National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 77, Georgia 66
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 14, 2012
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# Pat Evans, # JB Caldwell, # Doug Sirmons
Attendance:
14316
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John Jenkins scored 18 points and Vanderbilt closed the game with a 15-6 run to beat Georgia 77-66 Saturday in Nashville.
Jenkins, the Southeastern Conference’s leading scorer at 19.9 points, shot just 3 for 12 from the field. But the Commodores (13-4, 3-0 SEC) got 16 points from Jeffery Taylor and 13 points from Lance Goulbourne to win their seventh in a row and remain unbeaten in conference play.
Vanderbilt led by six points early in the second half before the Bulldogs rallied, taking a 45-44 lead on Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s 3-pointer with 13:53 to go. The Commodores scored nine of the next 11 points, taking a 53-47 lead on Rod Odom’s3-pointer with 9:20 remaining.
The Bulldogs (9-8, 0-3) made a final push, pulling within 62-60 on Vincent Williams’ 3-pointer with 4:41 remaining. But Vanderbilt scored 15 of the game’s final 21 points.
Caldwell-Pope led Georgia with 19 points. Gerald Robinson added 15 points.
The Commodores travel to Alabama Thursday while Georgia hosts Tennessee Wednesday.
Top Game Performances
Georgia |
|
Vanderbilt |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 19 |
Scoring |
John Jenkins 18 |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 3 |
Assists |
Brad Tinsley 4 |
Gerald Robinson 6 |
Rebounds |
Jeffery Taylor 9 |
Gerald Robinson 7 |
Free Throws Made |
John Jenkins 9 |
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 2 |
Steals |
Kedren Johnson 2 |
Donte Williams 2 |
Blocks |
Jeffery Taylor 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Georgia
|
66 |
38.9 |
8-27 |
16-20 |
13 |
23 |
3 |
7 |
9 |
Vanderbilt
|
77 |
51.2 |
5-15 |
30-44 |
10 |
33 |
5 |
2 |
11 |