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

no problem, the teammates pick him up, jermaine beal and a.j.lvy, a plethora guys who can score. when jeffery taylor is on, they're difficult to handle. 26 against tennessee, 15 in the first half. shoot the three and take it to the rack. i like his game. >> plethora. >> it's almost s.a.t. time. >> lsu is still winless in conference. one of the bright spots has been tasmin mitchell, third in the conference, n scores and rebounding. >> he does it all. he is averaging 38 minutes per ballgame, leading the s.e.c., which tells you his value. 17-10. unfortunately for l su they need time to to average 27-17 to get the best chance to win the basketball game. >> we have more on vandy and lsu later, that tips off at 1:47 eastern, 12:47 central time. meantime, havoline presents the road to nashville, site of the s.e.c. men's tournament. the standings -- arkansas won five in a row to move to the top of the list. mississippi state and ole miss in the picture. alabama was on the rise for a while and they lost four in a row. that brings us to this question: whi

. >> bob: jermaine beal off the screen. didn't execute. >> eric: goulbourne.es it out of bounds. he thought he was stripped. so l.s.u. a chance to tie or take the lead. >> bob: for a team that's 0-10 in the s.e.c. they played with remarkable poise in the game. now will be the real test in the last five minutes of the game. can they maintain the poise and get the ball to the right guy? >> eric: the ball loose on the floor. saved by tinsley. >> bob: shot clock to eight. they don't know it. >> eric: let them figure it out. spencer. a shot clock violation. on vanderbilt but out of bounds. >> bob: he was not aware and he made a mistake mentally. >> eric: 59-57. vanderbilt needing this win to stay a half game behind the kentucky wildcats in the s.e.c. east. at memorial gymnasium in nashville, bob wenzel, eric collins. surprisingly close game. a winless l.s.u. team in conference against a surprisingly very good vanderbilt team. that foul on dennis harris. harris has just fouled out! so with 4:18 remaining, dennis harris and storm warren have fouled out along the fron