>> eric: a good pass. tinsley finds warren. >> bob: immediately tinsley gets his opportunity, huh? impact guy. played great against arkansas. 13 points. >> eric: tinsley actually starts freakily. coming off the bench today, walk-on, a big-time contributor for l.s.u. >> bob: bass has to play a lot of minutes because of injury to spencer. he has to go whole way at point. >> eric: rims it in. >> bob: and the guy from baton rouge! the offense against the zone is not good. there's no inside-outside play at all. ogilvy ready to come back in

now. >> eric: just getting started in nashville, 7:30 in this one. l.s.u. looking for their first conference win, lost tenth straight. 0-10 in s.e.c. play, taking on a vanderbilt team that is playing great basketball. 24th in the country. ezeli, his second block of the first half. vanderbilt the other way. the shot is good! lance just checked in the game and makes his first shot! >> bob: he can knock them in! [ cheering ] 6'8" wing player, gives them the boost off the bench! >> eric: and with that, a quick time-out called by l.s.u. that's vanderbilt first e-poooti the s.e.c. >> bob: the defense. the run-out. find your man. knock it in. goulbourne feeling good!

>> eric: that is case and point of two things that vanderbilt does well. a good shot-blocking team and on pace to become the best shot-blocking team in vanderbilt school history and they're also as per usual with the kevin stallings team very good from behind the three-point arc. >> bob: they don't use it as freakenly as some teams. they're judicious in the use of the three. beal, of course, and jenkins are the best. but goulbourne can come in and he is shooting 34, 35. that's exactly what you want from a guy coming in off the bench. >> eric: so l.s.u. has the basketball. tied at 13 with vanderbilt. >> bob: they did good attacking the 2-2-1. vanderbilt is not the speediest of teams. gets free! warren has ten points. perfect 4 for 4 from the field. >> bob: getting a lot as they get through the pressure. gets some easy shots.

>> eric: dennis harris checks in to the game and picks up that loose ball. l.s.u. basketball. >> bob: so far, the pressure ineffective for vanderbilt. it's actually aided l.s.u.'s offensive output. >> eric: bass inside with the left hand. how about that! >> bob: what a crazy move! the littlest guy on the floor driving to the basket. yesterday, kevin stallings in practice, how do you avoid a letdown? he said, "letdown, are you kidding me? we're not that great we let it fall." they have let down a little. >> eric: tchiengang. wild shot. no. one and done. bo spencer pulls down a rebound. >> bob: your comment is well intentioned. beal is a guy that has to get going from vanderbilt. their leading scorer in conference games at 18 a game. he has been absent so far. >> eric: that's a rarity. dennis harris chipping in with to offense. he hits the three-ball.

harris scored just one point in the last four games. getting it back is brad tinsley! [ applause ] >> bob: they continue to go to pressure on makes. harris, 6'11", 190. reminds me of the body of the freshman for that storied program that is struggling a little bit right here. what about this? get out of here! >> eric: back-to-back bus buck for the stringbean. dennis harris with five off the bench. >> bob: and he's looking at the assistant responsible for the scouting report. where is this guy on the report? we don't even see him. >> eric: jermaine beal 0-2 from the field. leads the team in scoring. close to 16 points a night. >> bob: look how slowly they bring the ball across. almost a ten-second violation that time. bass getting instructions from trent johnson on every play.

>> eric: bass with the screen from harris. dribbling over to tinsley. warren. his first miss. he's now four for five from the field. 9:20 to play, first half. trying to build from the tremendous win they had. vanderbilt dominated throughout on tuesday against tennessee. long jumper, no. bass, the rebound. >> bob: notice stop and talk to coach right there. trent johnson giving him some instructions each and every time the pace of the game is important when you're the underdog. get low. >> eric: spencer off the curl.

beal finds tinsley. vanderbilt continues to struggle from behind the arc. how about that? look what i found! lance goulbourne and got the foul. >> bob: no whistle but the players stopped momentarily. i think they thought the ball was out of bounds. goulbourne, the fortunate guy on that play. >> eric: vandy will take it. they trail l.s.u. by three. they have a free-throw pending when we come back. good start for the bayou bengals in nashville.

against l.s.u.

welome, >> eric: welcome back to memorial gym in nashville, tennessee. l.s.u. has come on the road looking for their first s.e.c. win and off to a good start. >> bob: part of the reason is they're attacking the press very well. keep in mind right now, as we run the attacking the press, if you press, you are gambling. as a result, if you can get through the press and get easy stops, that's what you wa. bble penetration and finish by storm warren at the other end. there have been several plays like that. as a result, l.s.u. attacking the press, helping their offense. they have only four turnovers in the game so far. that is a big, big plus.

