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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Vanderbilt 99, Longwood 71
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, December 19, 2011
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials: # Michael Kitts, # Gary Maxwell, # Mike Roberts
Attendance: 12886

Jeffery Taylor scored 29 points - one short of tying his career high - as Vanderbilt crushed visiting Longwood 99-71 on Monday.

The Commodores (7-4) were coming off a home loss to Indiana State in which they coughed up an eight-point lead and scored only two points over the final 6:32. The struggles did not carry over into Monday.

Vanderbilt hit eight of its first 12 field goal attempts, including five consecutive 3-pointers within the first seven minutes and led 21-10 after Kedren Johnson hit the last of the five long balls at the 13:06 mark.

Vanderbilt stretched its lead to 52-33 at halftime as Taylor had a late scoring flourish, collecting nine of his 18 first-half points in the final 3:21.

John Jenkins, the SEC’s leading scorer who added 19 points and Lance Goulbourne, who contributed 15 points and 10 rebounds, had consecutive field goals with 5:16 left that gave the Commodores a 91-64 cushion.

Vanderbilt hit 50.7 percent of its field goal attempts (36-of-71), including 12-of-29 on 3-pointers and scored the most points since defeating Mercer 99-59 in 2009.

Tristan Carey, who hit 6-of-8 3-pointers, and Antwan Carter, each scored 20 points for the Lancers (4-7), who came in as the fifth-worst team in the country in scoring defense.
Top Game Performances
 
Longwood   Vanderbilt
Tristan Carey 20 Scoring Jeffery Taylor 29
Jeremiah Bowman 5 Assists Brad Tinsley 3
Antwan Carter 10 Rebounds Lance Goulbourne 10
David Robinson 5 Free Throws Made John Jenkins 4
Tristan Carey 1 Steals Kyle Fuller 2
Tristan Carey 1 Blocks Lance Goulbourne 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Longwood 71 44.1 10-20 9-10 14 27 2 2 19
Vanderbilt 99 50.7 12-29 15-21 13 31 2 11 10