennessee	11	88.0	99.0	4.1
Olivier Nkamhoua	Tennessee	32	50.0	82.0	3.4
Jalen Johnson	Tennessee	11	40.0	51.0	2.1
Santiago Vescovi	Tennessee	9	36.0	45.0	3.8
Davonte Gaines	Tennessee	9	31.0	40.0	1.8
Lamonte Turner	Tennessee	7	32.0	39.0	3.5
Drew Pember	Tennessee	10	12.0	22.0	1.2
Uros Plavsic	Tennessee	7	5.0	12.0	1.3
Zach Kent	Tennessee	0	2.0	2.0	1.0
Jacob Fleschman	Tennessee	1	0.0	1.0	0.2
Brock Jancek	Tennessee	1	0.0	1.0	0.2

NCAA RPI

Vanderbilt: 154

Tennessee: 62

Vanderbilt Roster

No.	Name	Pos.	HT	WT	Class	City-State
0	Saben Lee	G	6′-2″	183	JR	Phoenix, AZ
1	Dylan Disu	F	6′-9″	220	FR	Pflugerville, TX
2	Scotty Pippen Jr.	G	6′-1″	170	FR	Los Angeles, CA
3	Maxwell Evans	G	6′-2″	190	JR	Houston, TX
4	Jordan Wright	G	6′-5″	226	FR	Baton Rouge, LA
5	D.J. Harvey	G	6′-6″	235	SO	Bowie, MD
10	Drew Weikert	G	6′-0″	170	SO	Nashville, TN
13	Matthew Moyer	F	6′-8″	229	JR	Gahanna, OH
14	Isaiah Rice	G	5′-11″	195	JR	Indianapolis, IN
15	Clevon Brown	F	6′-8″	232	SR	San Antonio, TX
20	Trace Arbuckle	G	6′-2″	170	JR	Carmel, IN
21	Jon Jossell	G	5′-9″	160	SR	Arcadia, OK
24	Aaron Nesmith	F	6′-6″	213	SO	Charleston, SC
42	Quentin Millora-Brown	F	6′-10″	229	FR	Lorton, VA
50	Ejike Obinna	F	6′-10″	243	SO	Enugu, Nigeria
55	Oton Jankovic	F	6′-10″	212	FR	Napa, CA

Tennessee Roster

No.	Name	Pos.	HT	WT	Class	City-State
0	Davonte Gaines	G	6′-7″	178	FR	Buffalo, NY
1	Lamonte Turner	G	6′-2″	187	SR	Florence, AL
3	Drew Pember	F	6′-9″	207	FR	Knoxville, TN
4	Jacob Fleschman	G	6′-3″	176	JR	Austin, TX
5	Josiah-Jordan James	G	6′-6″	208	FR	Charleston, SC
10	John Fulkerson	F	6′-9″	212	JR	Kingsport, TN
12	Victor Bailey Jr.	G	6′-4″	186	JR	Austin, TX
13	Jalen Johnson	G	6′-6″	196	JR	Durham, NC
21	Olivier Nkamhoua	F	6′-8″	224	FR	Cumberland, MD
23	Jordan Bowden	G	6′-5″	193	SR	Knoxville, TN
30	Brock Jancek	F	6′-8″	222	SO	Knoxville, TN
33	Zach Kent	F	6′-11″	235	SO	Magnolia, DE
34	Uros Plavsic	F	7′-0″	240	FR	Chattanooga, TN
35	Yves Pons	G	6′-6″	215	JR	Paris, FR

Scouting Report

Vanderbilt (9-16, 1-11 SEC): Vandy’s Aaron Nesmith (23 ppg) is the Commodore’s and SEC’s leading scorer, however, he is out for the season with an injury. In his absence Saben Lee (17.0 ppg) has taken over that role. Freshman forward Dylan Disu leads Vandy in rebounding 5.8 rpg. For the season Vandy is shooting 43.3% from the field, 33.0% from 3-point range and 68.2% from the free throw line. Vandy is eighth in the SEC in scoring averaging 72.3 points a game. The Commodores are 12th in the SEC in scoring defense allowing 74.3 point per contest. Vandy is dead last in field goal percentage defense (46.5%) and also last in 3-point shooting defense (35.1%).

Tennessee (14-11, 6-6 SEC): Jordan Bowden leads the Vols in scoring at 13.2 points per contest. John Fulkerson is the Vols’ second leading scorer for the season averaging 12.3 points per game. Fulkerson also leads the Vols in rebounding pulling down 6.0 boards a game. Tennessee is currently No. 1 in the SEC in scoring defense (62.1 ppg). A big reason for that is that the Vols are very stingy at allowing opponents to make field goals (39.1%, No. 3 SEC). For the season, the Vols are hitting 42.8% of their field goals, 30.6% of 3-point shots and 75.4% of free throws.

Vanderbilt-Tennessee Prediction

Tennessee 68, Vanderbilt 59

Tuesday‘s game tips off at 6:30 p.m. ET (5:30 p.m. CT). TV: SEC Network.