>> eric: l.s.u. doing a lot of this without tasmin mitchell. he has two personal fouls. vanderbilt has been playing a lot of the first half without one of his stars. a.j. ogilvy. he is not in foul trouble but hasn't played much. >> bob: mitchell right there. two points so far in the game and he averages nearly 18 a game. you're right, eric, he only played six minutes in the first half. but that's what you have to do. he has to be in there in the second half for them to have a chance. he's the guy i think has to get more involved. ogilvy has been good as centerpiece in attacking of the zone, but beal has not been agreggive looking for the shot at all. ogilvy's in and out of the game. of course, he's not producing a lot so far either. >> eric: bo spencer running point so far. and whatlat beal got a hand on . kne in c transition.

>> bob: both guards on the team. >> eric: taylor misses the reverse inside. loose on the floor. taylor picks it up. tinsley has it knocked away from behind. gets it back. the foul inside. goulbourne will go to the free-throw line. lance goulbourne. >> bob: heighter, ehind the

im improperly to lose in a game of basketball? >> bob: someone steps on it. out of control. miss on the dunk leads to loose ball. guys are after it. no doubt about that. ery gegup.ing hard to the basket goulbourne ived he acti arod the rim. >> eric: so with the technical problem, garrett green goes to the bench to fix his shoe. eddie ludwig freshman from new orleans comes in to replace him. >> bob: this is the technical problem. offensively with this group in the game, it will be trouble. >> eric: tough shot! trying to get it over goulbourne. vanderbilt in transition. loses the handle. who can score here for l.s.u.? who the option that they are looking for?

>> bob: what you have to do, spencer a guy to take a shot. that's him. guarding him tightly. the rest of the players are very inexperienced in terms of their scoring. struggle for kevin stallings so far in this one. >> eric: well, under 4:00 to play, first half. kevin stallings and vanderbilt trailing trent johnson and l.s.u.

back in studio, i'm whit watson. at the break, jim calhoun's return for uconn spoiled by cincinnati. the spartans are hot. and we preview the match-up when tennessee takes on kentucky. that's at the half. right now, back to the game. >> eric: thank you so much. whit, we will be watching. vanderbilt down by two against l.s.u. they need to get some kind of production out of jermaine beal. >> bob: no doubt about it. jermaine beal is a terrific player. look at his numbers in the last five games, eric.

20 points. look at the right side. 53% from downtown. this game is 0-2 from three-point range with two assists. not very much involved. you got to give l.s.u. credit. not their defense on him, but it's l.s.u.'s offense that is throwing the rhythm of vandy off. they're holding the ball so long before they shoot. as a result, vandy a little impatient when they get the ball at their end of the floor. very, very good psychological start right here by trent johnson. >> eric: l.s.u. winless in conference. 0-10. inside, feingold, tied up. tied up. possession arrow favors l.s.u. >> bob: frequent substitutions on the part of kevin stallings in this game. that's good for the second half, because you guys have legs. and they can get after it, especially defensively. it does throw the offensive rhythm off when you substitute

frequentenly. that's part of what happened to vanderbilt in the first half. >> eric: inside. ludwig. takes his type. misses a lay-up. beal in transition. with the left hand. jermaine beal's first bucket of the ballgame! [ cheering ] l.s.u. continues to play without tasmin mitchell and storm warren, t both with two fouls. >> bob: biggest thing with storm warren in the game, he had ten points when he went to the bench. mitchell had two early. >> eric: ludwig gets his man up in the air and misses the shot. love to have that back. >> bob: two inside plays the last two possessions that he should have made. inexperience. >> eric: taylor along the baseline. one and done. >> bob: they are aiming it right now. their confident has taken a

low ebb. as a result, each guy shooting an outside jumper unsure of himself. that is the tenth blocked shot of the ballgame in the first half by vanderbilt. a whole host of substitutions for both sides. >> bob: the little guy coming in the paint from the land of the trees. that is not going to happen. ogilvy blocks that with his left hand, which was closer. if he tried to do it with his right, probably would have gotten a foul. educated play. >> eric: ogilvy back to the bench replaced by steve tchiengang. festus ezeli and brad tinsley for vanderbilt. the floater off the window! >> bob: he told me before the game he was 60%.

