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LSU vs Vanderbilt: Game details for Saturday’s SEC tilt

LSU looks to get back to their winning ways against Vanderbilt

The LSU men’s basketball team heads to Tennessee to take on Vanderbilt. LSU has a record of 16-5 and lost five of their last six games. Vanderbilt is 11-10 so far on the season.

Over the past ten games, LSU has been struggling from the field, shooting just 40.8%. They will need to have a better offensive game to win on the road. The Tigers will be without guard Xavier Pinson on Saturday. Since Pinson has been out, LSU has struggled.

Players to watch

Tari Eason leads LSU in scoring averaging 15.2 points per game. Eason is shooting 52.8% from the field and 6.9 rebounds per game. Darius Days is second on the team in scoring with 13.6 points per and is the Tigers leading rebounder, averaging 7.8 rebounds per game. Brandon Murray and Eric Gaines will need to step up and have good games for LSU to win.

Scottie Pippen Jr. leads Vanderbilt in scoring with 19.3 points per game; in his last game, Pippen scored 33 points. Jordan Wright is also a player to watch coming into the contest, averaging 12.3 points and six rebounds per game.

Game details

  • Date: Saturday, Feb. 5
  • Location: Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Time: 5:00 p.m. CT
  • TV: SEC Network
  • Radio: LSU Radio Network
  • App: Watch ESPN
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (try it free)

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook

Spread: LSU (-3.5)

Over/Under: 131.5

Money Line: LSU (-180) Vanderbilt (+145)

Here are three keys to victory against Vanderbilt without Keyontae Johnson

It would mean a lot for the Gators to come out of their long layoff with a win against the Commodores. Here’s how they can make it happen.

Wednesday evening, the Florida Gators are scheduled to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores for their first game in over two weeks. The obvious narrative filling the airwaves during the game will be the conspicuous lack of the best player on Florida’s roster. Keyontae Johnson has progressed past the need for concern about his survival, but he’s not returned to the team and there is no public information about when he may do so.

Regardless, the Gators have the advantage against their SEC rivals in this game, given a 73 percent chance of victory by the ESPN Basketball Power Index. The Commodores haven’t broken easily so far this year, though, and have gone 4-2 so far on the young season.

In terms of experience, Vandy has a nicely balanced roster this year. They’ve been able to get a significant amount of production out of their youthful talent, as three of their five players with the most minutes are underclassmen. It seems to work just fine; in their four victories, the Commodores have outscored their opponents by 21.8 points, although they haven’t played the thorniest schedule.

Of course, the Gators can’t pull any punches if they’re going to win this game. The Mike White era has been a mostly successful one, but his teams have a bad habit of playing down to the competition. Florida can’t afford to do that on Wednesday, instead, here are three things that need to happen for a victory against Vandy.