south carolina, tennessee and vandy six ask one in league play. fwook our gaimt game in just a moment. >>> welcome back to the cellular south half time report. mississippi state on the road has got a two-point lead over the florida gators here at half time. there is bob wenzel, i'm eric collins. nice performance by mississippi state. >> this is did he fence very good. >> and despite the fact they didn't have many shot blocks they played great defense to 30% in the first half. the story of the game so far. >> we'll take a look at the first half stats getting you up to spee.d there is johnson and they're scoring in the break, not uncommon. florida not getting back well in this game. florida's end, alex tyus not visible early. and there is a play hitting three of the jumpers. and this is absent are the two guards, erving walker and boynton. they're one for 11 so far that. could spell disaster. >> take a look at the first half sets tlchl is nothing like it. you can see 30% field goal shootings for florida. >> that i is right. up from right. 30%. lower

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 t

vandy trying to keep a long home winning streak alive.rs and vanderbilt commodoresing up on the s.e.c. network. >> eric: welcome to the oldest basketball coliseum in s.e.c. the memorial gymnasium. the louisiana state university tigers taking on the vanderbilt commodores. glad you could join us on saturday afternoon. with my partner, former rutgers head coach bob wenzel, i'm eric collins. well, the vanderbilt commodores may have been a real surprise team in the s.e.c. so far this year. just a game out of first place in the s.e.c. east. bob, up for the best conference start in 17 years. >> bob: the reason is balance. they have balance on perimeter scoring and inside scoring. and they have balance among players. four guys average in double figures. beal is the key player on the team. senior, experience, knows how to run a team. ogilvy, 6'11", 250 force in the paint. >> eric: another key for vanderbilt they control the unique home court. >> bob: they do. it's a problem for visitors. that's part of the reason, aside from their talent they win

vandy on top of l.s.u. by four. 24th ranked team in the country.rting to play a little bit better. but l.s.u. still in the hunt because of bo spencer. >> bob: they made four threes in this game and mr. spencer made all four of them. how about this degree of difficulty? nine on the degree of difficulty chart. bombing from deep. he told me before the game he's only 60%. it'd like to see him at 100%. spencer keeping him in the game right now. >> eric: bo spencer missed the entire second half in the game against arkansas earlier in week. that really hurt l.s.u. because both spencer the last couple of games have been his best basketball of the year. >> bob: he had 25 against tennessee. he had 25 against kentucky. then, of course, now he has 14 in the game on a very difficult court to play on. he has a left ankle injury. playing pretty darn good under the circumstances. >> eric: l.s.u. looking for their first s.e.c. win since s.e.c. went to divisional play in the early '90s there has been been a team that did not win a conference team. >> bob: ever been