i said you're lying. you're 80%. he gave me a wink. that looked like a good play right there. >> eric: eight points for spencer. a couple of threes. >> bob: he averages 15. they need his scoring. >> eric: taylor whacked on the wrist. goes to the free-throw line. vanderbilt coming off a huge win against tennessee. taking on a winless in conference team in l.s.u. l.s.u. playing the bulk of the first half without their stud tasmin mitchell. and the last five minutes without storm warren. yet, l.s.u. is up by a pair. >> bob: and they've done a great job of holding the ball offensively to keep possession and they executed well when they had the opportunities. vandy has missed the shot. the 2-3 zone has been an it will al diffi -- been a difficu them. jacobson is out of the game.

with him in the game, the zone is less effective. his absence is a factor, no doubt about it. >> eric: at the last whistle, tasmin mitchell checking back in the game. mitchell setting a screen up high. misses the long jumper. mitchell, offensive rebound to spencer. >> bob: how about that? immediate impact on the part of tasmin mitchell. both spencer third three-pointer of the first half. >> eric: he's got 11 points. beal answers with three of his own. >> bob: he can take over a game. >> eric: beal has five in the first half. under minute to play. mitchell is bumped. >> bob: talk about immediate impact. you talked about mitchell. he's on the bench. only plays six minutes. two minutes to go, trent

johnson gets him back in the game. he gambles. immediately he gets an offensive rebound and scores a basket. right here, they get an extra possession because he's in the game. >> eric: that is the third team foul on vanderbilt.in the first 20 minutes. spencer against tinsley. mitchell. he's fouled. credit tasmin mitchell, he's forced a couple of quick fouls on vanderbilt defensively. no what that means is l.s.u. can hold for the final shot. >> bob: indeed. amazing what subtle things that mitchell brings to the game, huh? not that he came in and knocked in a three or did a dunk or anything. it has kept them in position to be ahead at halftime. excellent coaching.

>> eric: spencer up high. [ whistle ] he is fouled. vanderbilt has a foul to give. they'll make lo l.s.u. take the ball out of bounds on the baseline. >> bob: but if you get fouls on your best players they can add up. you do not want that for sure. >> eric: spencer. inside. floater. too strong! bass. it wouldn't matter. bass misses the jumper. l.s.u. will go to the locker room ahead of kevin stallings and the vanderbilt commodores. winless tigers on top of vanderbilt by one. 28-29 is the score.

l.s.u. with confidence heading to the break. now to whit watson with the cellular south halftime report. >> whit: all right, eric. thank you very much. alongside charles davis. inside the cellular south halftime report. s.e.c. network studios. get this. vanderbilt averaging 79 points per game. second best offense in the conference. l.s.u., the worst scoring offense in the s.e.c. at 56 points per game. yet somehow they lulled the the commodores in to playing their style of basketball. >> charles: you hit the right word. "lulled." if you look at how l.s.u. ran the game, bob wenzel made a great point. slow down, deliberate on offense. somewhat efficient oboffense. vanderbilt for their part because they were lulled, they didn't do anything at all in the offensive end. that's why they're in the game they're in now. >> whit: the first half played exactly at the pace that the tigers would have preferred. we'll see what happens in the second. a lot to get to as we continue at the break. scores around the country, including the return of jim

calhoun after that medical leave of absence at uconn. will cincinnati spoil the party? stay with us on the s.e.c. network.

this halftime report is brought to you by -- >> whit: back in the s.e.c. network studio along with charles davis, i'm whit watson. jim calhoun on the bench for uconn after seven games out on medical leave. stanley robinson, the steal and the jam. he had ten. the game was tied at 22 at the break, as uconn took on cincinnati. second half, bearcats by two. lance stevenson had 14 in the game. cincinnati up five. they go on to win by 12. again after being tied up at the break in calhoun's return spoiled by the bearcats. providence and villanova, scotty reynolds recognized

2,000 career points prior to the game. early first, peterson knocks down the corner three. ties it at three. same score off the rebound. fischer there to finish. villanova is up 5-3 early. speaking of reynolds, he can score the basketball. >> charles: be able to put it on the deck and hit it from three. he has it all. >> whit: nova up by two as they play on. still to come, we take a look at the a.c.c. leading duke blue devils. highlights roll after this. ues m

the s.e.c. network studios. coach "k" 63 years old today, charles davis. >> charles: that means you're getting old. >> whit: you're getting older. his 1,000th game today. duke up 30-24 at maryland at the break. smith knocks down the jumper. duke up by 20. second half, still a 20-point margin. kyle singler, no. yeah. brian scott, bad.

