SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Vanderbilt at Florida

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The Vanderbilt Commodores visit the Florida Gators on Saturday in Gainesville in a key SEC basketball matchup. Look inside for a preview of the game including key players, a statistical comparison, team schedules, injury reports, game TV information and a final score prediction.

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Team Statistical Comparison

Vanderbilt scores an average of 68.8 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 71.6 points per contest. Florida scores an average of 70.4 points per game while allowing opposing teams to score an average of 73.4 points per contest.

	FG%	3PT%	FT%	ORB	RBM	SPG	BPG	APG	TOPG
Vanderbilt	0.411	0.313	0.709	10.94	-0.18	7.88	3.18	11.00	12.94
Florida	0.435	0.312	0.707	12.35	1.76	9.59	6.12	13.24	13.47
	Opp FG%	Opp 3PT%	RB Off	RB Def	OFRB%	Scor. M	3ptMPG	TM PPG	Opp PPG
Vanderbilt	0.41	0.31	34.88	35.06	0.30	5.71	8.24	68.8	71.6
Florida	0.44	0.31	35.88	34.12	0.35	9.06	7.71	70.4	73.4

Key

FG%– Field goal shootage percentage.
3FG%– Three point field goal shootage percentage.
FT%– Free throw shooting percentage.
OREB– Offensive rebounds per game.
RBM– Average rebounding margin per game.
SPG– Steals per game.
BPG– Blocks per game.
APG– Assists per game.
TOPG– Turnovers per game.

Opp FG%– Opponent field goal percentage made.
Opp 3FG%– Opponent 3-point field goal percentage made.
RB Off– Rebounding Offense.
RB Def– Rebounding defense.
OFRB%– Offensive rebounding percentage.
Scor M– Average game scoring margin.
3 Pt Md PG– Three point shot made per game.
TM PPG– Average points scored per game.
Opp PPG– Average points scored by opponents per game.

Statistical Leaders

Scoring
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FG	3PTFG	FTs	Points	Avg.
1. Pippen Jr., Scotty	Vandy	17	101	31	86	319	18.76
8. Castleton, Colin	UF	16	89	0	69	247	15.44
20. Wright, Jordan	Vandy	17	72	23	46	213	12.53

Field Goal %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FGM	FGA	FG%
3. Castleton, Colin	UF	16	89	166	0.536
9. Pippen Jr., Scotty	Vandy	17	101	235	0.430

3-Point FG Made Per Game
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	3PT Made	Avg. Per Game
9. Stute, Myles	Vandy	17	34	2.00
12. Pippen Jr., Scotty	Vandy	17	31	1.82
13. Jones, Myreon	UF	16	29	1.81

Free Throw %
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	FT Att.	FT Made	FT%
4. Wright, Jordan	Vandy	15	42	49	0.857
7. Appleby, Tyree	UF	14	46	55	0.836
8. Fleming Jr., Phlandrous	UF	14	43	52	0.827
15. Pippen Jr., Scotty	Vandy	15	69	97	0.711

Rebounding
SEC Rnk/Player	Team	Games	Off	Def	Total	AVG
2. Castleton, Colin	UF	16	52	93	145	9.06
13. Wright, Jordan	Vandy	17	29	72	101	5.94
14. Millora-Brown, Quentin	Vandy	17	44	56	100	5.88

Vanderbilt vs. Florida Basketball Series History

Vanderbilt leads 71-70

Vanderbilt Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Tyrin Lawrence	G	6′-4″	195	SO
1	Peyton Daniels	G	6′-2″	185	FR
2	Scotty Pippen Jr.	G	6′-3″	185	JR
3	Rodney Chatman	G	6′-1″	215	SR
4	Jordan Wright	F	6′-6″	215	JR
5	Shane Dezonie	G	6′-5″	215	FR
10	Myles Stute	F	6′-7″	210	SO
11	Gabe Dorsey	G	6′-6″	215	FR
12	Trey Thomas	G	5′-11″	160	SO
15	Terren Frank	F	6′-8″	240	SO
20	Max Adelman	F	6′-5″	205	SO
21	Liam Robbins	C	7′-0″	250	SR
22	Graham Calton	G	6′-5″	200	FR
23	Jamaine Mann	G	6′-6″	230	SO
33	Drew Weikert	G	6′-0″	170	SR
42	Quentin Millora-Brown	F	6′-10″	235	SR

