National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 65, Auburn 35
When: 1:30 PM ET, Saturday, January 7, 2012
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# JB Caldwell, # Lee Cassell, # Kevin Scott
Attendance:
13473
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John Jenkins hit five 3-pointers and Vanderbilt cruised in its SEC opener, pounding Auburn 65-35 in Nashville, Tenn.
Jenkins finished with 17 points and Jeffery Taylor added 16 points for the Commodores (11-4, 1-0), who won their fifth in a row by using two big first-half runs to open up a 38-19 halftime advantage over the punchless Tigers (10-5, 0-1).
Down 3-1 two minutes in, Vanderbilt scored 10 unanswered points, capped by Taylor’s 3-pointer with 16:14 left in the half to put the Commodores up 11-3.
Later in the half, Vanderbilt used a 17-5 spurt to take a 30-11 lead on another Taylor 3-pointer with 7:26 remaining before halftime.
Taylor, the SEC’s fourth-leading scorer, finished 3-for-5 from beyond the arc. Jenkins, who leads the conference in scoring, shot 5-for-8 from 3-point range. Brad Tinsley finished with 12 points and six assists.
Auburn, which shot just 27.3 percent from the field (15-for-55) and scored a season low in points, was led by Chris Denson’s seven points.
Vanderbilt plays Tuesday at South Carolina. Auburn, which has lost four of its past six, hosts No. 2 Kentucky on Wednesday.
Top Game Performances
| Auburn |
|
Vanderbilt |
|
Chris Denson 7 |
Scoring |
John Jenkins 17 |
|
Rob Chubb 2 |
Assists |
Brad Tinsley 6 |
|
Allen Payne 7 |
Rebounds |
Festus Ezeli 8 |
|
Allen Payne 1 |
Free Throws Made |
Rod Odom 3 |
|
Rob Chubb 1 |
Steals |
Lance Goulbourne 3 |
|
Josh Wallace 2 |
Blocks |
Festus Ezeli 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Auburn
|
35 |
27.3 |
3-13 |
2-10 |
6 |
30 |
5 |
4 |
12 |
| Vanderbilt
|
65 |
44.9 |
13-29 |
8-16 |
12 |
39 |
6 |
8 |
11 |
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