Arkansas men vs. Vanderbilt
WHAT SEC Tournament
WHEN 6 p.m. Central today WHERE Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn. RECORDS Arkansas 15-16, 6-12 SEC;
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS VANDERBILT
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Tyrin Lawrence, 6-4, Sr. 14.1 5.0
G Ezra Manjon, 6-0, Sr. 14.2 3.2 F Ven-Allen Lubin, 6-8, So. 11.1 5.8
F Evan Taylor, 6-6, Sr. 8.7 3.9 F Tasos Kamateros, 6-8, Sr. 4.5 2.0
COACH Jerry Stackhouse (70-91 in fifth season at Vanderbilt and overall)
TEAM COMPARISON
Vanderbilt Arkansas 67.4 Points for 77.7 75.4 Points against 79.7 -2.8 Rebound margin -1.7 +0.5 Turnover margin -0.9 39.4 FG pct. 45.1 28.1 3-pt pct. 31.9 71.2 FT pct. 75.0
CHALK TALK Vanderbilt beat Arkansas 85-82 at Walton Arena on Feb. 27 in the teams’ only previous game this season. Ezra Manjon led the Commodores with 22 points and Tyrin Lawerence added 21. VenAllen Lubin had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Khalif Battle led the Razorbacks with 36 points. … The Razorbacks are 30-30 in SEC Tournament games, including 5-1 against Vanderbilt. In the teams’ most recent SEC Tournament matchup, the Razorbacks beat Vanderbilt 9-22, 4-14 SERIES Arkansas leads 29-15 TV SEC Network RADIO Razorback Sports Network
ARKANSAS
POS. NAME, HT, YR PPG RPG G Tramon Mark, 6-6, Jr. 16.7 4.3
G Khalif Battle, 6-5, Sr. 14.3 3.1
G El Ellis, 6-3, Sr. 6.8 2.1 F Trevon Brazile, 6-10, So. 8.4 5.8 F Chandler Lawson, 6-8, Sr. 3.8 3.1
COACH Eric Musselman (110-58 in fifth season at Arkansas, 219-89 in ninth season overall) the Commodores 86-73 in 2020 in Nashville before college sports were canceled the next day because of the coronavirus pandemic. … Vanderbilt has beaten Arkansas three consecutive games, the Commodores’ longest winning streak in the series. … The Razorbacks rank second nationally in free throws made per game (19.9) and attempted (26.5). … Battle has made 82 of 90 free throws the past seven games … Vanderbilt, which beat Florida 79-78 at home last Saturday, hasn’t had back-to-back victories over SEC teams this season … The Arkansas-Vanderbilt winner advances to play No. 15 South Carolina (25-6, 13-5) on Friday … Arkansas is averaging 6.1 blocked shots to rank fifth nationally. Maki Mitchell leads the Razorbacks with 42 blocks, Chandler Lawson has 29 and Trevon Brazile 28.