Nov. 18, 2008
Champaign, Ill. -
Illinois Men's Basketball Game Notes vs. Vanderbilt in PDF Format 
FIGHTING ILLINI BASKETBALL
Game #3: Illinois (2-0) at Vanderbilt (1-0)
Nov. 20, 2008 // 7 p.m. CT // FSN South/FSN Midwest (also streamed on www.ESPN360.com)
Nashville, Tenn. // Memorial Gymnasium (14,316)
On the Air
Television
Fox Sports Net South/Fox Sports Net Midwest: Dave Neal, play-by-play; Barry Booker, expert analyst.
Streaming Video
www.ESPN360.com
Radio
Illini Sports Network-44 stations: Brian Barnhart, play-by-play; Jerry Hester, expert analyst; Loren Tate pregame/halftime/postgame interviews.
Illini Probable Starters
G - 3 Chester Frazier Sr., 6-2, 195 8.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 6.0 apg, 2.0 spg
G - 1 Trent Meacham r-Sr., 6-2, 195 16.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.5 apg
G - 25 Calvin Brock r-Sr., 6-5, 200 1.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg
F - 24 Mike Davis So., 6-9, 210 13.0 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 1.5 apg
C - 54 Mike Tisdale So., 7-1, 235 7.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Off the Bench
G - 13 Jeff Jordan So., 6-1, 185 2.0 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 2.5 apg
G - 15 Bubba Chisholm Jr., 5-11, 180 0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg
C - 21 Stan Simpson Fr., 6-9, 220
F - 23 Dominique Keller Jr., 6-7, 230 5.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg
F - 30 Bill Cole So., 6-9, 215 1.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg
G - 32 Demetri McCamey So., 6-3, 205 12.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.0 apg
G - 33 Alex Legion So., 6-5, 200 ineligible due to transfer rules
F - 34 C.J. Jackson r-Jr., 6-8, 265 1.0 ppg, 0.5 rpg
C - 50 Richard Semrau r-So., 6-10, 240 1.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Illinois Head Coach Bruce Weber
Overall Record: 233-101/.698 (11th year)
At Illinois: 130-47/.734 (6th year)
Big Ten: 53-29/.646
Vs. Vanderbilt: 0-0
Assistant Coaches: Wayne McClain (8th year), Jay Price (6th year), Jerrance Howard (2nd year)
Assistant to the Head Coach: Gary Nottingham (6th year)
Director of Basketball Operations: Sean Harrington (1st year)
Trainer: Al Martindale (26th year at Illinois)
Vanderbilt Head Coach: Kevin Stallings
Overall Record: 294-179/.622 (16th year)
At Vanderbilt: 171-116/.596 (10th year)
Vs. Illinois: 0-0
Series Notes: Vanderbilt
This is the eighth meeting between Illinois and Vanderbilt, with the Fighting Illini owning a 4-3 edge in the all-time series. The teams last met during the second round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah, an 85-68 Vanderbilt victory. This is the third game between the squads at Memorial Gymnasium. Illinois won the most recent match-up in Nashville, 69-55, on Dec. 6, 1983.
Friends Square Off on the Sidelines
Bruce Weber considers Kevin Stallings one of his closest friends in the coaching profession. Stallings was a player at Purdue when Weber came to West Lafayette as an assistant coach with former Boilermaker head coach Gene Keady. Weber and Stallings were then assistants together for six seasons at Purdue under Keady (1983-88), helping lead the Boilers to six NCAA Tournament appearances and three Big Ten championships.
They also coached against each other twice during the 1999 season, when Stallings was in his final year at Illinois State and Weber was in his first year at Southern Illinois. Weber's Salukis won both match-ups in 1999, and this is their first time facing each other since that year.
Last Time Out: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Illinois used a dominating defensive effort to defeat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 72-53, Sunday at the Assembly Hall. The Illini went on a 23-2 run over the final 14:50 of the first half, turning a 10-5 deficit into a 28-12 lead at intermission. During that run, Texas A&M-CC was 1-15 from the field, which included a scoreless stretch of longer than 10 minutes.
Mike Davis led the Illini with a double-double, recording career highs of 20 points and 14 rebounds. Four Illinois players reached double figures in all, with Trent Meacham scoring 14, Demetri McCamey 13 and Dominique Keller 11.
Illini Through Two Games
• Three players are averaging double figures: Trent Meacham (16.0 ppg), Mike Davis (13.0 ppg) and Demetri McCamey (12.0 ppg).
• Meacham is shooting over 61 percent from the field (11-18) and 66.7 percent from 3-point range (6-9).
• Davis is shooting is 60 percent from the floor (12-20) and leads the Illini in rebounding, averaging 9.5 rpg.
• Chester Frazier leads the Illini in assists (6.0 apg) and steals (2.0 spg).
• Illinois' defense is holding the opposition to an average of 51.5 points on 31.5 percent shooting, including 28.9 percent from 3-point range.
• The Illini are outscoring their opponents by 17.5 points per game and outrebounding them by 8.0 rebounds per game.
Notes From Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
• In addition to the Islanders' 12 first-half points marking the lowest scoring half in Texas A&M-CC school history, it also was just two points shy of the fewest ever scored in a half at Assembly Hall (record is 10 by Southern Mississippi on Dec. 3, 1984).
• Mike Davis posted his first career double-double with his career highs of 20 points and 14 rebounds. It was the first 20-10 game by an Illini since Rodney Alexander had 20 points and 11 rebounds at Ohio State last season (Jan. 22, 2008). Davis' 14 boards, meanwhile, were the most by an Illini since Shaun Pruitt had 15 rebounds vs. Miami-OH last year (Dec. 20, 2007).
• In his second game in an Illini uniform, Dominique Keller reached double figures for the first time, scoring 11 points in 15 minutes.
• Jeff Jordan had a career-best four assists while playing a career-high 16 minutes.
• Illinois recorded 22 assists on its 27 baskets, an assists-to-field goals percentage of better than 81 percent. Illinois' 22 assists were its highest total since recording 23 vs. Arizona last season (Dec. 8, 2007).
• The Illini shot 81.3 percent from the free throw line (13-16). Included in that impressive figure was 12-13 accuracy in the second half (92.3 percent).
For complete set of Illinois men's basketball game notes, click on .pdf link at top of this page.
