National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Vanderbilt 65, Mississippi 53
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, March 10, 2012
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: # Doug Shows, # Joe Lindsay, # Bert Smith
Attendance: 18523
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: # Doug Shows, # Joe Lindsay, # Bert Smith
Attendance: 18523
Vanderbilt 65, Ole Miss 53: John Jenkins drained five 3-pointers and scored 23 points to lead the Commodores into the final of the SEC tournament.
Vanderbilt (23-10) will meet No. 1 Kentucky in the championship game.
Jenkins sparked a run that put the Commodores up by nine with 8:57 remaining. The senior guard picked up the slack on a night when Vanderbilt shot only 39.7 percent against a tough Ole Miss defense. Brad Tinsley scored 12 and Lance Goulbourne added 10, but Jeffery Taylor scored only two points and Festus Ezeli went scoreless.
Ole Miss (20-13) got 15 points from Jarvis Summers and 13 points from Ladarius White. Murphy Holloway had 10 rebounds, but was limited to six points.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The loss probably takes Ole Miss out of the NCAA equation. The Rebels likely needed to win the tournament in order to secure a bid … The Rebels were respectable from the line, making 16 of 23 (69.6 percent). . . . Vanderbilt outrebounded the Rebels 32-26. Goulbourne had a game-high 12 rebounds.
Top Game Performances
| Mississippi | Vanderbilt | |
| Jarvis Summers 15 | Scoring | John Jenkins 23 |
| Jarvis Summers 4 | Assists | Lance Goulbourne 3 |
| Murphy Holloway 10 | Rebounds | Lance Goulbourne 12 |
| Jarvis Summers 6 | Free Throws Made | Lance Goulbourne 4 |
| Murphy Holloway 3 | Steals | Lance Goulbourne 3 |
| Reginald Buckner 1 | Blocks | Festus Ezeli 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| Mississippi | 53 | 40.5 | 3-8 | 16-23 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| Vanderbilt | 65 | 41.1 | 9-29 | 10-16 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 11 |