Well, at least Vanderbilt shot well on Wednesday night. After a 33.3% effective field goal percentage at Florida on Saturday, and 44.9% against Tennessee last week, Vanderbilt posted an effective field goal percentage of 52.1% at South Carolina on Wednesday — a number that’s generally been good enough for the Commodores to win.
The problems? Well, they were many. Vanderbilt got creamed on the glass — collecting just four offensive rebounds, while South Carolina gathered 15 of its own misses — and turned the ball over 16 times on 68 possessions. Actually, that last part was especially a problem in the final 10:22 of the game: Vanderbilt committed eight turnovers in that stretch — and got outscored 28-14 over the game’s final ten minutes.