SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Vanderbilt at Alabama

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Vanderbilt visits Alabama on Saturday in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, team ratings, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

Vanderbilt scores an average of 73.5 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 73.4 points per contest. Alabama scores an average of 80.8 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 72.1 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Vanderbilt	43.2	34.4	73.4	190	37.8	7.2	2.7	13.3	14.0
Vanderbilt OPP	46.7	35.0	73.4	151	36.1	7.1	4.6	13.6	13.8
	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBPG	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Alabama	43.7	36.6	72.1	259	45.0	8.5	4.2	14.4	14.5
Alabama OPP	40.3	28.5	70.1	259	43.3	8.7	4.7	10.7	15.7

Key: ORB=Offensive rebounds; RBPG=Rebounds per game; SPG=Steals per game; BPG=Blocked shots per game; APG=Assists per game; TOPG=Turnovers per game.

Statistical Leaders

SCORING
F.Name	L.Name	Team	PPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%
Scotty	Pippen	VAN	20.3	43.6	37.1	81.0
Dylan	Disu	VAN	14.9	50.0	36.5	73.4
Jaden	Shackelford	ALA	13.9	39.9	33.6	76.8
John	Petty	ALA	13.4	45.6	39.6	73.7
Herbert	Jones	ALA	11.9	46.7	52.8	75.3
Jahvon	Quinerly	ALA	11.5	46.7	43.9	72.3
STEALS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	STLs	SPG
Scotty	Pippen	VAN	29	1.7
Herbert	Jones	ALA	36	1.6
Jordan	Bruner	ALA	20	1.5
Dylan	Disu	VAN	19	1.2
Keon	Ellis	ALA	25	1.2
John	Petty	ALA	24	1.1
Jordan	Wright	VAN	17	1.1
BLOCKS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	BLKs	BPG
Dylan	Disu	VAN	20	1.3
Jordan	Bruner	ALA	16	1.2
Herbert	Jones	ALA	25	1.1
Clevon	Brown	VAN	6	0.5
John	Petty	ALA	11	0.5
Alex	Reese	ALA	12	0.5
REBOUNDS
F.Name	L.Name	Team	DREBs	REBs	RPG
Dylan	Disu	VAN	36	142	8.9
Herbert	Jones	ALA	43	129	5.9
Jordan	Bruner	ALA	30	69	5.3
John	Petty	ALA	20	108	5.1
Jordan	Wright	VAN	21	65	4.3
Jaden	Shackelford	ALA	24	88	4.0

Vanderbilt vs. Alabama Basketball Series History

Alabama leads 71-70.

College Basketball Ratings

Source	Vanderbilt	Alabama
NCAA NET	130	7
Sagarin	124	10
ESPN BPI	119	13
Ken Pomeroy	115	7
Massey Composite	136	7

Vanderbilt Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Tyrin Lawrence	G	6′-4″	190	FR
1	Dylan Disu	F	6′-9″	220	SO
2	Scotty Pippen Jr.	G	6′-1″	170	SO
3	Maxwell Evans	G	6′-2″	190	SR
4	Jordan Wright	G	6′-5″	226	SO
5	D.J. Harvey	G	6′-6″	235	SR
10	Myles Stute	F	6′-7″	215	FR
11	Braelee Albert	G	6′-5″	220	SO
12	Trey Thomas	G	5′-11″	165	FR
13	Issac McBride	G	6′-1″	190	FR
14	Isaiah Rice	G	5′-11″	189	SR
15	Clevon Brown	F	6′-8″	232	SR
20	Max Adelman	G	6′-5″	210	FR
33	Drew Weikert	G	6′-0″	170	JR
34	Akeem Odusipe	F	6′-9″	230	FR
42	Quentin Millora-Brown	F	6′-10″	229	JR
50	Ejike Obinna	F	6′-10″	243	SR

Alabama Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
1	Herbert Jones	F	6′-8″	210	SR
2	Jordan Bruner	F	6′-10″	225	SR
3	Alex Reese	F	6′-9″	230	SR
4	Juwan Gary	F	6′-6″	218	FR
5	Jaden Shackelford	G	6′-3″	200	SO
10	Delaney Heard	G	6′-3″	198	–
11	Joshua Primo	G	6′-6″	190	FR
12	Darius Miles	F	6′-6″	185	FR
13	Jahvon Quinerly	G	6′-1″	175	SO
14	Keon Ellis	G	6′-6″	170	JR
15	Tyler Barnes	F	6′-8″	201	SR
21	Britton Johnson	G	6′-4″	183	JR
22	Keon Ambrose-Hylton	F	6′-8″	210	FR
23	John Petty Jr.	G	6′-5″	184	SR
24	Jaden Quinerly	G	6′-0″	155	FR
25	Adam Cottrell	G	6′-3″	200	SO
30	Kendall Wall	F	6′-5″	192	SR
33	James Rojas	F	6′-8″	220	JR
34	Paul Stramaglia	G	6′-0″	180	FR
35	Alex Tchikou	F	6′-11″	225	FR