dukes up 48-26. they are running away at home. 54-38 now as they play on in the second half. clemson beat miami 74-66. clemson is 6-5 in the a.c.c. michigan state, penn state in the big ten. lucas back starting today. his backup out for academic reasons. penn state down 6-3. and taylor battle had 30 on the day. those two emphatic. penn state down one. michigan state up 55-46. as they pull away in the second half at 57-48. lucas hits the three. biggest lead of the game. he had 24. spartans win 65, 54. indiana-wisconsin in the conference. first half, up by eight. hughes. step-back jumper. 12-2 run for the badgers to open this contest. wisconsin up by 19 still. bohanan's three makes it a

20-5 run for wisconsin to start the game. 25-7 moments later. gordon taylor, fast break lay-up. running the hoosiers out of the build being. we look at the s.e.c. east standings. kentucky is 8-1. vanderbilt, tennessee and florida have six wins in the conference. we have a big match-up tonight in primetime. the teams have been through the shares of ups and downs. kentucky, mostly ups. start in the the front court, wayne chism and the reigning freshman of the week demarcus cousins. >> charles: this is quite the match-up. i'm interested to see if wayne chism can impose his will on demarcus cousins. i don't mean in the paint. i mean can he get cousins to come out and chase him regarding each other in man-to-man? if so, that could be an advantage for tennessee. chism can shoot the

three-ball. demarcus cousins, the ball on the low block, it finishes, folks. he'll end up with it in the basket. >> whit: kentucky won four in a row since they lost to south carolina and they rebounded back from the loss quite well. tennessee off the loss to vanderbilt on tennessee. on the remaining games today -- arkansas and alabama. check your local listings. xavier taking on florida. gators stepping out of conference in s.e.c. play for the first time in seven years. when we come back, more from nashville, as l.s.u. trying to score the upset over the commodores.

>> whit: butler just running the horizon league. unbeaten in conference. hayden knocked down the jumper at cleveland state. butler takes the lead. 8-5. cleveland state. time to build its own upset. still early in the first half. brown finishes. 12-8 lead for cleveland state against the team that has not lost in the horizon league. 15-0. butler up by one as we speak. northern iua is also good. 13-1 in conference. 26-17. they lead bradley as they play on in the first. back with charles davis, i'm whit watson. we talked about l.s.u. kind of lulling vanderbilt to sleep in the first half of our game. second half if you're kevin stallings, what do you tell him? >> charles: come out in the second half. and up the tempo. get things in the open court and get it going. l.s.u. playing deliberate. slowing things down that i

think they've put vanderbilt at rest a little bit. get out, get out moving and get out running a little bit. get the energy up. >> whit: if you are gene stallings, you tell them nothing but if you're kevin stallings, however -- we got lulled to sleep as well. second half on the way. can the tigers manufacture an upset in nashville at memorial gymnasium? stand by. basketball game continues on the s.e.c. network.

>> eric: welcome back, everyone. nashville, tennessee, getting ready to get the second half started. we had a surprise brewing possibly at memorial gymnasium. l.s.u. winless in the s.e.c., they're on top of vanderbilt by two at the break. with bob wenzel, i'm eric collins. interesting first half of play. >> bob: i really like what trent johnson did. hold the ball, frustrate the superior opponent, play tough defense. as a result, vanderbilt is shooting 29% from the field. that is not good. and despite the fact that tasmin mitchell only played a few minutes, they're right where they need to be in this game. >> eric: take a look at the rest of the first half stats brought to you by krystal -- nothin' like it. >> bob: look at the upper right-hand corner. 30% on part of vanderbilt. that won't win many games. of course, the second chance points are better for vanderbilt but that is an area they should improve in the second half. as far as highlights are concerned, eric, takes the ball to the basket right here. this is his only shot.

this guy dennis harris has five points. seldomly used player and very much involved in the game. jermaine beal made a three. his only three of the first half. >> eric: so we are underway second half at memorial gymnasium, oldest facility in the s.e.c. vanderbilt ranks 24th in the country. a wilder behind kentucky in the s.e.c. east. a.j. ogilvy fouled right out of the chute. who is this on? >> bob: on storm warren. it's warren's third personal foul. >> eric: that could be huge. >> bob: warren is a guy that's their key guy on the interior and had ten points in the first half. you're right, eric. getting him in foul trouble is a big problem.

