Jermaine Beal News

Monday, December 21, 2009 at 7:31 p.m. NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Freshman reserve John Jenkins scored a career-high 17 points and Vanderbilt routed Mercer 99-59 on Monday night.

Sometimes it's easy to convince yourself that your favorite team played a lot better than they did.

Jeffery Taylor scored 20 points to lead Vanderbilt to an 84-71 victory over Tennessee State on Saturday.

While the rest of campus is celebrating reading day and getting a little extra sleep Thursday, the Illinois men's basketball team will be back on the hardwood for its first practice since defeating Vanderbilt, 79-68, on Tuesday.

Friday, December 11th, 9:30 p.m. FACTS & STATS: Site: Sommet Center -- Nashville, Tennessee.

In early November, had you asked any die-hard Vanderbilt basketball fan where the Commodores would be in mid-December, you'd have heard that the boys were going to turn quite a few heads, silence the critics, and make a lot of noise.

Tomorrow night's game against Western Kentucky will provide the last real challenge that Vanderbilt will face before the beginning of the SEC schedule.

Vanderbilt is known for the 3-point shot. But it's the Tennessee Vols who enter the men's basketball doubleheader tonight at Sommet Center as the team with the Midas touch from beyond the arc.

Former Purdue coaching icon Gene Keady is coming to the Illini basketball game tonight -- and he'll have the awkward job of rooting for both head coaches.

GAME NOTES: The Vanderbilt Commodores of the SEC and the Illinois Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference will collide in Champaign tonight.

On Missouris magical run to the Elite Eight last season the Tigers never lost two consecutive games.

A.J. Ogilvy was 11-for-12 at the free throw line and finished with 25 points, and Vanderbilt held off Missouri 89-83 Wednesday night in the Commodores' first home game since their season opener.

After feasting on skyhawks, broncs, and mockingbirds early in the season, the Missouri Tigers slogged through the rest of the 2009 South Padre Island Tournament as if they had just woken up from a post-Thanksgiving feast nap.A Over the semifinals and finals of the tournament, the Tigers managed to shoot only 35 percent from the field while ...

LAHAINA, Hawaii a ' John Jenkins had 14 points, and No. 24 Vanderbilt went on a 24-0 run in the second half for a 68-41 victory over tournament-host Chaminade in a consolation-round game at the Maui Invitational on Tuesday.

Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings finally got the effort he was expecting. The No.

The 24th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores and Arizona Wildcats will battle for a fifth place showing in tonight's Maui Invitational consolation-round matchup at the Lahaina Civic Center.

The Maui Invitational resumes today, with the 24th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores taking on the Chaminade Silverswords in the consolation round at the Lahaina Civic Center.

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Yancy Gates scored 12 points in an 18-2 first-half run that set the tone for Cincinnatis 67-58 victory over No.

Jeffery Taylor scored 19 points and Jermaine Beal added 16, leading Vanderbilt to a 72-70 victory over St.

Jeffery Taylor scored 20 points to lead Vanderbilt to a 95-73 victory over Lipscomb on Monday night.