Vanderbilt Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/27/2020	Valparaiso	71	Vanderbilt	77
12/8/2020	Vanderbilt	PPD	SMU	PPD
12/11/2020	NC Central	PPD	Vanderbilt	PPD
12/13/2020	Miss Valley St	41	Vanderbilt	84
12/16/2020	Richmond	78	Vanderbilt	67
12/19/2020	Radford	50	Vanderbilt	59
12/22/2020	Vanderbilt	65	Davidson	85
12/27/2020	Vanderbilt	87	Alcorn State	59
12/30/2020	Florida	91	Vanderbilt	72
1/5/2021	Vanderbilt	74	Kentucky	77
1/9/2021	Mississippi St	84	Vanderbilt	81
1/12/2021	Vanderbilt	PPD	Missouri	PPD
1/12/2021	Tennessee	PPD	Vanderbilt	PPD
1/16/2021	Vanderbilt	61	Tennessee	81
1/20/2021	Texas A&M	PPD	Vanderbilt	PPD
1/23/2021	Arkansas	92	Vanderbilt	71
1/27/2021	Vanderbilt	71	Florida	78
1/30/2021	South Carolina	81	Vanderbilt	93
2/3/2021	Vanderbilt	PPD	Texas A&M	PPD
2/6/2021	Vanderbilt	70	Georgia	73
2/9/2021	Auburn	73	Vanderbilt	67
2/13/2021	Vanderbilt	72	Mississippi State	51
2/17/2021	Kentucky	82	Vanderbilt	78
2/20/2021	Vanderbilt		Alabama
2/27/2021	Ole Miss		Vanderbilt
3/2/2021	Vanderbilt		LSU

Alabama Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/25/2020	Jacksonville St	57	Alabama	81
11/30/2020	Stanford	82	Alabama	64
12/1/2020	UNLV	74	Alabama	86
12/2/2020	Providence	71	Alabama	88
12/12/2020	Clemson	64	Alabama	56
12/15/2020	Furman	80	Alabama	83
12/19/2020	Western Kentucky	73	Alabama	71
12/22/2020	ETSU	69	Alabama	85
12/29/2020	Ole Miss	64	Alabama	82
1/2/2021	Alabama	71	Tennessee	63
1/5/2021	Florida	71	Alabama	86
1/9/2021	Alabama	94	Auburn	90
1/12/2021	Alabama	85	Kentucky	65
1/16/2021	Arkansas	59	Alabama	90
1/19/2021	Alabama	105	LSU	75
1/23/2021	Mississippi St	73	Alabama	81
1/26/2021	Kentucky	59	Alabama	70
1/30/2021	Alabama	61	Oklahoma	66
2/3/2021	LSU	60	Alabama	78
2/6/2021	Alabama	65	Missouri	68
2/9/2021	Alabama	81	South Carolina	78
2/13/2021	Georgia	82	Alabama	115
2/18/2021	Alabama	PPD	Texas A&M	PPD
2/20/2021	Vanderbilt		Alabama
2/24/2021	Alabama		Arkansas
2/27/2021	Alabama		Mississippi State
3/2/2021	Auburn		Alabama

Injuries and Suspensions

Vanderbilt

[G] 01/16/2021 – Tyrin Lawrence is out for season (Knee)
[F] 02/18/2021 – Clevon Brown injured last game, is probable Saturday vs Alabama (Knee)

Alabama

[F] 02/12/2021 – Juwan Gary is out indefinitely (Shoulder)
[F] 01/13/2021 – Jordan Bruner is out indefinitely (Knee)
[F] 10/21/2020 – Alex Tchikou is out for season (Achilles)

Source: statfox.com

Vanderbilt-Alabama Prediction

Alabama 89, Vanderbilt 74

Saturday‘s game tips off at 1:00 PM ET. TV: SEC NETWORK.

SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Vanderbilt at Alabama

Team Statistical Comparison

Statistical Leaders

SCORING

STEALS

BLOCKS

REBOUNDS