decision time. i leave him in with three fouls to get him started at the offensive end. >> eric: warren with three fouls. he and tasmin mitchell went to the break with two personal fouls. warren picks up a cheappy early. garrett green. spencer, warren, mitchell. five on the floor for the l.s.u. tigers. they lost ten in a row and 13 of the last 14. they were the secretariat regul -- they were the s.e.c. regular season champs a year ago. >> bob: but they lost guys and as a result they're rebuilding now. they had a great recruiting year, but this team right now a little low on the talent level. >> eric: up and under. converted by green. offensive rebound. tchiengang fouled from behind. who is this on?

they call it on chris bass. >> bob: l.s.u. has been able to do on the interior right here, a bump by green. green slaps at that basketball. ogilvy brought the ball down. as a result, little guys can get the hands on the basketball. that's not what you want. big players get it inside. they have an advantage. >> eric: tied at 31. 19 minutes remaining in this game. a vanderbilt win coupled with a kentucky loss this evening and vanderbilt would be tied with kentucky atop the s.e.c. east. >> there is a lot at stake with that. don't count the eggs too quickly. kentucky is an awfully explosive team. tennessee, that is big, big time right there.

volunteers are angry. they lost earlier in week against vanderbilt on the floor. they got explaining to do. back up and in. l.s.u. back up by two. >> bob: 2-3 zone, has vanderbilt out of their rhythm. beal to get in the gaps on the weak side. >> eric: tchiengang. they give him the open shot. makes him pay! his third three-pointer of the season. >> bob: that looks pretty good. three for six on the year from downtown. this is a game of unusualness, huh? you don't expect tchiengang to be shooting from way out there. >> eric: knockeding to direct his defense from 100 feet away. >> bob: that's a problem. he's used to it. he plays here all the time.

a lot more difficult for the opposing coach to do that. mitchell is their best player. 18-10, almost. needs touches. right now he's playing on the perimeter against the zone. >> eric: made three 3s in the first half, but misses this one. mitchell, offensive rebound. goes to the rebound line. >> bob: he stepped out of bounds. at the right place at the right time for the rebound. on the weak side. gets the ball on the deck. a step right there. nice hangover. both teams going zone. >> eric: ogilvy spins to the paint. grabs! they'll call a travel before the foul! storm warren is saved. that would have been his fourth personal. >> bob: you're right about that. "saved" is the appropriate word right there!

ogilvy dishes. didn't look like a travel to me. fortunate for l.s.u. >> eric: there were two whistles. one official had the travel, the other one had the pat on the arm but they go -- >> bob: it's because of when it happened, right? the travel came first. mitchell needs to get in the interior here. passing on the perimeter is not using his skill set very well. >> eric: dangerous pass, almost stolen away. that is going to stay with l.s.u. >> bob: the longer this game goes, the more confident l.s.u. will become. >> eric: shot clock violation. tigers had no idea the shot clock was winding down. >> bob: er >> bob: er inner this did i. if i'm trent johnson, you have to be happy with the performance of his team. >> eric: look at this.

l.s.u. trying to get it done on the road. >> bob: look at the middle area. that's where you need to get. that's the guy that needs to do it, huh? we heard a lot about beal. he's the man for this team! >> eric: only his second field goal of the game. he has six points and he gives vanderbilt the lead. 37-33. 16:32 remaining in nas.

>> ball poked away, stolen by tchiengang. >> bob: playing well at both ends. active, long arms. >> eric: ogilvy wants it on the block. can't find it. >> bob: he has four inches on storm warren. he knows the geography of the lane. knows how to post and knows the angle and knows where the holes are against the zone. >> eric: warren playing him with the three personal fouls.

shot clock to four. the jumper good. jeffery taylor. a nice player. >> bob: he is. getting more and more confident as the season has gone on. >> eric: 8-0 run now for the commodores. >> bob: was an all-freshman selection last year. only a sophomore. beginning to block. >> eric: ball poked away. it will be a time-out on the floor. l.s.u. tigers may be running out of steam. vanderbilt played a whole heck of a lot better in the second half. they lead by six.

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may have been blocked by ogilvy. >> bob: vanderbilt is three for four in the second half. he and tailor getting involved. that's the important thing. >> eric: russell feingold in the game. he was sold in the first half. jeffery taylor, another two. >> bob: a good player and getting better and better. we mentioned he had 26 against tennessee in the best game of his career. coming alive in the second half is jeffrey. >> eric: warren, offensive rebound. dennis harris pulls it away from the defender. >> bob: he needs to get in the weight room a little bit so when he goes up, again in the right place at the right time. >> eric: back-to-back offensive rebound for mr. harris. the freshman from jonesborough. he will be rewarded with a