No. 16 Vanderbilt (25-5, 10-5 SEC) at Alabama (15-15, 4-11)
By By Josh Cooper
Sports Writer

Tipoff: Saturday at 1 p.m. at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa.

TV/radio: WZDX-54 will televise the game, and AM-730, AM-770, FM-93.9, FM-92.5 will have radio coverage.

Alabama lineup: F Alonzo Gee, 6-6, Jr., 14.5 ppg., 7.0 rpg.; F Richard Hendrix, 6-9, Jr., 17.9 ppg., 10.0 rpg.; F Demetrius Jemison, 6-7, So., 5.7 ppg., 5.0 rpg.; G Rico Pickett, 6-3, Fr., 5.8 ppg., 3.3 assists; G Mykal Riley, 6-6, Jr.,14.1 ppg., 5.1 rpg.

Vanderbilt lineup: F Ross Neltner 6-9, Sr., 8.2 ppg., 5.7 rpg.; G Shan Foster, 6-6, Sr., 20.6 ppg., 5.0 rpg.; G Jermaine Beal, 6-3, So., 7.9 ppg., 4.7 assists; G Alex Gordon 6-0, Sr., 10.8 ppg., 3.2 rpg.; A.J. Ogilvy, 6-11, Fr., 16.7 ppg., 6.7 rpg.

Noteworthy: Tide seniors Mykal Riley, John Dill and Kyle Sellers will be honored before tipoff as part of senior day. This is Alabama’s final home game of the 2008 season. ... Vanderbilt’s Kevin Stallings has a 6-4 lifetime record against Alabama but holds a 1-3 record at Coleman Coliseum against the Tide. Alabama coach Mark Gottfried has never won at Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gym. ... Vanderbilt’s Foster is the school’s all-time leading scorer. He scored a career-high 42 points in Vanderbilt’s win over Mississippi State on Wednesday. Foster also leads the SEC in scoring. Gottfried coached Foster at the Pan Am Games in Brazil last summer. ... At 4-11 in conference play, Alabama can finish no higher than fifth in the SEC West. ... Including his career-high 19 points against Arkansas, Alabama’s Jemison has averaged 16.7 points in his past three games. ... Alabama’s Pickett has started the Tide’s last three games and has averaged seven points per game during that span.

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