NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two teams looking to help their postseason possibilities meet Wednesday night at 7 p.m. here at Memorial Gymnasium as the Vanderbilt Commodores host the LSU Tigers.
Vandy comes in with a record of 13-8, 3-5 in the SEC, losers of two straight games, while LSU stands at 12-9 overall, 2-6 in the league, losers of the last four games as the league heads down the final four weeks of play.
There is no television for the game, but it will be broadcast in Louisiana on the LSU Sports Network (Eagle 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge) and on the Internet at www.LSUsports.net.
The Tigers are coming off back-to-back home losses in which the team was unable to convert good shots into buckets while defensively holding Tennessee and Alabama well below their season totals.
“We played pretty good defensively, but we are having problems offensively making shots. Nashville is never an easy place to play, but we have to continue playing good defense and maybe we’ll make some shots,” said LSU coach John Brady.
Kevin Stallings of Vandy summed up the game this way: “You have two teams which are in bad need of a win right now in us and LSU. (LSU is) holding teams down defensively and they shoot the ball extremely well from the perimeter. We need to play better than the way we played last week.”
The bright spot for LSU was the back-to-back double-doubles of forward Ronald Dupree, the LSU junior from Biloxi. Dupree averaged 18 points and 12 rebounds in the games against Tennessee and Alabama.
The Tigers were the league leaders in three-point percentage until an off-night shooting allowed Vanderbilt to move into the lead. The Commodores have taken over 500 three-pointers this season.
LSU returns home after this game to take on Kentucky, Saturday at noon at the Maravich Assembly Center.