Florida Roster

NO	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS
0	Myreon Jones	G	6′-3″	175	SR
1	CJ Felder	F	6′-7″	231	JR
3	Alex Klatsky	G	6′-4″	185	SO
4	Anthony Duruji	F	6′-7″	209	SR
10	Elijah Kennedy	G	6′-3″	185	FR
11	Keyontae Johnson	F	6′-5″	229	SR
12	Colin Castleton	F	6′-11″	231	SR
14	Kowacie Reeves	G	6′-6″	182	FR
20	Jack May	G	6′-4″	175	SO
22	Tyree Appleby	G	6′-1″	163	SR
23	Brandon McKissic	G	6′-3″	185	SR
24	Phlandrous Fleming Jr.	G	6′-5″	205	SR
32	Tuongthach Gatkek	F	6′-9″	172	SO
33	Jason Jitoboh	C	6′-11″	305	JR
44	Niels Lane	G	6′-5″	206	SO

Vanderbilt Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/10/2021	Alabama State	72	Vanderbilt	91
11/14/2021	Texas State	60	Vanderbilt	79
11/17/2021	VCU	48	Vanderbilt	37
11/20/2021	Winthrop	63	Vanderbilt	77
11/24/2021	Vanderbilt	68	Pittsburgh	52
11/29/2021	Miss Valley St	36	Vanderbilt	75
12/4/2021	Vanderbilt	72	SMU	84
12/7/2021	Temple	72	Vanderbilt	68
12/10/2021	Loyola Chicago	69	Vanderbilt	58
12/18/2021	Austin Peay	51	Vanderbilt	77
12/23/2021	Vanderbilt	68	Hawai’i	54
12/24/2021	Vanderbilt	69	BYU	67
12/25/2021	Vanderbilt	Canc.	Stanford	Canc.
1/4/2022	Vanderbilt	75	Arkansas	74
1/8/2022	South Carolina	72	Vanderbilt	70
1/11/2022	Kentucky	78	Vanderbilt	66
1/15/2022	Vanderbilt	73	Georgia	66
1/18/2022	Tennessee	68	Vanderbilt	60
1/22/2022	Vanderbilt		Florida
1/26/2022	Vanderbilt		South Carolina
1/29/2022	Georgia		Vanderbilt
2/2/2022	Vanderbilt		Kentucky
2/5/2022	LSU		Vanderbilt
2/8/2022	Missouri		Vanderbilt
2/12/2022	Vanderbilt		Tennessee
2/16/2022	Vanderbilt		Auburn
2/19/2022	Texas A&M		Vanderbilt
2/22/2022	Alabama		Vanderbilt
2/26/2022	Vanderbilt		Mississippi State
3/1/2022	Florida		Vanderbilt
3/5/2022	Vanderbilt		Ole Miss

Florida Schedule/Results

Date	Visitor	Points	Home	Points
11/9/2021	Elon	61	Florida	74
11/14/2021	Florida State	55	Florida	71
11/18/2021	Milwaukee	45	Florida	81
11/22/2021	Florida	80	California	60
11/24/2021	Florida	71	Ohio State	68
11/28/2021	Troy	45	Florida	84
12/1/2021	Florida	67	Oklahoma	74
12/6/2021	Texas Southern	69	Florida	54
12/8/2021	North Florida	55	Florida	85
12/12/2021	Florida	68	Maryland	70
12/18/2021	South Florida	55	Florida	66
12/22/2021	Stony Brook	62	Florida	87
12/29/2021	Florida	PPD	Ole Miss	PPD
1/5/2022	Alabama	83	Florida	70
1/8/2022	Florida	73	Auburn	85
1/12/2022	LSU	64	Florida	58
1/15/2022	Florida	71	South Carolina	63
1/19/2022	Mississippi State	72	Florida	80
1/22/2022	Vanderbilt		Florida
1/26/2022	Florida		Tennessee
1/29/2022	Oklahoma State		Florida
2/2/2022	Florida		Missouri
2/5/2022	Ole Miss		Florida
2/9/2022	Georgia		Florida
2/12/2022	Florida		Kentucky
2/15/2022	Florida		Texas A&M
2/19/2022	Auburn		Florida
2/22/2022	Arkansas		Florida
2/26/2022	Florida		Georgia
3/1/2022	Florida		Vanderbilt
3/5/2022	Kentucky		Florida

Injuries and Suspensions

Vanderbilt

[G] 01/18/2022 – Rodney Chatman is “?” (Hamstring)
[C] 11/09/2021 – Liam Robbins is out indefinitely (Foot)

Florida

(!)[F] 01/20/2022 – Colin Castleton is doubtful (Shoulder)

Source: statfox.com

Vanderbilt-Florida Prediction

Florida 77, Vanderbilt 68

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

SEC Basketball Preview/Prediction: Vanderbilt at Florida

Team Statistical Comparison

Key

Statistical Leaders

Scoring

Field Goal %

3-Point FG Made Per Game

Rebounding